MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.91,118.5 Latitude: 41.91 Longitude: 118.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 1 950 459 2 900 924 SFC 884 1076 18.9 18.4 97 0.5 18.6 93 2 302.5 305.4 296.1 347.7 15.26 4 850 1416 18.7 16.0 84 2.7 16.9 84 4 305.7 308.3 295.8 346.5 13.60 5 800 1936 17.0 12.7 76 4.2 14.1 225 7 309.2 311.4 295.4 344.6 11.64 6 750 2486 15.3 6.8 57 8.5 10.1 265 12 313.2 314.8 294.1 339.0 8.31 7 700 3068 11.3 4.8 64 6.5 7.5 269 18 315.0 316.5 294.1 339.3 7.72 8 650 3683 7.2 1.7 68 5.6 4.1 288 15 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.2 6.65 9 600 4337 2.5 -0.4 81 2.9 0.9 303 22 319.0 320.2 294.0 338.8 6.18 10 550 5036 -1.7 -2.7 93 1.0 -2.3 283 25 322.0 323.2 294.4 340.6 5.70 11 500 5790 -5.3 -5.7 97 0.4 -5.5 251 24 326.6 327.6 295.1 343.2 5.01 12 450 6611 -9.8 -12.6 80 2.8 -10.9 277 31 331.0 331.6 294.8 342.1 3.24 13 400 7510 -15.9 -19.8 72 3.9 -17.2 290 34 334.3 334.7 294.6 341.4 1.99 14 350 8501 -23.6 -23.7 99 0.1 -23.6 286 45 337.0 337.3 295.0 342.8 1.62 15 300 9613 -30.3 -30.3 100 -0.0 -30.3 254 36 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.5 1.02 16 250 10885 -39.2 -39.5 98 0.2 -39.2 243 44 347.7 347.8 296.5 349.7 0.50 17 200 12389 -46.4 -74.3 3 27.9 -47.1 290 58 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 18 150 14251 -56.4 -78.8 4 22.4 -56.7 294 54 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.01 19 100 16786 -61.3 -83.1 4 21.8 -61.5 290 26 409.3 409.3 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.34 m Freezing level: 570.56 mb = 4748.21 m = 15577.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.80 mb = 4529.05 m = 14858.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.82 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.85 mb = 1138.32 m = 3734.59 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 8.64 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.02 mb = 2877.01 m = 9438.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.33 C K Index: 33.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 211.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 148.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.43 mb = 1974.37 m = 6477.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.43 mb = 4050.03 m = 13287.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.43 mb = 9578.61 m = 31425.50 ft B at Equ Level: 209.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.43 mb = 11703.04 m = 38395.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.3 neg: -8.1 tot: 90.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 3.16 Bulk Shear: 67.03 m/s MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.93,115.8 Latitude: 39.93 Longitude: 115.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 1 950 447 SFC 928 654 22.7 20.4 87 2.2 21.1 338 1 302.2 305.3 296.8 351.0 16.51 3 900 920 23.6 19.6 79 3.9 20.7 134 1 305.8 308.8 297.5 354.2 16.16 4 850 1419 22.1 17.2 74 4.8 18.7 202 8 309.3 312.0 297.5 353.9 14.70 5 800 1945 19.1 14.3 74 4.8 15.8 221 9 311.5 313.9 296.8 351.0 12.88 6 750 2498 15.7 11.5 76 4.2 12.9 263 8 313.6 315.8 296.4 348.9 11.41 7 700 3081 11.9 8.9 82 3.0 10.0 290 11 315.7 317.7 296.1 347.8 10.29 8 650 3699 8.7 5.4 80 3.3 6.6 292 15 318.8 320.5 295.8 346.3 8.69 9 600 4358 5.5 1.8 77 3.6 3.4 293 17 322.4 323.9 295.7 346.0 7.30 10 550 5066 1.5 -2.4 75 3.9 -0.6 287 17 325.9 327.0 295.5 345.1 5.84 11 500 5827 -3.4 -7.1 75 3.7 -5.2 281 16 328.9 329.8 295.3 344.0 4.49 12 450 6652 -9.2 -12.0 80 2.7 -10.4 282 18 331.6 332.3 295.1 343.2 3.39 13 400 7552 -15.4 -19.6 71 4.1 -16.8 293 21 334.9 335.3 294.8 342.1 2.03 14 350 8549 -21.0 -29.5 46 8.5 -22.9 307 29 340.5 340.7 295.3 344.0 0.95 15 300 9672 -27.7 -36.1 45 8.4 -29.1 311 31 346.4 346.5 296.3 348.7 0.59 16 250 10959 -36.3 -40.2 67 3.9 -36.8 319 44 352.1 352.2 297.5 354.0 0.46 17 200 12473 -46.3 -67.3 8 20.9 -47.0 321 72 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.02 18 150 14340 -56.8 -77.6 6 20.8 -57.1 311 74 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.01 19 100 16839 -67.3 -82.9 9 15.6 -67.4 314 51 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.88 m Freezing level: 534.59 mb = 5300.42 m = 17389.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 557.84 mb = 4950.61 m = 16241.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.17 % Est. max temperature: 32.64 C = 90.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.28 mb = 936.98 m = 3074.05 ft T: 23.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 12.09 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.05 mb = 2428.87 m = 7968.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.40 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 39.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 497.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.09 mb = 1677.16 m = 5502.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.09 mb = 3697.65 m = 12131.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.09 mb = 10679.86 m = 35038.48 ft B at Equ Level: 494.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.09 mb = 13524.17 m = 44370.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.2 neg: -1.2 tot: 54.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 19.74 Bulk Shear: 25.21 m/s