MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 43.63,-116.03 Latitude: 43.63 Longitude: -116.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 1 950 593 2 900 1058 SFC 886 1196 19.0 6.9 45 12.1 11.9 26 4 302.5 303.8 289.9 323.7 7.07 4 850 1553 21.2 5.9 37 15.3 12.1 351 6 308.4 309.6 291.5 329.4 6.86 5 800 2074 17.5 4.0 41 13.5 9.7 325 9 309.8 311.0 291.6 329.5 6.38 6 750 2621 12.5 2.0 49 10.5 6.7 310 14 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.4 5.91 7 700 3194 7.9 -2.6 48 10.5 2.6 291 17 311.2 312.1 290.4 325.4 4.53 8 650 3801 3.8 -9.6 37 13.3 -2.0 265 19 313.2 313.8 289.5 322.4 2.85 9 600 4446 -0.6 -15.6 31 15.0 -6.1 247 25 315.5 315.8 289.3 321.7 1.89 10 550 5134 -5.7 -18.2 36 12.6 -9.8 238 31 317.4 317.7 289.6 322.9 1.65 11 500 5873 -11.2 -24.1 34 12.9 -14.7 230 32 319.4 319.6 289.8 323.2 1.09 12 450 6672 -17.4 -31.8 27 14.5 -20.3 225 27 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.5 0.59 13 400 7542 -24.2 -35.7 34 11.5 -25.9 216 22 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.3 0.46 14 350 8500 -32.1 -35.5 71 3.5 -32.5 208 20 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.4 0.53 15 300 9568 -40.7 -41.5 93 0.7 -40.8 202 29 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.34 16 250 10786 -47.8 -58.7 27 10.9 -48.2 231 26 334.9 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.06 17 200 12260 -47.5 -70.8 5 23.4 -48.1 217 17 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 18 150 14145 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.1 219 21 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16730 -59.6 -84.2 3 24.6 -59.9 210 11 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.34 m Freezing level: 606.52 mb = 4361.57 m = 14309.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.58 mb = 3533.57 m = 11592.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.14 % Est. max temperature: 26.71 C = 80.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.27 mb = 2740.44 m = 8990.84 ft T: 11.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 7.76 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.97 mb = 4207.91 m = 13805.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: 0.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.97 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.36 C Cross Totals Index: 17.06 C K Index: 27.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 343.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 677.20 mb = 3465.41 m = 11369.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 412.20 mb = 7320.30 m = 24016.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 332.20 mb = 8862.00 m = 29074.46 ft B at Equ Level: 36.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 282.20 mb = 9976.90 m = 32732.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -44.2 tot: -44.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 74.74 m/s