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: 43.63,-116.03 Latitude: 43.63 Longitude: -116.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 1 950 589 2 900 1060 SFC 886 1196 28.1 4.5 22 23.6 14.0 297 9 311.8 312.9 291.8 330.4 5.95 4 850 1559 22.2 3.5 29 18.7 11.4 311 10 309.4 310.5 291.0 327.4 5.79 5 800 2081 17.3 2.1 36 15.2 8.8 323 11 309.5 310.6 290.8 326.8 5.56 6 750 2626 12.4 0.2 43 12.2 5.9 321 12 310.1 311.1 290.6 326.2 5.19 7 700 3200 7.3 -2.9 48 10.2 2.2 311 12 310.6 311.4 290.1 324.5 4.42 8 650 3804 2.3 -5.4 57 7.7 -1.3 285 15 311.6 312.3 290.0 324.1 3.95 9 600 4445 -2.8 -7.9 68 5.1 -5.0 270 18 312.8 313.5 290.0 324.1 3.51 10 550 5128 -8.1 -12.6 70 4.5 -9.8 258 16 314.5 315.0 289.7 323.1 2.64 11 500 5861 -12.9 -22.0 47 9.0 -15.4 240 15 317.3 317.5 289.3 321.8 1.32 12 450 6656 -18.4 -29.2 38 10.8 -20.7 244 14 320.1 320.2 289.6 322.8 0.76 13 400 7523 -25.2 -31.0 59 5.8 -26.2 228 12 322.2 322.4 290.2 324.8 0.72 14 350 8477 -32.8 -36.9 67 4.1 -33.3 196 10 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.2 0.46 15 300 9544 -40.6 -46.7 52 6.1 -41.0 238 10 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.19 16 250 10764 -48.3 -57.9 32 9.6 -48.6 245 16 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.06 17 200 12233 -47.2 -72.6 4 25.4 -47.9 242 21 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 18 150 14120 -51.9 -79.9 2 28.0 -52.5 248 20 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16696 -60.4 -84.0 3 23.7 -60.6 190 10 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.29 m Freezing level: 627.45 mb = 4092.93 m = 13428.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.05 mb = 3580.52 m = 11746.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.00 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 626.41 mb = 4099.89 m = 13450.92 ft T: -0.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 8.61 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.72 mb = 4237.64 m = 13902.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.70 C = 83.66 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.15 C Cross Totals Index: 16.42 C K Index: 28.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 82.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 637.44 mb = 3960.10 m = 12992.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.44 mb = 4952.04 m = 16246.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 332.44 mb = 8833.18 m = 28979.90 ft B at Equ Level: 82.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 272.44 mb = 10188.46 m = 33426.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.0 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 304.0 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -10.0 tot: -10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.85 Bulk Shear: 7.65 m/s