MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 46.69,-123.05 Latitude: 46.69 Longitude: -123.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 993 166 30.7 13.5 35 17.2 19.4 352 3 304.5 306.3 292.8 334.0 9.86 2 950 555 25.6 11.9 42 13.7 16.8 338 5 303.1 304.8 291.9 330.6 9.23 3 900 1027 21.7 9.8 47 11.9 14.3 332 5 303.9 305.4 291.5 329.2 8.48 4 850 1522 20.8 1.7 28 19.1 10.2 1 5 307.9 308.9 289.9 323.6 5.08 5 800 2042 17.8 -2.2 26 20.0 7.4 4 3 310.1 310.9 289.6 322.9 4.07 6 750 2589 13.8 -2.6 32 16.4 5.4 359 2 311.6 312.3 290.2 324.8 4.21 7 700 3166 9.2 -3.0 42 12.2 3.0 332 2 312.6 313.5 290.7 326.5 4.38 8 650 3774 4.2 -4.4 54 8.6 0.0 324 2 313.7 314.5 290.9 327.2 4.25 9 600 4419 -1.4 -6.2 70 4.8 -3.6 14 5 314.5 315.3 290.9 327.3 4.00 10 550 5106 -7.1 -10.4 77 3.3 -8.4 40 10 315.7 316.3 290.5 325.9 3.15 11 500 5841 -12.2 -21.7 45 9.5 -14.9 73 16 318.1 318.4 289.6 322.7 1.34 12 450 6638 -17.3 -18.2 93 0.9 -17.6 133 12 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.3 2.03 13 400 7512 -22.7 -23.8 91 1.0 -23.0 161 9 325.4 325.7 291.8 330.3 1.40 14 350 8476 -30.3 -33.2 75 3.0 -30.7 173 12 327.9 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.66 15 300 9552 -39.4 -41.8 78 2.4 -39.6 177 20 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.33 16 250 10773 -49.0 -49.4 96 0.4 -49.0 181 28 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.17 17 200 12227 -49.7 -72.3 5 22.6 -50.1 202 18 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 14106 -52.4 -80.5 2 28.1 -52.9 220 17 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16672 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.6 15 2 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.57 m Freezing level: 612.41 mb = 4259.22 m = 13973.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.73 mb = 3777.65 m = 12393.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.09 % Est. max temperature: 34.43 C = 93.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.55 mb = 2327.32 m = 7635.47 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 11.08 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.14 mb = 3486.97 m = 11440.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.42 C = 102.96 F Cap Strength: 6.81 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.56 C Showalter Index: 2.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.99 C Cross Totals Index: 13.89 C K Index: 22.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 45.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 474.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.55 mb = 2382.29 m = 7815.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.55 mb = 4774.88 m = 15665.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 383.55 mb = 7815.27 m = 25640.35 ft B at Equ Level: 97.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.55 mb = 10943.50 m = 35903.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 30.2 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 60.2 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -3.2 tot: -0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 36.75 Bulk Shear: 2.66 m/s