MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 44.5,-131.87 Latitude: 44.50 Longitude: -131.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1022 1 18.4 17.9 97 0.5 18.1 301 11 289.7 292.0 290.4 325.4 12.71 1 1000 187 17.3 17.2 99 0.1 17.2 312 16 290.4 292.6 290.4 325.4 12.41 2 950 625 15.7 15.6 99 0.2 15.6 320 18 293.1 295.2 290.7 326.7 11.78 3 900 1084 14.5 12.5 88 1.9 13.3 323 20 296.4 298.2 290.5 325.9 10.19 4 850 1565 11.3 11.3 100 0.1 11.3 324 21 298.0 299.8 290.8 326.9 9.92 5 800 2073 11.0 8.0 82 3.0 9.2 323 19 302.8 304.4 291.2 328.0 8.45 6 750 2610 8.7 4.7 76 4.0 6.4 318 18 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.7 7.16 7 700 3179 5.6 2.1 78 3.5 3.7 319 16 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.2 6.35 8 650 3781 1.8 -0.5 85 2.3 0.6 322 16 311.0 312.1 291.3 328.7 5.68 9 600 4424 -1.2 -6.1 69 4.9 -3.4 312 15 314.7 315.5 291.0 327.6 4.03 10 550 5114 -4.2 -10.4 62 6.2 -6.8 299 12 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.4 3.14 11 500 5861 -7.2 -19.8 36 12.6 -11.3 313 8 324.3 324.6 291.7 329.8 1.59 12 450 6674 -12.4 -28.0 26 15.6 -16.3 342 10 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.8 0.85 13 400 7564 -18.0 -40.4 12 22.4 -21.7 2 10 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.7 0.28 14 350 8547 -25.5 -40.9 22 15.4 -27.6 1 17 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.6 0.31 15 300 9650 -32.9 -40.7 46 7.8 -33.8 16 28 339.0 339.0 294.4 340.4 0.36 16 250 10905 -42.7 -52.0 35 9.3 -43.2 30 23 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.13 17 200 12372 -54.1 -59.4 52 5.3 -54.2 356 22 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14189 -60.8 -76.2 11 15.4 -61.0 358 11 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16693 -63.0 -83.1 5 20.2 -63.1 308 3 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.23 m Freezing level: 619.71 mb = 4170.62 m = 13682.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.51 mb = 3874.51 m = 12711.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.46 % Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1014.55 mb = 63.83 m = 209.42 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 0.79 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.64 mb = 565.43 m = 1855.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.45 C = 70.60 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: 6.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: 5.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.48 C Cross Totals Index: 18.41 C K Index: 26.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7493.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 966.62 mb = 476.85 m = 1564.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.3 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 347.3 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.5 neg: -9.9 tot: 17.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 79.38 Bulk Shear: 0.25 m/s