MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 43.77,-122.43 Latitude: 43.77 Longitude: -122.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 1 950 584 SFC 907 980 13.4 6.9 65 6.5 9.7 110 3 294.7 296.0 287.0 314.7 6.90 3 900 1043 17.0 6.9 51 10.1 11.2 110 3 299.0 300.3 288.6 319.6 6.96 4 850 1532 17.9 5.6 44 12.3 10.7 119 3 304.9 306.1 290.3 325.2 6.72 5 800 2049 15.9 2.8 41 13.1 8.5 168 4 308.1 309.2 290.6 326.1 5.85 6 750 2593 12.6 -2.8 34 15.4 4.8 205 10 310.2 311.0 289.8 323.2 4.14 7 700 3168 8.9 -7.1 31 16.0 1.5 203 17 312.3 312.9 289.5 322.6 3.20 8 650 3775 3.7 -10.5 35 14.2 -2.3 201 19 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.6 2.64 9 600 4418 -1.8 -16.0 33 14.2 -6.9 203 18 314.0 314.3 288.8 320.0 1.82 10 550 5103 -7.2 -22.4 29 15.2 -11.6 210 15 315.5 315.8 288.6 319.5 1.15 11 500 5838 -11.9 -28.2 24 16.3 -15.7 232 13 318.5 318.7 289.1 321.1 0.75 12 450 6636 -17.3 -28.6 37 11.3 -19.8 239 11 321.5 321.7 290.1 324.4 0.80 13 400 7507 -24.0 -35.3 34 11.4 -25.8 231 16 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.6 0.47 14 350 8468 -30.7 -45.9 21 15.2 -32.1 240 11 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.0 0.18 15 300 9541 -39.8 -49.7 34 9.9 -40.4 227 6 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.14 16 250 10760 -49.5 -53.7 61 4.3 -49.6 318 18 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.10 17 200 12198 -53.0 -66.8 17 13.9 -53.2 212 21 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14056 -53.2 -80.1 2 26.9 -53.7 165 16 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16624 -60.0 -84.1 3 24.0 -60.3 159 10 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.72 m Freezing level: 616.70 mb = 4203.36 m = 13790.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.51 mb = 3399.34 m = 11152.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.55 mb = 1822.10 m = 5977.95 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 6.61 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.78 mb = 4080.18 m = 13386.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lifted Index: 2.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.05 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.77 C Cross Totals Index: 17.51 C K Index: 19.37 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7693.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.23 mb = 2953.84 m = 9690.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.7 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 239.7 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.8 neg: -1.5 tot: 30.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.78 Bulk Shear: 22.36 m/s