MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 47.96,-123.31 Latitude: 47.96 Longitude: -123.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 567 SFC 940 663 23.2 13.1 53 10.1 16.7 5 3 301.7 303.5 292.2 331.6 10.14 3 900 1035 20.7 11.1 54 9.6 14.6 20 1 302.8 304.5 291.8 330.3 9.25 4 850 1527 17.1 8.7 58 8.4 12.0 16 1 304.1 305.6 291.5 329.1 8.34 5 800 2041 13.6 5.9 60 7.6 9.1 355 1 305.6 307.0 291.0 327.7 7.31 6 750 2581 9.5 4.0 69 5.5 6.4 70 2 306.9 308.1 291.0 327.6 6.81 7 700 3150 6.0 -0.6 63 6.6 2.6 61 5 309.1 310.1 290.4 325.4 5.25 8 650 3753 2.1 -2.9 70 4.9 -0.4 46 9 311.3 312.2 290.6 326.2 4.76 9 600 4394 -2.7 -6.5 75 3.8 -4.4 50 14 313.0 313.7 290.4 325.4 3.91 10 550 5078 -7.1 -13.4 61 6.3 -9.4 54 14 315.7 316.2 289.9 323.8 2.47 11 500 5815 -11.3 -12.7 89 1.4 -11.8 95 3 319.3 319.9 291.4 328.8 2.89 12 450 6616 -16.2 -17.8 87 1.6 -16.7 173 4 322.9 323.3 291.7 330.0 2.10 13 400 7493 -22.3 -25.2 77 2.9 -22.9 155 9 326.1 326.3 291.8 330.4 1.24 14 350 8459 -30.1 -34.0 68 3.9 -30.7 151 13 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.4 0.61 15 300 9535 -39.1 -46.5 45 7.4 -39.6 161 19 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.0 0.19 16 250 10759 -48.2 -57.3 34 9.1 -48.6 167 31 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.07 17 200 12210 -50.5 -71.2 7 20.7 -51.0 180 18 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14084 -53.0 -80.6 2 27.5 -53.5 204 15 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16660 -58.8 -84.5 2 25.7 -59.1 161 7 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.25 m Freezing level: 628.33 mb = 4030.66 m = 13223.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.53 mb = 3671.56 m = 12045.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.75 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.05 mb = 1934.93 m = 6348.12 ft T: 14.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 6.21 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.68 mb = 2898.40 m = 9509.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.53 C = 85.16 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.98 C K Index: 30.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.62 mb = 2310.64 m = 7580.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.62 mb = 4266.50 m = 13997.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 479.62 mb = 6131.76 m = 20117.07 ft B at Equ Level: 32.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 389.62 mb = 7683.04 m = 25206.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 55.9 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 85.9 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -2.1 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.51 Bulk Shear: 3.09 m/s