MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 154 1 950 595 SFC 933 753 24.4 8.0 35 16.4 14.4 285 5 303.5 304.9 290.3 325.2 7.21 3 900 1063 19.7 7.0 44 12.7 12.3 280 7 301.8 303.1 289.6 322.8 7.01 4 850 1552 16.6 4.5 45 12.1 9.7 291 10 303.5 304.7 289.5 322.3 6.22 5 800 2066 14.7 0.9 39 13.7 7.3 303 9 306.8 307.8 289.5 322.5 5.12 6 750 2608 10.5 -0.7 46 11.3 4.7 293 6 308.0 308.9 289.6 323.0 4.84 7 700 3177 5.7 -2.5 56 8.2 1.7 270 6 308.8 309.6 289.6 322.9 4.55 8 650 3778 1.0 -6.9 55 8.0 -2.5 263 7 310.1 310.8 289.1 321.1 3.49 9 600 4416 -3.3 -15.6 38 12.3 -7.7 252 6 312.3 312.6 288.2 318.5 1.89 10 550 5098 -7.9 -22.9 29 14.9 -12.1 233 6 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.4 1.11 11 500 5831 -13.8 -20.4 58 6.6 -15.7 227 9 316.2 316.5 289.1 321.3 1.51 12 450 6624 -18.5 -21.5 78 2.9 -19.3 196 15 320.0 320.3 290.3 325.2 1.53 13 400 7492 -24.5 -28.7 68 4.2 -25.4 178 18 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.3 0.89 14 350 8449 -32.0 -35.9 68 4.0 -32.5 164 21 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.5 0.51 15 300 9520 -39.9 -41.4 86 1.5 -40.0 141 31 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.4 0.34 16 250 10738 -49.3 -52.3 70 3.0 -49.4 149 30 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.12 17 200 12200 -48.1 -73.5 4 25.4 -48.7 174 23 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 18 150 14079 -51.3 -79.8 2 28.5 -51.8 190 19 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16680 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 169 7 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.14 m Freezing level: 638.41 mb = 3926.33 m = 12881.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.04 mb = 3411.88 m = 11193.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.03 mb = 2807.92 m = 9212.23 ft T: 8.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 4.55 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.98 mb = 3667.02 m = 12030.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lifted Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.02 C Showalter Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.41 C Cross Totals Index: 18.32 C K Index: 26.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 83.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8510.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.52 mb = 2881.70 m = 9454.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.1 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 283.1 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.34 Bulk Shear: 1.95 m/s