MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 47.89,-121.21 Latitude: 47.89 Longitude: -121.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 561 2 900 1022 SFC 873 1277 16.6 13.3 81 3.3 14.4 313 4 301.2 303.2 292.7 333.7 11.04 4 850 1508 15.3 11.5 78 3.8 12.9 324 6 302.2 304.1 292.3 332.1 10.10 5 800 2021 12.8 8.4 74 4.4 10.1 354 5 304.8 306.4 291.9 330.8 8.67 6 750 2561 10.7 4.6 66 6.1 7.2 115 7 308.2 309.5 291.7 329.9 7.11 7 700 3132 6.5 1.8 72 4.7 3.9 146 15 309.7 310.9 291.4 329.0 6.24 8 650 3736 1.5 -0.0 90 1.5 0.7 157 20 310.7 311.8 291.4 329.0 5.89 9 600 4376 -2.9 -4.1 91 1.2 -3.4 165 26 312.8 313.7 291.0 327.7 4.71 10 550 5060 -7.9 -10.3 83 2.4 -8.8 175 28 314.7 315.3 290.3 325.0 3.18 11 500 5792 -13.5 -18.7 65 5.2 -15.0 189 29 316.6 317.0 289.5 322.5 1.75 12 450 6585 -19.1 -23.6 68 4.5 -20.2 190 31 319.2 319.5 289.8 323.6 1.27 13 400 7450 -25.9 -30.5 65 4.6 -26.7 187 30 321.4 321.5 290.0 324.0 0.76 14 350 8402 -33.0 -38.8 56 5.7 -33.7 196 26 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.6 0.38 15 300 9468 -40.3 -44.4 65 4.1 -40.6 213 19 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.25 16 250 10688 -49.1 -52.2 70 3.1 -49.2 220 15 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12130 -53.2 -69.7 12 16.6 -53.5 222 43 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 13989 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 199 23 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16587 -57.5 -84.2 2 26.7 -57.9 199 8 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.03 m Freezing level: 632.71 mb = 3957.20 m = 12982.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.31 mb = 3843.47 m = 12609.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.74 % Est. max temperature: 24.11 C = 75.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.40 mb = 1695.11 m = 5561.31 ft T: 14.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 11.20 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.04 mb = 2956.40 m = 9699.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.36 C = 75.84 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 35.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 577.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.64 mb = 2311.97 m = 7585.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.64 mb = 3764.93 m = 12351.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.64 mb = 9986.50 m = 32763.70 ft B at Equ Level: 577.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.64 mb = 12542.19 m = 41148.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.0 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 206.0 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.5 neg: -4.4 tot: 164.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 6.39 Bulk Shear: 90.40 m/s