MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 46.19,-119.13 Latitude: 46.19 Longitude: -119.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 984 282 33.2 5.1 17 28.1 16.5 223 7 307.8 308.8 290.3 325.0 5.60 2 950 597 28.1 4.4 22 23.6 14.4 228 8 305.7 306.7 289.5 322.6 5.54 3 900 1071 23.3 3.5 27 19.9 12.1 233 8 305.6 306.6 289.4 322.2 5.45 4 850 1565 18.7 2.3 34 16.4 9.6 237 9 305.7 306.7 289.3 321.9 5.31 5 800 2080 14.1 0.9 41 13.1 7.1 241 10 306.1 307.1 289.3 321.8 5.12 6 750 2620 9.8 -3.8 38 13.5 3.2 240 13 307.2 307.9 288.5 319.2 3.86 7 700 3188 5.9 -14.4 22 20.3 -1.9 245 14 309.0 309.3 287.0 314.8 1.78 8 650 3789 1.6 -20.0 18 21.6 -5.5 248 14 310.7 311.0 287.0 314.7 1.20 9 600 4428 -2.5 -26.3 14 23.8 -9.0 248 12 313.2 313.4 287.3 315.8 0.74 10 550 5112 -7.2 -29.6 15 22.4 -12.6 238 9 315.5 315.7 288.0 317.6 0.60 11 500 5846 -12.9 -33.7 16 20.8 -17.0 247 8 317.3 317.4 288.4 318.9 0.44 12 450 6640 -18.9 -36.2 20 17.3 -21.8 251 8 319.5 319.6 289.0 320.9 0.38 13 400 7505 -25.2 -41.6 20 16.4 -27.2 254 10 322.2 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.25 14 350 8461 -32.2 -49.5 16 17.3 -33.6 283 15 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.12 15 300 9530 -40.0 -54.1 21 14.1 -40.8 277 18 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 16 250 10751 -48.6 -59.1 29 10.5 -48.9 249 17 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 17 200 12205 -49.8 -71.8 6 22.0 -50.3 208 16 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14091 -50.8 -80.0 2 29.2 -51.4 204 14 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16690 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.1 -56.9 200 12 418.6 418.6 307.6 418.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.68 m Freezing level: 630.62 mb = 4036.86 m = 13244.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.20 mb = 2976.71 m = 9766.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.31 C = 88.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 653.42 mb = 3746.56 m = 12291.71 ft T: 1.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 10.27 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.42 mb = 4330.09 m = 14206.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.31 C = 100.96 F Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lifted Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.55 C Cross Totals Index: 15.19 C K Index: 13.52 Risk: None Sweat Index: 53.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8137.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.35 mb = 3575.47 m = 11730.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.00 Bulk Shear: 2.10 m/s