MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 37.92,-150.67 Latitude: 37.92 Longitude: -150.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 0 20.1 15.1 73 4.9 16.9 143 17 292.6 294.5 289.8 323.2 10.79 1 1000 70 19.1 13.5 70 5.6 15.5 144 18 292.2 293.9 288.7 319.9 9.75 2 950 508 14.9 12.4 85 2.4 13.4 145 18 292.3 294.0 288.6 319.5 9.58 3 900 964 11.1 10.3 95 0.8 10.6 146 17 293.0 294.5 288.1 318.1 8.77 4 850 1439 9.0 5.3 77 3.7 7.0 142 14 295.6 296.8 287.0 314.8 6.58 5 800 1939 5.9 1.7 75 4.2 3.8 140 13 297.4 298.4 286.5 313.4 5.42 6 750 2464 2.1 -0.8 81 2.9 0.7 145 13 298.9 299.7 286.5 313.3 4.83 7 700 3018 -1.2 -3.3 85 2.2 -2.1 138 12 301.2 302.0 286.8 314.1 4.27 8 650 3606 -4.4 -6.3 87 1.8 -5.2 126 17 303.9 304.6 287.2 315.3 3.68 9 600 4234 -7.5 -10.8 77 3.2 -8.7 115 21 307.4 307.9 287.5 316.3 2.80 10 550 4906 -11.3 -12.9 88 1.6 -11.8 114 27 310.7 311.2 288.4 319.0 2.58 11 500 5632 -15.9 -17.2 90 1.3 -16.3 114 35 313.6 314.0 288.8 320.2 1.99 12 450 6417 -21.5 -22.3 93 0.8 -21.7 108 36 316.2 316.5 289.0 321.0 1.42 13 400 7274 -28.1 -28.9 93 0.8 -28.2 104 38 318.5 318.6 289.2 321.5 0.88 14 350 8216 -36.0 -36.7 94 0.6 -36.1 103 41 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.9 0.47 15 300 9265 -45.1 -45.4 97 0.3 -45.1 100 47 321.8 321.8 289.6 322.6 0.22 16 250 10482 -43.4 -70.6 3 27.2 -44.2 107 24 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.01 17 200 11980 -45.1 -76.0 2 30.9 -45.9 111 11 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 18 150 13883 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.1 61 7 384.9 384.9 303.1 384.9 0.01 19 100 16506 -54.6 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 72 10 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5561.25 m Freezing level: 717.90 mb = 2820.05 m = 9252.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.41 mb = 2600.32 m = 8531.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.22 % Est. max temperature: 22.71 C = 72.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.13 mb = 623.12 m = 2044.32 ft T: 13.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 9.97 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.74 mb = 900.73 m = 2955.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.42 C = 68.75 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: 0.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 28.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 93.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.55 mb = 837.68 m = 2748.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.55 mb = 1750.23 m = 5742.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 568.55 mb = 4649.82 m = 15255.11 ft B at Equ Level: 93.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 388.55 mb = 7478.61 m = 24535.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.4 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 156.4 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -67.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -5.4 tot: -3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 18.32 Bulk Shear: 5.09 m/s