MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-117.45 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -117.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 539 SFC 929 732 18.8 4.7 39 14.1 10.9 241 3 298.2 299.2 287.1 315.2 5.75 3 900 1006 22.7 4.0 30 18.7 12.0 248 10 304.9 305.9 289.4 322.1 5.67 4 850 1500 18.6 3.0 35 15.6 9.9 240 10 305.6 306.7 289.6 322.7 5.59 5 800 2015 14.4 2.7 45 11.8 7.9 224 10 306.5 307.6 290.0 324.2 5.79 6 750 2556 9.9 1.5 56 8.4 5.4 214 10 307.3 308.4 290.2 324.7 5.68 7 700 3125 5.0 -3.1 56 8.1 1.1 225 10 308.0 308.8 289.2 321.5 4.34 8 650 3724 0.9 -14.1 31 15.0 -4.7 232 7 310.0 310.4 287.6 316.4 1.98 9 600 4362 -3.5 -17.9 32 14.4 -8.2 236 8 312.1 312.4 287.8 317.2 1.55 10 550 5043 -8.5 -20.8 36 12.3 -12.2 223 10 314.0 314.2 288.2 318.4 1.32 11 500 5774 -14.3 -23.4 46 9.1 -16.6 215 14 315.6 315.8 288.6 319.5 1.16 12 450 6563 -20.5 -24.4 71 3.9 -21.4 207 18 317.5 317.7 289.2 321.5 1.18 13 400 7424 -26.7 -31.0 67 4.3 -27.4 205 23 320.3 320.4 289.6 322.8 0.72 14 350 8373 -34.0 -40.1 54 6.1 -34.7 196 24 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.33 15 300 9434 -42.0 -49.0 46 7.1 -42.4 214 28 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.15 16 250 10642 -51.1 -55.3 61 4.1 -51.2 223 37 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.08 17 200 12094 -47.7 -73.0 4 25.3 -48.3 222 25 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 18 150 13990 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.1 214 32 384.9 384.9 303.0 384.9 0.01 19 100 16611 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 170 15 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.37 m Freezing level: 639.31 mb = 3860.85 m = 12666.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.64 mb = 3233.51 m = 10608.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.58 % Est. max temperature: 27.28 C = 81.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.77 mb = 2536.47 m = 8321.66 ft T: 10.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 8.28 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.56 mb = 4017.06 m = 13179.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.31 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.90 C Cross Totals Index: 17.32 C K Index: 27.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 94.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8546.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.60 mb = 3280.99 m = 10764.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -6.3 tot: -3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.19 Bulk Shear: 2.74 m/s