MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 30 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 155 1 950 589 SFC 907 979 11.1 4.6 64 6.5 7.6 123 2 292.3 293.3 285.0 309.2 5.86 3 900 1045 14.6 3.8 48 10.9 8.8 239 0 296.6 297.6 286.4 313.0 5.58 4 850 1529 15.6 1.4 38 14.2 8.0 277 1 302.5 303.4 287.9 317.6 4.99 5 800 2043 15.2 -1.5 32 16.7 6.6 177 4 307.3 308.1 288.9 320.6 4.27 6 750 2586 12.0 -4.7 31 16.7 3.9 156 10 309.6 310.3 289.0 320.9 3.59 7 700 3158 7.3 -7.7 33 15.1 0.5 170 13 310.6 311.2 288.8 320.3 3.05 8 650 3762 2.2 -11.6 35 13.9 -3.4 193 18 311.5 311.9 288.5 319.3 2.41 9 600 4402 -2.6 -18.1 29 15.5 -7.8 200 22 313.1 313.4 288.2 318.2 1.53 10 550 5086 -7.1 -18.6 39 11.5 -10.8 207 26 315.7 316.0 289.0 321.1 1.61 11 500 5822 -11.7 -18.8 56 7.1 -13.9 214 30 318.7 319.1 290.2 324.6 1.73 12 450 6621 -17.1 -20.7 74 3.6 -18.1 223 32 321.7 322.1 291.0 327.4 1.64 13 400 7495 -23.0 -24.7 86 1.6 -23.4 227 33 325.0 325.3 291.6 329.6 1.29 14 350 8460 -29.9 -30.1 98 0.2 -29.9 232 46 328.4 328.6 292.2 331.7 0.90 15 300 9537 -38.5 -39.7 89 1.2 -38.7 241 50 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.6 0.40 16 250 10766 -47.3 -53.6 48 6.3 -47.6 234 53 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.10 17 200 12210 -55.9 -62.3 44 6.4 -56.0 234 46 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.04 18 150 14026 -58.4 -78.5 6 20.1 -58.6 232 34 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16579 -59.7 -83.7 3 24.0 -60.0 203 4 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.51 m Freezing level: 627.01 mb = 4056.48 m = 13308.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.03 mb = 3239.81 m = 10629.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.85 mb = 1814.26 m = 5952.21 ft T: 15.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 2.74 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 590.72 mb = 4524.67 m = 14844.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.79 C = 89.22 F Cap Strength: 8.31 C Lifted Index: 6.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.29 C Showalter Index: 6.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.32 C Cross Totals Index: 13.16 C K Index: 13.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 50.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9454.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.19 mb = 3179.38 m = 10430.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.2 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 235.2 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.3 neg: -8.2 tot: 68.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 41.85 m/s