MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 43.56,-115.65 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -115.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 1 950 591 2 900 1058 3 850 1554 SFC 850 1558 26.0 2.1 21 24.0 12.2 304 9 313.5 314.5 291.7 329.9 5.23 5 800 2077 18.5 0.6 30 17.9 8.7 317 12 310.9 311.9 290.7 326.5 5.00 6 750 2625 13.3 -0.9 38 14.2 5.8 317 13 311.0 311.9 290.6 325.9 4.78 7 700 3199 7.9 -3.0 46 10.9 2.5 310 13 311.3 312.1 290.3 325.1 4.39 8 650 3805 2.5 -4.5 60 7.0 -0.9 295 14 311.8 312.6 290.3 325.1 4.20 9 600 4446 -2.8 -7.5 70 4.7 -4.8 274 17 312.9 313.6 290.1 324.5 3.64 10 550 5129 -7.9 -11.9 73 4.0 -9.5 253 16 314.7 315.2 289.9 323.7 2.78 11 500 5863 -12.8 -20.5 53 7.6 -15.0 237 15 317.4 317.7 289.5 322.5 1.50 12 450 6658 -18.3 -29.1 38 10.8 -20.6 241 15 320.2 320.4 289.6 322.9 0.76 13 400 7525 -25.0 -30.8 59 5.8 -26.1 216 12 322.4 322.6 290.3 325.1 0.73 14 350 8480 -32.7 -35.3 77 2.6 -33.0 200 13 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.7 0.54 15 300 9546 -40.7 -47.0 51 6.3 -41.1 217 10 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.18 16 250 10765 -48.0 -59.2 26 11.2 -48.4 241 15 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.05 17 200 12236 -47.3 -72.5 4 25.2 -48.0 242 21 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 18 150 14122 -52.1 -79.9 2 27.8 -52.5 248 22 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16697 -60.4 -84.0 3 23.7 -60.6 195 12 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.78 m Freezing level: 626.21 mb = 4109.58 m = 13482.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.86 mb = 3644.57 m = 11957.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.64 % Est. max temperature: 23.96 C = 75.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 596.02 mb = 4497.90 m = 14756.72 ft T: -3.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 7.46 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 592.77 mb = 4540.74 m = 14897.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.75 C = 78.36 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 605.93 mb = 4366.84 m = 14326.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 550.93 mb = 5115.58 m = 16783.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 350.93 mb = 8460.83 m = 27758.28 ft B at Equ Level: 40.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 290.93 mb = 9751.65 m = 31993.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.5 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 298.5 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -13.6 tot: -13.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.37 Bulk Shear: 11.96 m/s