MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 58.55,-125.32 Latitude: 58.55 Longitude: -125.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 520 2 900 977 3 850 1457 SFC 829 1667 10.5 7.6 82 3.0 8.8 273 4 299.3 300.8 289.5 322.6 7.90 5 800 1963 9.8 3.3 64 6.5 6.3 275 7 301.6 302.7 288.7 319.8 6.08 6 750 2495 5.2 1.0 75 4.2 3.0 262 8 302.2 303.2 288.3 318.7 5.49 7 700 3054 1.1 -0.8 87 1.9 0.1 233 10 303.7 304.6 288.5 319.2 5.14 8 650 3647 -2.0 -7.2 68 5.2 -4.2 217 15 306.7 307.3 287.9 317.4 3.43 9 600 4282 -2.7 -35.0 6 32.3 -9.8 219 21 313.0 313.1 286.8 314.2 0.33 10 550 4966 -6.8 -41.3 5 34.4 -13.1 221 23 316.0 316.0 287.6 316.7 0.19 11 500 5702 -11.8 -45.0 5 33.1 -16.9 228 26 318.6 318.7 288.5 319.2 0.14 12 450 6500 -17.6 -48.6 5 31.1 -21.4 228 32 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.6 0.10 13 400 7369 -24.3 -45.8 12 21.5 -26.7 207 35 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.16 14 350 8326 -32.3 -46.6 23 14.3 -33.6 201 44 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.17 15 300 9396 -39.1 -52.0 24 12.9 -39.8 182 56 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.10 16 250 10629 -45.6 -55.9 30 10.4 -46.0 174 71 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.08 17 200 12089 -52.5 -65.2 20 12.7 -52.8 176 60 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 13943 -53.9 -79.3 3 25.4 -54.3 186 27 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16547 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.4 191 9 423.8 423.8 308.2 423.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.42 m Freezing level: 682.76 mb = 3258.74 m = 10691.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.42 mb = 3072.54 m = 10080.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.95 % Est. max temperature: 15.83 C = 60.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.54 mb = 2040.32 m = 6693.89 ft T: 9.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 3.87 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.39 mb = 3003.73 m = 9854.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.51 C = 58.12 F Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lifted Index: 4.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9485.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.32 mb = 2788.78 m = 9149.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.0 neg: -5.2 tot: 36.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 42.43 m/s