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: 43.88,125.7 Latitude: 43.88 Longitude: 125.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 973 238 24.5 20.5 78 4.0 21.7 222 11 300.1 303.0 295.8 346.4 15.84 2 950 443 24.7 19.6 73 5.1 21.1 227 24 302.3 305.1 296.1 347.4 15.29 3 900 917 23.0 16.4 66 6.6 18.5 241 38 305.2 307.7 295.4 344.5 13.14 4 850 1414 20.5 12.7 61 7.8 15.4 247 33 307.6 309.7 294.5 340.8 10.95 5 800 1936 17.8 9.6 59 8.2 12.6 252 27 310.1 311.9 294.1 339.0 9.43 6 750 2484 13.7 7.8 67 5.9 10.0 255 26 311.5 313.2 294.0 338.9 8.90 7 700 3062 9.4 5.8 78 3.6 7.2 251 27 312.9 314.5 294.0 338.7 8.31 8 650 3673 5.0 4.5 96 0.6 4.7 246 29 314.7 316.2 294.3 340.1 8.13 9 600 4323 0.7 0.3 97 0.4 0.5 249 30 316.9 318.2 293.7 337.6 6.53 10 550 5018 -3.2 -5.8 83 2.5 -4.4 251 31 320.2 321.1 293.0 334.9 4.52 11 500 5766 -7.5 -13.8 61 6.3 -9.9 241 28 323.8 324.4 292.4 332.7 2.63 12 450 6580 -12.1 -14.7 82 2.5 -13.1 237 37 328.0 328.5 293.6 337.3 2.73 13 400 7473 -16.8 -17.3 96 0.5 -17.0 249 45 333.1 333.6 294.7 341.7 2.46 14 350 8463 -23.4 -23.7 98 0.3 -23.5 255 44 337.2 337.5 295.0 343.0 1.61 15 300 9572 -31.9 -32.2 97 0.3 -31.9 262 40 340.4 340.6 295.2 343.7 0.86 16 250 10831 -42.7 -43.2 95 0.5 -42.7 259 46 342.7 342.7 295.3 344.0 0.34 17 200 12303 -50.7 -56.2 52 5.6 -50.9 278 63 352.5 352.5 297.3 352.9 0.09 18 150 14166 -54.4 -79.7 3 25.3 -54.8 272 39 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16730 -58.0 -84.2 2 26.3 -58.3 285 28 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.86 m Freezing level: 591.07 mb = 4447.17 m = 14590.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.04 mb = 4389.35 m = 14400.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.26 % Est. max temperature: 33.39 C = 92.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.49 mb = 747.89 m = 2453.69 ft T: 23.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 8.75 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.99 mb = 2338.42 m = 7671.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.52 C = 95.94 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.06 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 37.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 550.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.86 mb = 1455.75 m = 4776.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.86 mb = 3170.71 m = 10402.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.86 mb = 11076.51 m = 36339.80 ft B at Equ Level: 549.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.86 mb = 13323.00 m = 43710.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.6 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 276.6 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.3 neg: -10.7 tot: 137.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 46.97 Bulk Shear: 11.71 m/s