MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 47.31,-122.49 Latitude: 47.31 Longitude: -122.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 96 9.0 8.5 97 0.5 8.7 217 3 281.4 282.5 281.4 300.2 6.89 1 1000 176 10.2 9.1 92 1.2 9.6 211 5 283.4 284.6 282.7 303.3 7.24 2 950 604 10.5 8.0 85 2.4 9.1 190 5 287.8 289.1 284.5 307.8 7.10 3 900 1055 11.4 4.3 62 7.0 7.6 184 4 293.2 294.3 285.3 310.1 5.80 4 850 1533 11.0 3.0 58 8.0 6.8 223 2 297.6 298.6 286.8 314.1 5.59 5 800 2037 9.3 -3.2 41 12.5 3.4 254 3 301.1 301.8 286.2 312.5 3.77 6 750 2570 7.2 -8.9 31 16.0 0.4 243 5 304.4 304.9 286.2 312.5 2.61 7 700 3134 4.6 -12.4 28 17.0 -2.1 226 6 307.6 308.0 286.8 314.3 2.10 8 650 3734 1.1 -16.1 26 17.2 -5.0 216 6 310.2 310.5 287.3 315.7 1.67 9 600 4372 -3.5 -19.7 27 16.1 -8.6 207 5 312.1 312.3 287.6 316.5 1.34 10 550 5052 -8.6 -25.2 25 16.6 -12.9 203 7 313.8 314.0 287.7 316.9 0.90 11 500 5783 -13.3 -35.2 14 21.9 -17.4 193 11 316.9 316.9 288.2 318.2 0.38 12 450 6578 -18.1 -39.2 14 21.1 -21.4 171 14 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.5 0.28 13 400 7446 -25.1 -42.5 18 17.4 -27.2 183 15 322.4 322.4 289.8 323.2 0.23 14 350 8400 -33.1 -44.5 31 11.4 -34.1 191 14 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.9 0.21 15 300 9463 -41.8 -44.3 77 2.4 -42.0 206 18 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.25 16 250 10671 -52.0 -53.2 87 1.2 -52.1 202 19 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.11 17 200 12104 -51.2 -68.5 11 17.3 -51.6 199 26 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 13996 -48.4 -78.5 2 30.1 -49.2 209 28 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.01 19 100 16624 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 189 19 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.32 m Freezing level: 638.08 mb = 3885.72 m = 12748.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.37 mb = 2664.43 m = 8741.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.53 % Est. max temperature: 24.42 C = 75.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.81 mb = 161.14 m = 528.67 ft T: 9.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 1.62 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.48 mb = 3470.60 m = 11386.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.77 C = 98.19 F Cap Strength: 10.81 C Lifted Index: 11.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.45 C Showalter Index: 6.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 16.27 C K Index: 10.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 50.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13514.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.51 mb = 876.28 m = 2874.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.7 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 238.7 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -4.5 tot: -3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 186.56 Bulk Shear: 0.19 m/s