MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 47.61,-116.5 Latitude: 47.61 Longitude: -116.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 527 SFC 903 967 22.3 6.5 36 15.9 13.0 129 0 304.3 305.5 290.1 324.5 6.72 3 900 994 21.4 5.8 36 15.6 12.3 134 1 303.5 304.7 289.6 322.9 6.44 4 850 1488 21.8 2.7 28 19.1 10.9 224 2 308.9 310.0 290.5 325.9 5.47 5 800 2010 18.4 1.7 33 16.7 9.0 329 2 310.8 311.8 291.0 327.6 5.41 6 750 2558 13.4 1.3 44 12.0 6.8 339 4 311.1 312.2 291.3 328.7 5.63 7 700 3133 8.2 0.0 56 8.1 3.8 341 4 311.5 312.6 291.3 328.7 5.49 8 650 3740 3.7 -5.3 52 9.0 -0.6 275 3 313.2 313.9 290.5 325.8 3.98 9 600 4387 0.9 -17.2 24 18.1 -5.7 228 5 317.1 317.5 289.6 322.7 1.65 10 550 5081 -2.6 -24.3 17 21.7 -9.1 241 4 321.0 321.2 290.1 324.4 0.97 11 500 5829 -7.0 -31.2 13 24.2 -12.9 77 4 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.5 0.56 12 450 6642 -12.4 -24.1 37 11.7 -15.7 81 9 327.6 327.9 292.2 331.9 1.21 13 400 7530 -19.4 -26.6 53 7.3 -21.1 68 12 329.8 330.0 292.7 333.7 1.08 14 350 8507 -27.2 -33.4 56 6.2 -28.3 67 16 332.1 332.2 292.9 334.5 0.65 15 300 9597 -36.0 -37.9 82 1.9 -36.2 75 21 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.5 0.49 16 250 10836 -45.9 -49.3 68 3.4 -46.0 87 33 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12283 -57.1 -59.8 71 2.7 -57.2 98 41 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.06 18 150 14078 -59.3 -76.2 9 16.9 -59.5 86 12 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16615 -60.2 -84.0 3 23.9 -60.4 340 2 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.86 m Freezing level: 587.32 mb = 4562.58 m = 14968.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.44 mb = 3659.44 m = 12005.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.58 mb = 2973.12 m = 9754.22 ft T: 9.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 1.62 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 548.44 mb = 5103.15 m = 16742.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.70 C = 101.66 F Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lifted Index: 6.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.27 C Showalter Index: 6.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.78 C Cross Totals Index: 9.71 C K Index: 23.34 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 39.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7544.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 655.12 mb = 3676.00 m = 12060.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.1 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 36.1 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -5.3 tot: 1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.90 Bulk Shear: 3.83 m/s