MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.91,-119.21 Latitude: 43.91 Longitude: -119.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 540 2 900 1006 3 850 1503 SFC 846 1542 26.0 4.4 25 21.6 13.1 224 9 313.7 314.9 292.6 333.2 6.20 5 800 2029 19.3 2.5 33 16.8 9.7 221 12 311.7 312.8 291.6 329.6 5.73 6 750 2578 13.9 1.2 42 12.8 6.9 216 12 311.7 312.8 291.5 329.1 5.56 7 700 3154 8.5 -0.4 53 9.0 3.8 209 12 311.9 312.9 291.3 328.5 5.30 8 650 3761 2.9 -2.2 69 5.1 0.3 205 12 312.2 313.2 291.1 327.9 5.00 9 600 4402 -2.9 -5.4 82 2.6 -4.1 200 13 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.3 4.25 10 550 5084 -8.9 -11.3 82 2.4 -9.8 206 14 313.6 314.1 289.7 323.0 2.93 11 500 5814 -14.2 -22.0 51 7.8 -16.3 218 20 315.7 316.0 288.8 320.2 1.31 12 450 6606 -19.4 -28.6 44 9.3 -21.3 215 27 318.9 319.1 289.3 321.7 0.80 13 400 7470 -26.4 -31.8 60 5.4 -27.3 216 28 320.7 320.9 289.7 323.1 0.67 14 350 8419 -34.3 -35.5 89 1.2 -34.4 221 36 322.6 322.7 290.1 324.5 0.53 15 300 9479 -42.1 -46.8 60 4.7 -42.3 223 36 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.19 16 250 10697 -45.5 -59.6 19 14.0 -46.0 238 52 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 17 200 12169 -49.8 -66.0 13 16.2 -50.3 234 55 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.03 18 150 14053 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 221 37 382.6 382.6 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16637 -58.8 -84.2 2 25.3 -59.2 205 24 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.88 m Freezing level: 624.98 mb = 4081.74 m = 13391.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.44 mb = 3804.67 m = 12482.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.78 % Est. max temperature: 24.26 C = 75.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 615.40 mb = 4199.18 m = 13776.68 ft T: -1.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.54 C/km ThetaE index: 13.03 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.72 mb = 4194.97 m = 13762.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.89 C = 76.81 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 582.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 619.52 mb = 4145.69 m = 13601.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.52 mb = 4342.18 m = 14245.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.52 mb = 9832.84 m = 32259.59 ft B at Equ Level: 579.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.52 mb = 11706.58 m = 38406.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 92.69 Bulk Shear: 6.29 m/s