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: 45.47,125.7 Latitude: 45.47 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 -29 SFC 981 138 22.4 21.5 95 0.8 21.8 197 6 297.1 300.2 295.6 345.4 16.69 2 950 418 24.8 20.2 76 4.6 21.5 227 24 302.3 305.3 296.4 349.2 15.86 3 900 892 23.0 17.2 70 5.8 18.9 247 31 305.2 307.8 295.8 346.6 13.85 4 850 1389 19.4 15.0 76 4.4 16.4 249 30 306.5 308.8 295.4 344.6 12.68 5 800 1908 15.6 12.9 84 2.7 13.8 245 28 307.8 310.0 295.1 343.4 11.78 6 750 2454 12.3 9.0 80 3.4 10.2 241 27 310.0 311.8 294.2 339.5 9.65 7 700 3030 8.9 4.2 72 4.8 6.2 245 29 312.4 313.8 293.2 335.3 7.39 8 650 3640 5.2 -0.1 69 5.3 2.4 251 30 314.9 316.0 292.6 333.4 5.87 9 600 4290 1.3 -4.5 65 5.8 -1.5 256 31 317.7 318.6 292.4 332.4 4.58 10 550 4986 -2.7 -10.5 55 7.9 -6.0 256 35 320.9 321.5 292.0 331.2 3.12 11 500 5735 -7.7 -16.0 51 8.4 -10.7 250 38 323.7 324.1 292.0 331.1 2.19 12 450 6545 -13.8 -18.4 68 4.6 -15.3 253 40 325.9 326.3 292.4 332.7 1.99 13 400 7429 -19.0 -19.3 98 0.3 -19.1 259 39 330.2 330.7 293.7 337.5 2.07 14 350 8414 -23.9 -24.0 99 0.1 -23.9 258 40 336.5 336.8 294.8 342.2 1.57 15 300 9520 -32.5 -32.5 100 0.0 -32.5 264 50 339.5 339.7 295.0 342.7 0.83 16 250 10778 -41.8 -43.4 85 1.6 -42.0 255 65 343.9 343.9 295.6 345.2 0.33 17 200 12256 -52.1 -56.1 62 4.0 -52.2 252 54 350.2 350.2 296.8 350.6 0.10 18 150 14095 -54.6 -79.1 3 24.5 -55.0 279 55 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.01 19 100 16699 -58.0 -84.1 2 26.1 -58.3 250 35 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.55 m Freezing level: 583.21 mb = 4523.59 m = 14840.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.44 mb = 4031.18 m = 13225.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.75 % Est. max temperature: 32.13 C = 89.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.22 mb = 243.00 m = 797.22 ft T: 23.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 18.09 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.38 mb = 1724.14 m = 5656.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.49 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 972.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.82 mb = 1178.65 m = 3866.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.82 mb = 2389.01 m = 7837.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.82 mb = 11451.68 m = 37570.67 ft B at Equ Level: 969.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.82 mb = 14276.23 m = 46837.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.4 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 278.4 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.2 neg: -18.9 tot: 162.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 37.55 Bulk Shear: 25.91 m/s