MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 142 1 950 587 SFC 932 753 29.7 5.9 22 23.7 15.4 289 8 308.9 310.1 291.2 328.2 6.27 3 900 1061 24.2 4.8 28 19.4 12.9 283 12 306.5 307.6 290.2 324.8 6.00 4 850 1556 19.4 3.6 35 15.8 10.4 282 11 306.5 307.5 290.0 324.3 5.84 5 800 2073 15.1 1.8 41 13.3 7.8 278 9 307.2 308.3 290.0 324.0 5.46 6 750 2615 10.6 -0.5 46 11.1 4.8 265 7 308.1 309.0 289.8 323.3 4.91 7 700 3184 5.9 -4.0 49 9.9 1.1 250 7 309.0 309.8 289.3 321.7 4.05 8 650 3786 1.4 -10.5 41 11.9 -3.5 237 7 310.5 311.0 288.4 319.0 2.64 9 600 4425 -3.1 -17.6 32 14.5 -7.9 230 8 312.6 312.9 288.1 317.9 1.60 10 550 5107 -7.8 -21.7 32 13.9 -11.9 225 11 314.8 315.1 288.4 318.9 1.22 11 500 5840 -13.1 -25.5 35 12.4 -16.2 227 14 317.0 317.2 288.8 320.3 0.96 12 450 6634 -18.7 -33.8 25 15.2 -21.4 225 16 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.5 0.49 13 400 7500 -24.9 -42.1 19 17.1 -27.1 201 22 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.5 0.24 14 350 8456 -32.5 -43.3 33 10.8 -33.6 182 25 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.8 0.24 15 300 9524 -40.3 -47.2 48 6.9 -40.8 164 31 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.18 16 250 10740 -49.1 -55.4 48 6.3 -49.3 156 30 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.08 17 200 12204 -48.0 -74.0 3 26.0 -48.6 179 22 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 18 150 14089 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 205 20 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16695 -57.0 -84.9 2 27.9 -57.4 158 12 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.21 m Freezing level: 634.53 mb = 3983.56 m = 13069.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.76 mb = 3327.61 m = 10917.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 658.67 mb = 3678.44 m = 12068.24 ft T: 2.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 10.37 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.86 mb = 4024.42 m = 13203.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: 0.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.53 C Cross Totals Index: 16.76 C K Index: 26.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8389.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.38 mb = 3535.33 m = 11598.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -2.4 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 6.72 m/s