MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.62,-109.53 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -109.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 563 2 900 1023 3 850 1508 4 800 2023 SFC 766 2397 13.6 -14.4 13 27.9 2.4 348 3 309.5 309.8 287.1 314.9 1.64 6 750 2572 16.8 -14.3 11 31.1 3.7 313 10 314.9 315.2 288.9 320.5 1.68 7 700 3154 13.0 -12.0 16 25.0 2.1 263 13 316.9 317.3 290.0 324.0 2.17 8 650 3771 8.8 -10.5 24 19.3 0.2 262 23 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.7 2.64 9 600 4426 3.5 -11.6 32 15.1 -3.0 265 34 320.1 320.6 291.4 328.8 2.62 10 550 5125 -1.5 -17.4 29 15.9 -7.2 260 37 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.4 1.78 11 500 5876 -6.9 -20.2 34 13.4 -11.3 257 38 324.6 324.9 291.7 330.0 1.53 12 450 6689 -12.7 -23.1 42 10.4 -15.7 261 40 327.3 327.5 292.2 332.0 1.33 13 400 7577 -19.0 -26.5 52 7.4 -20.8 260 45 330.3 330.5 292.9 334.2 1.10 14 350 8556 -26.4 -29.7 74 3.2 -27.1 264 45 333.1 333.3 293.4 336.5 0.93 15 300 9652 -34.2 -41.7 47 7.5 -35.0 269 38 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.4 0.33 16 250 10899 -45.0 -48.6 67 3.6 -45.2 270 37 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.19 17 200 12347 -57.7 -58.1 95 0.4 -57.8 267 44 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.07 18 150 14127 -62.9 -72.5 26 9.6 -63.0 273 40 361.6 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16638 -60.6 -85.2 3 24.5 -60.9 274 11 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.37 m Freezing level: 565.06 mb = 4914.66 m = 16124.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.91 mb = 3809.88 m = 12499.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.76 % Est. max temperature: 23.08 C = 73.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 498.97 mb = 5892.14 m = 19330.92 ft T: -7.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 395.12 mb = 7666.81 m = 25153.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.08 C = 91.54 F Cap Strength: 8.02 C Lifted Index: 7.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7593.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 476.98 mb = 6239.79 m = 20471.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.3 neg: -16.2 tot: 89.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 98.23 m/s