MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 45.25,-112.49 Latitude: 45.25 Longitude: -112.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 1 950 567 2 900 1031 3 850 1524 SFC 816 1876 22.9 4.0 29 18.9 11.7 304 11 313.8 315.0 292.6 333.3 6.23 5 800 2048 20.2 3.5 33 16.7 10.4 293 11 312.7 313.8 292.2 331.8 6.14 6 750 2599 14.9 2.0 42 12.9 7.6 276 12 312.8 313.9 292.0 331.2 5.90 7 700 3177 9.6 0.6 53 9.1 4.7 258 12 313.1 314.2 292.0 331.0 5.70 8 650 3786 4.1 -0.9 70 5.0 1.5 240 12 313.6 314.6 292.0 330.9 5.51 9 600 4432 -0.6 -3.9 78 3.3 -2.2 205 17 315.4 316.3 291.9 330.6 4.77 10 550 5121 -5.8 -7.8 86 2.0 -6.7 203 20 317.2 318.0 291.6 329.7 3.87 11 500 5861 -10.9 -13.4 82 2.5 -11.8 224 23 319.7 320.3 291.4 328.8 2.73 12 450 6663 -16.1 -18.6 81 2.5 -16.9 232 18 323.0 323.4 291.6 329.7 1.96 13 400 7540 -21.9 -24.0 83 2.1 -22.4 246 13 326.5 326.8 292.1 331.3 1.37 14 350 8508 -29.6 -31.2 86 1.6 -29.9 262 11 328.9 329.0 292.2 331.8 0.81 15 300 9587 -38.6 -39.4 92 0.8 -38.7 298 11 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.5 0.42 16 250 10812 -47.5 -54.8 43 7.3 -47.8 349 8 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.09 17 200 12278 -48.8 -71.0 6 22.2 -49.3 227 12 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 14151 -52.7 -79.5 2 26.8 -53.2 239 11 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16731 -59.1 -84.7 2 25.6 -59.5 231 12 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.92 m Freezing level: 606.61 mb = 4346.53 m = 14260.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.29 mb = 4034.63 m = 13236.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.13 % Est. max temperature: 22.59 C = 72.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 615.96 mb = 4220.16 m = 13845.50 ft T: 0.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 4.52 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.09 mb = 4483.67 m = 14710.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.58 C = 76.24 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 618.12 mb = 4191.84 m = 13752.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 533.12 mb = 5363.11 m = 17595.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 423.12 mb = 7121.48 m = 23364.14 ft B at Equ Level: 18.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 343.12 mb = 8646.52 m = 28367.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -9.1 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 25.74 m/s