MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 47.06,-118.33 Latitude: 47.06 Longitude: -118.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 524 SFC 949 535 35.4 0.4 11 35.0 15.5 72 6 313.2 314.0 290.7 326.4 4.16 3 900 1007 29.3 -0.6 14 29.8 12.9 79 7 311.7 312.4 290.1 324.5 4.08 4 850 1510 24.3 -1.5 18 25.8 10.4 87 7 311.6 312.4 290.1 324.4 4.04 5 800 2035 19.3 -2.5 23 21.9 7.9 95 7 311.8 312.5 290.0 324.3 3.97 6 750 2584 14.3 -4.2 27 18.5 5.1 125 5 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.9 3.72 7 700 3161 9.5 -5.7 34 15.2 2.2 192 9 313.0 313.7 290.1 324.4 3.58 8 650 3770 4.2 -6.2 46 10.5 -0.6 214 13 313.8 314.5 290.5 325.6 3.70 9 600 4414 -1.6 -8.2 60 6.6 -4.5 217 16 314.3 314.9 290.3 325.3 3.42 10 550 5099 -7.7 -10.4 81 2.7 -8.8 218 17 314.9 315.5 290.3 325.0 3.14 11 500 5832 -13.4 -15.5 84 2.1 -14.1 216 19 316.7 317.1 290.0 324.2 2.29 12 450 6626 -18.9 -22.4 74 3.5 -19.8 220 22 319.5 319.7 290.0 324.3 1.41 13 400 7493 -24.7 -29.4 65 4.7 -25.6 227 23 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.8 0.84 14 350 8450 -31.6 -45.3 25 13.7 -32.9 235 25 326.1 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.19 15 300 9521 -40.2 -46.6 50 6.4 -40.7 259 29 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.19 16 250 10740 -48.2 -51.8 66 3.7 -48.3 248 70 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12185 -54.6 -63.9 31 9.2 -54.8 250 61 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14017 -54.3 -80.7 3 26.3 -54.7 235 24 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 19 100 16589 -58.6 -84.0 2 25.4 -58.9 205 8 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.58 m Freezing level: 613.62 mb = 4238.45 m = 13905.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.88 mb = 3633.24 m = 11919.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.45 % Est. max temperature: 33.97 C = 93.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 570.32 mb = 4813.43 m = 15791.90 ft T: -5.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 2.54 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 556.10 mb = 5012.15 m = 16443.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.98 C = 98.57 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 37.74 C Cross Totals Index: 11.95 C K Index: 21.13 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 46.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6636.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 577.36 mb = 4716.89 m = 15475.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.2 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 232.2 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 39.22 m/s