MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.11,-117.59 Latitude: 47.11 Longitude: -117.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 537 SFC 937 651 18.6 7.5 48 11.1 12.1 156 7 297.1 298.4 287.9 317.4 6.93 3 900 1003 20.4 3.8 33 16.6 11.1 209 20 302.6 303.6 288.5 319.4 5.60 4 850 1493 17.0 1.6 35 15.4 8.7 223 18 304.0 304.9 288.5 319.4 5.06 5 800 2006 12.9 0.8 43 12.2 6.5 234 11 304.9 305.9 288.9 320.4 5.06 6 750 2544 8.6 -0.2 54 8.8 4.1 278 9 305.9 306.9 289.2 321.3 5.03 7 700 3111 4.9 -3.8 53 8.7 0.7 287 4 307.9 308.7 289.0 320.8 4.13 8 650 3710 -0.0 -7.5 57 7.5 -3.3 278 4 309.0 309.6 288.6 319.5 3.35 9 600 4345 -5.1 -11.6 60 6.5 -7.5 274 6 310.3 310.8 288.3 318.7 2.63 10 550 5024 -8.8 -15.3 59 6.5 -11.0 269 7 313.6 314.0 288.9 320.6 2.12 11 500 5756 -13.3 -21.3 51 7.9 -15.6 276 9 316.8 317.0 289.2 321.5 1.40 12 450 6549 -19.0 -27.1 49 8.1 -20.8 302 11 319.4 319.6 289.6 322.6 0.93 13 400 7414 -25.6 -33.3 48 7.8 -26.8 293 20 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.58 14 350 8368 -32.9 -45.2 28 12.3 -34.0 288 20 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.1 0.19 15 300 9433 -40.9 -51.2 32 10.3 -41.5 289 18 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.12 16 250 10646 -51.0 -54.2 69 3.2 -51.1 288 24 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.10 17 200 12081 -51.0 -67.0 13 16.0 -51.4 267 27 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 13962 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 260 16 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.3 0.00 19 100 16580 -54.6 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 216 10 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.26 m Freezing level: 650.08 mb = 3708.81 m = 12167.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.93 mb = 3216.08 m = 10551.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.10 % Est. max temperature: 26.45 C = 79.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.30 mb = 2065.31 m = 6775.88 ft T: 12.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 2.65 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.80 mb = 3810.57 m = 12501.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.37 C = 86.66 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: 3.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.87 C Showalter Index: 3.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.39 C Cross Totals Index: 14.96 C K Index: 23.35 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 64.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9104.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.43 mb = 3023.85 m = 9920.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.9 neg: -2.3 tot: 91.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 19.26 m/s