MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 47.68,-122.54 Latitude: 47.68 Longitude: -122.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1016 71 17.0 13.3 79 3.7 14.7 191 3 288.8 290.5 287.2 315.5 9.49 1 1000 203 15.7 13.2 85 2.5 14.2 193 5 288.8 290.5 287.3 315.7 9.59 2 950 637 12.2 12.1 99 0.1 12.1 190 5 289.6 291.2 287.4 316.0 9.38 3 900 1090 12.1 10.6 91 1.5 11.2 192 5 294.0 295.6 288.6 319.7 8.97 4 850 1570 12.1 6.4 68 5.7 8.9 206 4 298.9 300.2 288.7 319.8 7.13 5 800 2077 10.1 0.4 51 9.7 5.1 220 5 301.9 302.8 287.6 316.7 4.91 6 750 2610 7.4 -6.5 36 13.9 1.2 231 6 304.6 305.2 286.8 314.3 3.12 7 700 3175 4.4 -12.9 27 17.3 -2.3 234 7 307.3 307.7 286.6 313.8 2.02 8 650 3774 0.9 -17.4 24 18.3 -5.4 234 8 310.0 310.3 287.1 314.9 1.50 9 600 4412 -3.1 -22.2 21 19.1 -8.8 228 9 312.5 312.7 287.5 316.1 1.07 10 550 5093 -8.1 -24.1 26 16.0 -12.5 225 13 314.4 314.6 288.0 317.8 0.99 11 500 5826 -13.1 -32.3 18 19.2 -17.0 219 14 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.9 0.51 12 450 6621 -17.9 -37.8 16 19.9 -21.1 235 12 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.9 0.33 13 400 7490 -24.8 -38.4 27 13.6 -26.7 229 12 322.8 322.8 290.0 324.1 0.35 14 350 8444 -32.5 -45.6 26 13.1 -33.7 239 11 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.18 15 300 9511 -41.2 -49.9 38 8.7 -41.7 238 12 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.13 16 250 10725 -49.8 -57.7 39 7.9 -50.0 223 15 332.0 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.06 17 200 12169 -50.6 -69.7 9 19.1 -51.0 201 21 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.02 18 150 14051 -49.6 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 209 20 384.5 384.5 303.0 384.6 0.00 19 100 16668 -55.9 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 177 15 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.27 m Freezing level: 638.79 mb = 3916.71 m = 12849.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.91 mb = 2798.93 m = 9182.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.45 % Est. max temperature: 25.46 C = 77.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.64 mb = 533.81 m = 1751.33 ft T: 13.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 6.03 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.77 mb = 2235.60 m = 7334.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.92 C = 87.65 F Cap Strength: 5.63 C Lifted Index: 5.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.54 C Showalter Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 14.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10610.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.06 mb = 671.57 m = 2203.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -0.6 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.79 Bulk Shear: 2.78 m/s