MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 45.75,-121.24 Latitude: 45.75 Longitude: -121.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 157 1 950 594 SFC 933 752 17.9 9.6 58 8.3 12.9 278 4 296.9 298.3 288.9 320.4 8.07 3 900 1055 16.4 7.6 56 8.7 11.3 276 8 298.4 299.7 288.7 319.8 7.30 4 850 1542 16.9 3.5 41 13.4 9.5 291 13 303.9 304.9 289.2 321.4 5.80 5 800 2057 14.8 2.0 42 12.8 7.8 307 12 306.9 307.9 289.9 323.8 5.52 6 750 2599 10.6 0.0 48 10.5 5.0 303 8 308.1 309.0 289.9 323.9 5.12 7 700 3169 5.8 -2.0 57 7.8 1.9 291 7 308.9 309.8 289.8 323.5 4.72 8 650 3770 1.0 -5.0 64 6.0 -1.8 280 7 310.1 310.9 289.6 322.9 4.06 9 600 4408 -3.4 -11.9 52 8.5 -6.7 279 5 312.2 312.7 288.9 320.5 2.56 10 550 5090 -8.0 -20.9 35 12.9 -11.8 263 4 314.6 314.8 288.4 319.0 1.31 11 500 5823 -13.3 -21.1 52 7.8 -15.5 229 5 316.8 317.1 289.2 321.6 1.42 12 450 6617 -18.4 -18.8 97 0.4 -18.6 182 6 320.1 320.5 290.7 326.6 1.92 13 400 7486 -24.1 -24.1 100 0.0 -24.1 159 15 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.5 1.36 14 350 8446 -31.3 -31.5 98 0.2 -31.3 155 18 326.6 326.7 291.6 329.4 0.78 15 300 9519 -39.4 -40.2 92 0.8 -39.5 149 25 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.3 0.38 16 250 10739 -49.6 -49.6 100 0.0 -49.6 156 32 332.3 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.17 17 200 12198 -48.2 -73.1 4 24.9 -48.8 178 22 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 14079 -51.1 -80.3 2 29.2 -51.7 193 17 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16677 -57.7 -84.8 2 27.1 -58.1 201 9 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.26 m Freezing level: 638.41 mb = 3918.05 m = 12854.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.13 mb = 3474.37 m = 11398.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.55 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.41 mb = 1801.88 m = 5911.61 ft T: 15.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 4.89 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.13 mb = 3632.34 m = 11916.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.57 C = 87.02 F Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lifted Index: 2.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.04 C Showalter Index: 2.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.26 C Cross Totals Index: 16.84 C K Index: 26.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 71.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9832.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.93 mb = 2577.51 m = 8456.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.8 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 307.8 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -3.0 tot: 12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2127.80 Bulk Shear: 0.01 m/s