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,-115.97 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -115.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 1 950 589 2 900 1059 SFC 885 1206 28.2 4.3 22 23.9 14.0 297 10 312.0 313.1 291.8 330.3 5.87 4 850 1559 22.4 3.4 29 19.0 11.4 312 11 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.4 5.76 5 800 2080 17.4 2.0 36 15.4 8.8 324 11 309.7 310.7 290.8 326.9 5.55 6 750 2626 12.6 0.2 43 12.4 5.9 322 12 310.2 311.2 290.6 326.3 5.16 7 700 3200 7.5 -3.3 46 10.8 2.1 311 13 310.8 311.6 290.0 324.2 4.29 8 650 3804 2.5 -5.3 56 7.8 -1.2 285 15 311.7 312.5 290.0 324.2 3.95 9 600 4445 -2.8 -7.3 71 4.5 -4.8 269 17 312.9 313.6 290.2 324.6 3.69 10 550 5128 -8.1 -11.8 75 3.7 -9.5 255 16 314.4 315.0 289.8 323.6 2.81 11 500 5862 -12.9 -21.8 47 8.9 -15.4 237 15 317.3 317.6 289.3 321.9 1.34 12 450 6656 -18.4 -29.4 38 11.0 -20.7 242 14 320.1 320.3 289.6 322.8 0.75 13 400 7523 -25.3 -30.9 59 5.7 -26.3 225 11 322.2 322.3 290.2 324.7 0.73 14 350 8478 -32.8 -37.8 61 5.0 -33.4 196 10 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.1 0.42 15 300 9544 -40.5 -46.7 52 6.1 -40.9 240 10 328.2 328.3 291.4 329.0 0.19 16 250 10764 -48.2 -58.4 30 10.2 -48.6 244 16 334.3 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.06 17 200 12234 -47.1 -72.6 4 25.5 -47.8 243 21 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.01 18 150 14121 -52.1 -79.9 2 27.8 -52.6 248 21 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16697 -60.5 -84.0 3 23.5 -60.7 195 10 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.73 m Freezing level: 626.66 mb = 4103.58 m = 13463.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.13 mb = 3579.98 m = 11745.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.91 % Est. max temperature: 26.59 C = 79.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 622.97 mb = 4144.54 m = 13597.41 ft T: -0.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 6.10 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 613.96 mb = 4261.14 m = 13979.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.69 C = 83.65 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.31 C Cross Totals Index: 16.33 C K Index: 27.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 635.10 mb = 3990.14 m = 13090.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 570.10 mb = 4846.61 m = 15900.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.10 mb = 8882.69 m = 29142.33 ft B at Equ Level: 88.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 270.10 mb = 10247.04 m = 33618.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.4 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 303.4 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -11.3 tot: -10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.94 Bulk Shear: 8.24 m/s