MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 145 1 950 580 SFC 906 980 13.3 7.4 68 5.9 10.0 113 3 294.6 295.9 287.2 315.3 7.15 3 900 1040 17.1 7.6 54 9.5 11.5 118 2 299.1 300.4 288.9 320.6 7.29 4 850 1529 18.5 5.5 42 13.0 10.9 147 3 305.6 306.8 290.5 325.8 6.68 5 800 2047 16.1 1.8 38 14.3 8.2 176 5 308.3 309.4 290.3 325.2 5.46 6 750 2591 12.2 -3.1 34 15.3 4.5 190 9 309.8 310.6 289.5 322.5 4.05 7 700 3164 8.0 -6.3 36 14.3 1.3 200 14 311.3 311.9 289.4 322.1 3.40 8 650 3770 3.2 -10.7 35 13.9 -2.6 201 17 312.6 313.0 289.0 320.9 2.60 9 600 4412 -2.2 -16.9 31 14.7 -7.3 205 21 313.6 313.9 288.5 319.2 1.69 10 550 5095 -7.4 -23.5 26 16.1 -11.9 205 14 315.3 315.5 288.3 318.9 1.04 11 500 5831 -11.6 -29.4 21 17.8 -15.7 209 9 318.9 319.0 289.1 321.2 0.67 12 450 6630 -17.3 -29.8 33 12.6 -20.0 220 11 321.5 321.6 290.0 324.0 0.71 13 400 7500 -24.4 -35.0 37 10.6 -26.1 221 14 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.0 0.49 14 350 8459 -30.7 -45.9 21 15.3 -32.1 253 13 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.18 15 300 9534 -39.3 -50.6 29 11.2 -40.1 262 10 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.12 16 250 10755 -49.4 -51.6 77 2.2 -49.5 314 20 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.13 17 200 12188 -54.9 -65.1 27 10.1 -55.1 243 18 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 14037 -53.5 -79.4 3 25.8 -53.9 187 15 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16605 -59.9 -83.9 3 24.0 -60.2 147 8 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.46 m Freezing level: 620.43 mb = 4149.42 m = 13613.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3361.04 m = 11026.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.34 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.56 mb = 1736.67 m = 5697.66 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 6.96 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.76 mb = 4010.71 m = 13158.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 88.01 F Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lifted Index: 2.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.94 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.16 C Cross Totals Index: 17.16 C K Index: 21.42 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7893.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.53 mb = 3005.01 m = 9858.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.4 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 232.4 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.7 neg: -0.7 tot: 29.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.66 Bulk Shear: 15.43 m/s