MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 -37 SFC 981 131 23.9 21.6 87 2.3 22.2 191 10 298.7 301.7 296.1 347.5 16.76 2 950 411 26.0 19.9 69 6.2 21.6 210 29 303.6 306.5 296.5 349.7 15.53 3 900 888 24.0 17.2 66 6.8 19.3 229 32 306.2 308.8 296.1 347.9 13.88 4 850 1386 20.0 15.2 74 4.7 16.7 238 32 307.1 309.5 295.7 345.9 12.90 5 800 1907 16.1 11.7 75 4.4 13.3 251 28 308.3 310.3 294.6 341.3 10.89 6 750 2453 12.5 8.1 75 4.3 9.8 261 26 310.1 311.9 293.8 338.0 9.10 7 700 3029 8.8 4.1 72 4.7 6.1 264 27 312.3 313.7 293.1 335.2 7.38 8 650 3639 5.5 -1.6 60 7.1 1.8 262 28 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.9 5.25 9 600 4289 2.0 -8.1 47 10.1 -2.6 258 29 318.4 319.1 291.6 329.7 3.46 10 550 4986 -2.5 -15.8 35 13.3 -7.5 258 29 321.1 321.5 291.1 328.0 2.03 11 500 5735 -7.1 -22.8 27 15.7 -11.9 266 36 324.4 324.7 291.3 328.7 1.22 12 450 6547 -13.0 -27.6 28 14.6 -16.7 264 43 326.9 327.1 291.7 330.1 0.88 13 400 7434 -18.5 -32.0 29 13.6 -21.3 268 48 331.0 331.1 292.6 333.4 0.65 14 350 8418 -24.6 -34.1 41 9.5 -26.3 268 57 335.6 335.7 293.8 337.9 0.61 15 300 9521 -32.6 -33.4 92 0.8 -32.7 269 64 339.4 339.6 294.8 342.3 0.76 16 250 10779 -42.6 -42.9 97 0.3 -42.6 272 79 342.7 342.8 295.3 344.1 0.35 17 200 12251 -51.8 -53.1 86 1.3 -51.9 292 51 350.7 350.7 296.9 351.3 0.14 18 150 14110 -52.6 -79.0 3 26.4 -53.1 268 46 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.01 19 100 16710 -57.3 -84.0 2 26.6 -57.8 267 29 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.35 m Freezing level: 578.03 mb = 4595.29 m = 15076.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.38 mb = 3900.88 m = 12798.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.89 % Est. max temperature: 32.69 C = 90.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.39 mb = 426.45 m = 1399.11 ft T: 25.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 21.77 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.23 mb = 1829.46 m = 6002.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.28 C = 91.90 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 37.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1118.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.84 mb = 1336.74 m = 4385.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.84 mb = 2342.62 m = 7685.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.84 mb = 11933.83 m = 39152.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1107.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.84 mb = 14560.11 m = 47768.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.9 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 282.9 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 248.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.69 Bulk Rich Number: 20.84 Bulk Shear: 53.64 m/s