MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 43.03,-121.95 Latitude: 43.03 Longitude: -121.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 1 950 588 2 900 1053 3 850 1547 SFC 835 1705 24.7 2.5 24 22.2 11.9 240 4 313.6 314.7 292.0 331.0 5.51 5 800 2071 18.9 0.9 30 18.0 8.9 239 6 311.3 312.2 290.9 327.2 5.11 6 750 2619 13.4 -0.2 39 13.6 6.2 235 6 311.2 312.1 290.9 326.9 5.04 7 700 3194 7.9 -1.3 52 9.2 3.1 231 6 311.3 312.2 290.8 326.8 4.97 8 650 3799 2.2 -2.4 72 4.6 -0.1 228 5 311.4 312.4 290.8 326.8 4.92 9 600 4439 -3.4 -4.2 94 0.8 -3.8 225 5 312.2 313.1 290.8 326.9 4.67 10 550 5121 -8.9 -10.2 90 1.3 -9.5 228 6 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.7 3.19 11 500 5851 -13.6 -26.5 33 13.0 -16.7 217 11 316.5 316.6 288.6 319.5 0.87 12 450 6644 -18.8 -35.9 21 17.1 -21.7 203 16 319.7 319.7 289.1 321.1 0.40 13 400 7511 -25.1 -37.8 30 12.7 -26.8 213 18 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.8 0.37 14 350 8465 -33.0 -34.8 84 1.8 -33.3 210 22 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.3 0.57 15 300 9530 -41.4 -41.5 99 0.1 -41.4 210 21 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.2 0.33 16 250 10741 -48.6 -59.5 27 11.0 -48.9 217 22 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.05 17 200 12212 -47.4 -75.1 3 27.7 -48.0 219 21 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 18 150 14097 -51.5 -79.6 2 28.1 -52.0 216 21 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16693 -57.6 -84.6 2 27.0 -58.0 161 9 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.16 m Freezing level: 630.51 mb = 4048.49 m = 13282.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.95 mb = 3774.65 m = 12383.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.65 % Est. max temperature: 22.49 C = 72.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 601.10 mb = 4424.35 m = 14515.39 ft T: -3.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 4.19 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 604.98 mb = 4372.92 m = 14346.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.24 C = 73.84 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 165.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 608.96 mb = 4320.48 m = 14174.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.96 mb = 4518.23 m = 14823.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.96 mb = 9215.61 m = 30234.58 ft B at Equ Level: 165.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.96 mb = 10902.63 m = 35769.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -0.6 tot: 0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 55.53 Bulk Shear: 2.97 m/s