MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 48.62,-120.06 Latitude: 48.62 Longitude: -120.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 528 2 900 992 SFC 855 1437 21.5 7.3 40 14.2 12.8 208 4 308.1 309.6 292.0 331.1 7.50 4 850 1483 19.0 6.1 43 12.9 11.4 209 4 306.1 307.4 290.9 327.2 6.96 5 800 1999 14.1 3.8 50 10.3 8.3 225 4 306.2 307.4 290.4 325.4 6.29 6 750 2538 9.1 2.2 62 6.8 5.4 234 5 306.4 307.5 290.2 324.8 6.01 7 700 3105 3.8 0.6 79 3.2 2.1 234 5 306.7 307.8 290.0 324.2 5.72 8 650 3702 -0.8 -3.8 80 2.9 -2.2 232 6 308.0 308.9 289.3 321.8 4.45 9 600 4337 -5.0 -10.1 68 5.1 -7.0 227 6 310.3 310.9 288.6 319.8 2.96 10 550 5015 -9.4 -13.7 70 4.4 -10.9 238 6 313.0 313.4 289.0 320.8 2.40 11 500 5744 -14.4 -17.5 77 3.1 -15.4 249 7 315.5 315.8 289.3 321.9 1.93 12 450 6534 -19.8 -22.3 80 2.5 -20.4 267 5 318.3 318.6 289.7 323.2 1.42 13 400 7397 -26.3 -29.5 75 3.2 -26.9 232 6 320.8 321.0 289.9 323.7 0.83 14 350 8346 -34.4 -37.7 72 3.3 -34.8 233 7 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.9 0.42 15 300 9402 -43.4 -47.8 62 4.4 -43.7 253 7 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.17 16 250 10603 -51.9 -55.1 68 3.2 -52.0 331 23 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.09 17 200 12042 -50.6 -73.0 5 22.4 -51.0 256 15 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13928 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 207 13 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 19 100 16569 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.4 187 14 423.8 423.8 308.2 423.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.05 m Freezing level: 658.91 mb = 3595.83 m = 11797.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.45 mb = 3392.74 m = 11130.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.92 % Est. max temperature: 20.09 C = 68.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.14 mb = 3195.99 m = 10485.42 ft T: 3.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 11.28 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.34 mb = 3370.15 m = 11056.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.66 C = 69.19 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.51 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 185.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 687.19 mb = 3253.87 m = 10675.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.19 mb = 3675.15 m = 12057.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.19 mb = 9805.58 m = 32170.16 ft B at Equ Level: 180.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.19 mb = 11079.83 m = 36350.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 228.62 Bulk Shear: 0.81 m/s