MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 44.85,-123.2 Latitude: 44.85 Longitude: -123.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 991 185 27.3 13.9 44 13.3 18.5 5 2 301.2 303.0 292.0 331.0 10.12 2 950 555 23.7 11.1 45 12.7 15.8 358 4 301.3 302.9 290.9 327.1 8.74 3 900 1027 23.6 7.0 35 16.5 13.6 352 6 305.8 307.1 290.9 327.0 7.01 4 850 1524 21.2 2.9 30 18.3 10.9 16 8 308.4 309.4 290.4 325.5 5.55 5 800 2045 17.4 2.7 37 14.6 9.1 25 9 309.7 310.8 291.0 327.7 5.83 6 750 2591 12.9 1.1 44 11.8 6.5 60 8 310.6 311.7 291.1 327.9 5.54 7 700 3166 8.1 -0.2 56 8.2 3.7 90 9 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.3 5.40 8 650 3772 2.7 -1.9 72 4.6 0.4 97 11 312.0 313.0 291.2 328.1 5.13 9 600 4414 -2.5 -4.9 84 2.4 -3.7 96 12 313.2 314.0 290.9 327.2 4.42 10 550 5099 -7.0 -9.2 84 2.3 -7.9 106 8 315.8 316.5 290.9 327.0 3.45 11 500 5836 -11.6 -12.4 94 0.8 -11.9 136 7 318.9 319.5 291.3 328.6 2.95 12 450 6636 -16.7 -18.9 83 2.3 -17.3 207 4 322.3 322.7 291.4 328.8 1.91 13 400 7510 -23.3 -26.5 75 3.2 -24.0 188 4 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.6 1.10 14 350 8473 -30.4 -32.3 84 1.9 -30.7 167 15 327.8 327.9 291.8 330.4 0.73 15 300 9550 -38.8 -43.9 59 5.1 -39.2 175 24 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.26 16 250 10774 -47.8 -52.0 62 4.2 -48.0 172 22 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 17 200 12231 -49.8 -70.9 7 21.1 -50.3 193 19 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14108 -53.2 -80.8 2 27.6 -53.7 201 19 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16665 -59.9 -84.1 3 24.2 -60.2 208 5 411.9 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.05 m Freezing level: 624.31 mb = 4101.82 m = 13457.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.41 mb = 3828.84 m = 12561.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.49 % Est. max temperature: 34.69 C = 94.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.51 mb = 1879.70 m = 6166.93 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 5.52 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.39 mb = 3458.65 m = 11347.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.77 C = 99.99 F Cap Strength: 6.96 C Lifted Index: 0.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.52 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.85 C Cross Totals Index: 14.51 C K Index: 27.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 57.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7319.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.20 mb = 2432.36 m = 7980.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 78.7 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 108.7 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 29.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.21 Bulk Shear: 8.84 m/s