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: 44.67,124.35 Latitude: 44.67 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 -26 SFC 977 177 25.0 20.0 74 5.0 21.5 225 14 300.1 302.9 295.4 344.8 15.24 2 950 422 24.4 19.0 72 5.4 20.6 232 26 301.9 304.6 295.6 345.3 14.70 3 900 895 22.1 17.2 74 4.9 18.7 252 33 304.3 306.8 295.6 345.5 13.83 4 850 1392 20.9 14.0 65 6.9 16.2 255 36 308.0 310.2 295.3 343.9 11.88 5 800 1914 17.5 11.7 68 5.9 13.7 248 33 309.8 311.9 295.0 342.9 10.83 6 750 2463 13.7 8.1 69 5.6 10.2 242 32 311.4 313.1 294.1 339.3 9.06 7 700 3041 9.7 3.5 65 6.2 6.1 240 36 313.2 314.6 293.1 335.2 7.04 8 650 3652 5.7 -1.5 60 7.1 2.0 243 37 315.4 316.4 292.3 332.2 5.29 9 600 4303 1.5 -5.6 59 7.0 -1.9 252 36 317.8 318.6 292.1 331.4 4.21 10 550 4999 -1.9 -14.7 37 12.9 -6.8 253 31 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.3 2.22 11 500 5750 -7.2 -17.7 43 10.5 -10.9 253 28 324.3 324.6 291.9 330.8 1.90 12 450 6560 -14.0 -21.3 54 7.3 -16.2 256 30 325.7 326.0 292.0 331.0 1.55 13 400 7447 -17.8 -18.7 93 0.9 -18.1 256 40 331.9 332.3 294.2 339.5 2.19 14 350 8435 -23.8 -24.8 92 0.9 -24.1 257 49 336.6 336.9 294.8 341.9 1.47 15 300 9543 -32.0 -33.0 91 1.0 -32.1 261 52 340.3 340.5 295.1 343.3 0.79 16 250 10802 -42.6 -42.6 100 0.0 -42.6 251 60 342.7 342.8 295.3 344.1 0.36 17 200 12275 -51.9 -53.9 79 2.0 -52.0 264 74 350.6 350.6 296.9 351.1 0.12 18 150 14126 -53.8 -79.8 3 26.0 -54.2 287 55 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16718 -59.3 -84.1 3 24.9 -59.6 272 34 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.21 m Freezing level: 578.13 mb = 4607.05 m = 15114.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.74 mb = 3974.32 m = 13038.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.33 % Est. max temperature: 33.64 C = 92.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.50 mb = 812.69 m = 2666.27 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 16.12 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.14 mb = 2248.79 m = 7377.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.60 C = 96.08 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 35.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 544.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.06 mb = 1309.69 m = 4296.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.06 mb = 3364.81 m = 11039.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.06 mb = 11265.07 m = 36958.44 ft B at Equ Level: 536.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.06 mb = 13589.20 m = 44583.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.6 neg: -34.7 tot: 105.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 37.23 Bulk Shear: 14.64 m/s