MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.74,-121.01 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -121.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 1 950 589 2 900 1051 SFC 855 1487 17.9 7.0 49 11.0 11.4 263 2 304.4 305.8 290.7 326.5 7.34 4 850 1538 16.9 6.6 51 10.3 10.9 264 2 303.9 305.2 290.5 325.6 7.21 5 800 2053 14.9 2.7 44 12.3 8.1 244 4 307.1 308.2 290.2 324.8 5.80 6 750 2596 11.3 1.1 49 10.2 5.8 217 5 308.9 309.9 290.6 325.9 5.53 7 700 3167 6.8 -1.5 55 8.3 2.5 187 8 310.0 310.9 290.3 325.3 4.90 8 650 3771 1.6 -5.4 60 7.0 -1.6 190 12 310.8 311.5 289.8 323.2 3.94 9 600 4410 -2.7 -18.0 30 15.2 -7.8 209 11 312.9 313.2 288.1 318.1 1.55 10 550 5095 -6.5 -27.4 17 20.9 -11.9 210 14 316.4 316.5 288.4 318.9 0.73 11 500 5831 -12.0 -28.4 24 16.4 -15.9 219 20 318.4 318.5 289.0 321.0 0.74 12 450 6627 -18.4 -29.9 36 11.4 -20.8 226 28 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.6 0.71 13 400 7493 -25.2 -35.5 38 10.3 -26.8 224 40 322.3 322.3 289.9 323.9 0.46 14 350 8449 -32.1 -39.7 47 7.7 -33.0 223 49 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.35 15 300 9519 -39.8 -44.6 61 4.7 -40.2 228 76 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.1 0.24 16 250 10746 -46.6 -52.1 53 5.5 -46.9 224 107 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.3 0.12 17 200 12210 -49.5 -70.3 7 20.8 -50.0 229 91 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 14079 -53.7 -80.4 2 26.7 -54.1 226 44 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16641 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.6 186 13 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.47 m Freezing level: 631.41 mb = 4008.62 m = 13151.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.48 mb = 3530.51 m = 11582.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.34 % Est. max temperature: 23.18 C = 73.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.86 mb = 2866.91 m = 9405.76 ft T: 9.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 7.86 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.59 mb = 3975.07 m = 13041.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.71 C = 76.47 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Showalter Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.97 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 27.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7103.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.22 mb = 3424.93 m = 11236.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.2 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 247.2 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 27.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 23.24 m/s