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: 45.75,-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 133 1 950 578 SFC 931 754 29.4 4.9 21 24.5 14.8 282 12 308.8 309.9 290.8 326.7 5.82 3 900 1053 24.9 3.7 25 21.2 12.7 280 17 307.2 308.2 290.0 324.2 5.54 4 850 1549 20.2 2.5 31 17.7 10.3 280 16 307.3 308.3 289.9 323.8 5.38 5 800 2067 15.9 0.6 36 15.2 7.6 275 13 308.0 309.0 289.8 323.5 5.01 6 750 2610 11.3 -1.7 40 13.0 4.6 261 11 308.8 309.7 289.6 322.8 4.49 7 700 3181 6.7 -6.0 40 12.7 0.8 238 9 309.9 310.5 289.0 320.9 3.48 8 650 3784 2.0 -12.3 34 14.3 -3.6 227 8 311.2 311.7 288.3 318.6 2.29 9 600 4424 -2.7 -20.4 24 17.7 -8.2 229 10 313.0 313.3 287.8 317.3 1.26 10 550 5107 -7.5 -26.1 21 18.7 -12.3 235 11 315.2 315.4 288.1 318.0 0.82 11 500 5841 -12.6 -32.7 17 20.0 -16.7 242 13 317.6 317.7 288.5 319.4 0.49 12 450 6635 -18.8 -37.8 17 19.1 -21.8 235 16 319.6 319.7 289.0 320.8 0.33 13 400 7502 -24.7 -40.3 22 15.6 -26.7 214 22 323.0 323.0 290.0 324.0 0.29 14 350 8458 -32.3 -42.5 35 10.2 -33.3 202 26 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.2 0.26 15 300 9526 -40.8 -45.9 58 5.0 -41.2 183 30 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.21 16 250 10742 -48.3 -59.1 27 10.8 -48.6 175 24 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 17 200 12210 -47.8 -74.5 3 26.7 -48.4 187 21 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 18 150 14099 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.6 203 16 383.9 383.9 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16701 -58.2 -84.6 2 26.4 -58.5 173 13 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.17 m Freezing level: 628.47 mb = 4059.55 m = 13318.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.17 mb = 3284.56 m = 10775.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 649.69 mb = 3787.92 m = 12427.42 ft T: 1.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 9.47 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 608.30 mb = 4314.03 m = 14153.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.28 C = 91.90 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.84 C Cross Totals Index: 15.13 C K Index: 22.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8318.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 653.25 mb = 3743.55 m = 12281.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.5 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 280.5 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -127.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -13.4 tot: -13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 8.24 m/s