MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 45.47,125.25 Latitude: 45.47 Longitude: 125.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -30 SFC 982 131 25.3 21.0 77 4.3 22.2 198 10 300.1 303.0 296.0 347.3 16.14 2 950 420 26.1 18.7 64 7.4 20.9 209 24 303.7 306.4 295.9 346.7 14.46 3 900 895 22.2 17.0 72 5.2 18.6 220 26 304.4 306.9 295.6 345.1 13.67 4 850 1389 18.2 15.3 83 2.9 16.2 228 26 305.2 307.6 295.3 343.9 12.94 5 800 1907 15.0 13.6 92 1.4 14.1 236 27 307.1 309.4 295.3 344.3 12.33 6 750 2452 11.8 11.1 96 0.6 11.4 241 27 309.3 311.4 295.1 343.3 11.17 7 700 3027 7.9 7.2 96 0.6 7.5 251 28 311.2 312.9 294.1 339.4 9.17 8 650 3636 5.3 -1.3 62 6.7 1.8 257 30 315.0 316.0 292.3 332.0 5.35 9 600 4286 1.7 -8.0 48 9.7 -2.7 260 33 318.1 318.7 291.5 329.4 3.47 10 550 4982 -2.4 -13.3 43 10.9 -6.7 263 34 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.6 2.50 11 500 5731 -7.6 -20.7 34 13.1 -11.8 268 42 323.8 324.1 291.4 328.9 1.47 12 450 6542 -13.1 -25.5 34 12.5 -16.4 271 47 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.6 1.07 13 400 7428 -19.4 -30.8 36 11.3 -21.8 276 54 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.4 0.74 14 350 8407 -26.0 -36.4 37 10.5 -27.6 272 61 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.6 0.48 15 300 9506 -33.3 -40.1 51 6.8 -34.1 283 73 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.9 0.39 16 250 10760 -43.0 -45.9 73 2.9 -43.2 273 82 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.2 0.25 17 200 12230 -51.5 -59.1 40 7.6 -51.8 266 53 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.5 0.07 18 150 14100 -51.9 -79.2 2 27.3 -52.5 268 47 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.01 19 100 16698 -57.2 -83.8 2 26.6 -57.6 272 30 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.95 m Freezing level: 579.41 mb = 4573.00 m = 15003.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.91 mb = 3891.33 m = 12766.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.63 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.80 mb = 684.62 m = 2246.10 ft T: 23.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 14.86 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.31 mb = 1693.06 m = 5554.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 40.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 925.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.18 mb = 1346.95 m = 4419.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.18 mb = 2239.02 m = 7345.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.18 mb = 11333.20 m = 37181.95 ft B at Equ Level: 920.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.18 mb = 14135.03 m = 46374.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 16.91 Bulk Shear: 54.73 m/s