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: 43.49,119.85 Latitude: 43.49 Longitude: 119.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 SFC 954 411 22.2 18.1 77 4.2 19.4 273 7 299.4 301.9 294.3 339.7 13.80 2 950 445 22.5 17.7 74 4.8 19.2 269 9 300.0 302.5 294.2 339.6 13.54 3 900 917 23.4 14.1 56 9.3 17.2 244 15 305.6 307.7 294.2 339.5 11.32 4 850 1414 20.2 13.1 64 7.1 15.5 277 8 307.3 309.4 294.6 341.2 11.21 5 800 1934 16.6 9.8 64 6.8 12.3 307 7 308.8 310.6 293.8 337.9 9.55 6 750 2481 13.0 5.2 59 7.8 8.4 287 7 310.7 312.1 292.7 333.6 7.43 7 700 3058 9.5 4.4 70 5.1 6.5 277 12 313.0 314.4 293.4 336.4 7.51 8 650 3669 4.9 2.9 87 2.0 3.8 285 17 314.5 315.9 293.6 337.3 7.27 9 600 4318 0.6 0.2 97 0.4 0.4 283 22 316.8 318.1 293.7 337.5 6.50 10 550 5013 -3.0 -3.2 98 0.2 -3.1 284 27 320.5 321.6 293.9 338.3 5.49 11 500 5764 -6.8 -8.0 92 1.1 -7.4 281 28 324.7 325.5 294.0 338.6 4.20 12 450 6579 -12.1 -13.0 93 0.9 -12.5 276 30 328.1 328.7 294.0 338.7 3.12 13 400 7470 -17.9 -20.6 80 2.6 -18.7 277 37 331.7 332.1 293.9 338.2 1.86 14 350 8455 -24.3 -27.3 76 3.0 -25.0 281 51 336.0 336.2 294.4 340.2 1.16 15 300 9560 -32.1 -32.2 99 0.1 -32.1 261 52 340.2 340.3 295.1 343.4 0.86 16 250 10827 -40.1 -40.1 100 -0.0 -40.1 237 60 346.4 346.5 296.3 348.2 0.46 17 200 12315 -48.0 -72.6 4 24.5 -48.6 274 58 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 18 150 14184 -54.9 -80.1 3 25.2 -55.3 297 69 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16756 -57.1 -84.2 2 27.1 -57.5 289 27 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.60 m Freezing level: 591.26 mb = 4439.54 m = 14565.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.89 mb = 4399.80 m = 14434.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.40 C = 88.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.12 mb = 944.86 m = 3099.91 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 7.53 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.45 mb = 2690.80 m = 8827.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.56 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 19.93 C K Index: 35.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 218.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.34 mb = 1845.44 m = 6054.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.34 mb = 3879.62 m = 12728.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.34 mb = 7593.69 m = 24913.39 ft B at Equ Level: 70.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.34 mb = 9480.73 m = 31104.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.0 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 310.0 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.2 neg: -18.7 tot: 13.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.75 Bulk Shear: 9.06 m/s