MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 31 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 152 1 950 585 SFC 906 980 9.3 6.3 81 3.1 7.7 100 2 290.6 291.7 285.1 309.4 6.60 3 900 1038 12.0 7.8 76 4.2 9.6 69 1 293.8 295.2 287.1 315.1 7.38 4 850 1517 12.3 4.9 60 7.5 8.2 309 2 299.1 300.2 288.1 318.0 6.38 5 800 2026 12.2 1.5 48 10.7 6.5 216 6 304.2 305.1 288.8 320.3 5.32 6 750 2564 10.2 -2.5 41 12.7 3.8 204 18 307.6 308.4 289.0 320.8 4.23 7 700 3135 7.4 -6.1 38 13.5 1.1 203 26 310.6 311.3 289.2 321.6 3.46 8 650 3741 3.8 -8.4 41 12.2 -1.6 207 30 313.3 313.9 289.8 323.4 3.13 9 600 4386 -0.7 -9.3 52 8.5 -4.4 207 32 315.3 315.9 290.4 325.5 3.15 10 550 5075 -5.4 -15.7 44 10.2 -9.1 210 34 317.6 318.0 290.1 324.5 2.05 11 500 5815 -10.7 -22.9 36 12.2 -14.1 215 37 320.0 320.3 290.0 324.2 1.21 12 450 6617 -15.9 -32.5 23 16.5 -19.3 220 40 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.2 0.56 13 400 7493 -22.3 -33.9 34 11.6 -24.4 222 44 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.54 14 350 8458 -30.1 -36.6 53 6.5 -31.0 224 48 328.2 328.3 291.7 329.9 0.48 15 300 9535 -38.6 -42.6 66 4.0 -38.9 228 49 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.30 16 250 10762 -48.1 -51.2 70 3.1 -48.2 231 58 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.14 17 200 12198 -57.0 -61.3 59 4.2 -57.1 231 59 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 14024 -55.6 -78.0 5 22.3 -55.9 229 35 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.01 19 100 16586 -59.3 -84.2 3 25.0 -59.6 243 11 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.45 m Freezing level: 608.11 mb = 4281.46 m = 14046.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.63 mb = 3376.78 m = 11078.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.52 C = 77.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.81 mb = 1372.30 m = 4502.23 ft T: 12.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 611.91 mb = 4227.63 m = 13870.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.90 C = 91.21 F Cap Strength: 8.06 C Lifted Index: 7.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.06 C Showalter Index: 6.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 15.53 C K Index: 14.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 98.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9525.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.33 mb = 2362.84 m = 7751.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.8 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 241.8 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.2 neg: -18.0 tot: 80.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 96.91 m/s