MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 46.6,-123.04 Latitude: 46.60 Longitude: -123.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 995 175 28.1 10.2 33 17.9 17.0 335 1 301.7 303.1 290.3 325.1 7.87 2 950 580 21.7 8.5 43 13.2 13.8 279 1 299.2 300.6 289.0 320.9 7.35 3 900 1045 17.2 7.4 53 9.8 11.5 246 2 299.2 300.6 288.9 320.5 7.21 4 850 1529 13.3 5.0 57 8.4 8.7 204 3 300.1 301.3 288.5 319.2 6.44 5 800 2039 12.8 -5.6 27 18.4 4.2 179 11 304.7 305.3 286.9 314.5 3.13 6 750 2577 9.8 -9.2 25 19.0 1.6 184 19 307.2 307.7 287.2 315.2 2.53 7 700 3146 6.0 -5.8 43 11.8 0.5 177 26 309.1 309.8 288.8 320.2 3.54 8 650 3747 1.3 -9.9 43 11.2 -3.3 175 30 310.5 311.0 288.5 319.4 2.78 9 600 4385 -3.9 -11.2 57 7.3 -6.8 181 31 311.6 312.1 288.8 320.3 2.71 10 550 5066 -8.3 -15.9 54 7.5 -10.9 187 33 314.2 314.6 289.0 320.8 2.01 11 500 5800 -12.3 -24.2 36 11.9 -15.4 189 33 318.1 318.3 289.3 321.8 1.08 12 450 6597 -17.4 -33.8 23 16.4 -20.5 183 28 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.1 0.49 13 400 7466 -24.7 -37.1 31 12.3 -26.5 184 28 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.3 0.40 14 350 8422 -32.5 -42.0 38 9.5 -33.4 206 36 325.0 325.0 290.6 326.0 0.27 15 300 9490 -40.7 -48.2 44 7.6 -41.1 216 46 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.16 16 250 10707 -48.9 -49.4 94 0.5 -49.0 219 68 333.3 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.17 17 200 12147 -55.0 -64.6 30 9.5 -55.2 220 58 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 13997 -52.4 -81.3 2 28.8 -52.9 204 20 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16585 -58.2 -83.9 2 25.7 -58.6 166 7 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.34 m Freezing level: 637.22 mb = 3910.32 m = 12828.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.93 mb = 3227.98 m = 10590.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.13 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.95 mb = 2401.31 m = 7878.21 ft T: 10.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 10.58 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.10 mb = 3439.66 m = 11284.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.20 C = 97.16 F Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lifted Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.83 C Showalter Index: 4.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 17.25 C K Index: 18.84 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 98.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8117.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.80 mb = 2284.03 m = 7493.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.5 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 213.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.5 neg: -3.1 tot: 47.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 59.39 m/s