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: 43.88,124.35 Latitude: 43.88 Longitude: 124.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -9 SFC 976 199 23.2 20.3 84 2.9 21.2 218 14 298.4 301.2 295.1 343.5 15.52 2 950 437 23.5 19.0 76 4.5 20.4 224 31 301.0 303.7 295.4 344.4 14.74 3 900 910 22.6 17.1 71 5.5 18.8 237 39 304.8 307.3 295.7 345.8 13.75 4 850 1408 21.1 14.1 64 7.0 16.4 252 31 308.3 310.6 295.4 344.7 12.02 5 800 1931 17.8 11.3 66 6.5 13.6 257 24 310.1 312.1 294.9 342.5 10.58 6 750 2480 13.7 8.2 69 5.5 10.3 251 24 311.5 313.2 294.3 339.7 9.16 7 700 3058 9.8 5.3 74 4.5 7.1 244 28 313.3 314.8 293.9 338.2 8.00 8 650 3670 5.5 2.5 81 3.0 3.8 245 31 315.2 316.5 293.7 337.4 7.07 9 600 4320 0.6 -1.5 85 2.2 -0.5 244 32 316.9 318.0 293.1 335.1 5.71 10 550 5013 -3.7 -5.4 88 1.6 -4.6 248 27 319.6 320.6 293.0 334.7 4.66 11 500 5761 -7.7 -10.6 80 2.9 -8.9 245 31 323.7 324.4 293.1 335.1 3.42 12 450 6574 -12.0 -12.7 94 0.7 -12.2 244 40 328.2 328.8 294.1 339.1 3.21 13 400 7468 -16.8 -17.0 99 0.2 -16.9 251 41 333.1 333.6 294.8 341.9 2.53 14 350 8458 -23.4 -23.5 99 0.2 -23.4 262 41 337.2 337.6 295.1 343.2 1.64 15 300 9567 -31.6 -31.7 99 0.1 -31.6 252 48 340.8 341.0 295.3 344.2 0.90 16 250 10828 -42.0 -42.3 96 0.3 -42.1 254 50 343.6 343.7 295.5 345.1 0.37 17 200 12301 -51.3 -56.9 51 5.6 -51.5 271 64 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.9 0.09 18 150 14159 -53.4 -79.9 3 26.5 -53.8 288 49 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16732 -58.5 -84.2 2 25.7 -58.8 286 34 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.98 m Freezing level: 592.67 mb = 4421.41 m = 14505.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.93 mb = 4239.93 m = 13910.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.51 % Est. max temperature: 33.90 C = 93.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.47 mb = 572.11 m = 1876.99 ft T: 23.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 11.07 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.99 mb = 2289.25 m = 7510.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.75 C = 96.34 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 38.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 447.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 211.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.65 mb = 1289.25 m = 4229.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.65 mb = 3338.24 m = 10952.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.65 mb = 10917.32 m = 35817.55 ft B at Equ Level: 442.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.65 mb = 13103.10 m = 42988.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.3 neg: -11.1 tot: 165.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 37.14 Bulk Shear: 12.05 m/s