MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.35,-126.71 Latitude: 38.35 Longitude: -126.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1020 1 17.6 16.2 92 1.4 16.7 349 5 289.1 291.1 289.1 321.1 11.44 1 1000 172 16.9 15.3 91 1.6 15.9 333 8 290.0 292.0 289.0 321.0 11.00 2 950 609 14.6 14.1 97 0.4 14.3 320 14 292.0 293.9 289.5 322.4 10.72 3 900 1066 13.1 10.8 86 2.3 11.7 316 20 295.0 296.6 289.1 321.2 9.07 4 850 1545 11.5 7.2 75 4.3 9.0 312 23 298.1 299.5 288.8 320.2 7.51 5 800 2051 9.8 1.1 54 8.8 5.3 307 25 301.6 302.6 287.8 317.2 5.17 6 750 2585 7.6 -2.9 47 10.5 2.5 303 23 304.8 305.5 287.9 317.4 4.11 7 700 3150 4.7 -6.3 45 10.9 -0.3 300 22 307.6 308.3 288.2 318.3 3.41 8 650 3751 2.4 -18.4 20 20.7 -4.8 293 22 311.6 311.9 287.5 316.2 1.38 9 600 4395 0.2 -35.2 5 35.4 -8.1 291 17 316.3 316.4 287.9 317.5 0.32 10 550 5085 -4.3 -40.5 4 36.3 -11.5 292 16 319.0 319.0 288.6 319.8 0.20 11 500 5828 -9.9 -33.3 13 23.4 -14.9 289 21 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.7 0.46 12 450 6631 -15.5 -34.8 17 19.3 -19.1 289 22 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.4 0.44 13 400 7509 -21.7 -34.9 30 13.1 -24.0 288 24 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.49 14 350 8476 -29.7 -39.6 38 9.9 -30.9 291 26 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.35 15 300 9555 -38.1 -49.9 28 11.8 -38.9 335 26 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.13 16 250 10784 -48.1 -53.1 56 5.0 -48.3 354 39 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 17 200 12228 -53.9 -62.4 35 8.5 -54.2 307 30 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14058 -57.5 -75.6 8 18.1 -57.8 280 36 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16599 -60.3 -84.2 3 23.9 -60.6 263 21 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.70 m Freezing level: 598.14 mb = 4420.28 m = 14502.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.96 mb = 3092.54 m = 10146.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.71 % Est. max temperature: 25.41 C = 77.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.04 mb = 171.65 m = 563.15 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 5.17 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 905.83 m = 2971.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.49 C = 72.48 F Cap Strength: 6.30 C Lifted Index: 5.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: 6.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.33 C Cross Totals Index: 17.07 C K Index: 17.59 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8660.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.90 mb = 574.02 m = 1883.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.8 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 331.8 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: -16.4 tot: -5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 19.67 m/s