MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z MON 1 SEP 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 151 1 950 584 SFC 906 979 9.1 8.1 93 1.0 8.6 82 2 290.3 291.7 285.9 311.6 7.50 3 900 1037 11.8 8.8 82 3.0 10.0 35 1 293.6 295.0 287.5 316.3 7.89 4 850 1517 12.2 6.9 70 5.3 9.2 8 2 299.0 300.3 288.9 320.6 7.36 5 800 2024 11.4 4.1 61 7.2 7.3 215 2 303.3 304.4 289.6 322.6 6.44 6 750 2562 9.5 -1.6 46 11.1 3.9 214 12 306.9 307.7 289.0 320.9 4.53 7 700 3132 6.9 -6.5 38 13.4 0.7 211 23 310.1 310.8 289.0 320.7 3.35 8 650 3736 2.8 -12.0 33 14.8 -3.1 213 24 312.2 312.6 288.6 319.8 2.34 9 600 4379 -1.1 -17.4 28 16.3 -6.8 212 24 314.8 315.1 288.8 320.2 1.63 10 550 5066 -5.7 -21.8 27 16.1 -10.6 210 26 317.3 317.5 289.2 321.4 1.21 11 500 5806 -10.9 -24.7 31 13.8 -14.6 207 29 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.3 1.03 12 450 6605 -16.9 -27.9 38 11.0 -19.4 204 30 322.0 322.1 290.3 325.0 0.85 13 400 7478 -23.3 -32.6 43 9.2 -25.0 207 35 324.7 324.8 290.8 326.9 0.62 14 350 8439 -31.3 -34.4 74 3.1 -31.7 209 41 326.5 326.7 291.3 328.7 0.59 15 300 9511 -40.0 -42.7 75 2.7 -40.2 205 49 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.29 16 250 10730 -49.0 -54.2 54 5.2 -49.2 202 55 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.10 17 200 12177 -52.0 -68.5 12 16.5 -52.3 215 39 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.6 0.02 18 150 14042 -52.5 -80.0 2 27.5 -52.9 220 28 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16613 -60.4 -84.2 3 23.7 -60.7 194 9 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.16 m Freezing level: 614.21 mb = 4195.87 m = 13765.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.65 mb = 3241.31 m = 10634.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.68 % Est. max temperature: 24.76 C = 76.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.40 mb = 1108.37 m = 3636.34 ft T: 11.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 2.85 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.34 mb = 3706.45 m = 12160.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Cap Strength: 6.65 C Lifted Index: 5.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.65 C Showalter Index: 5.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 17.79 C K Index: 16.59 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9748.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.22 mb = 2095.28 m = 6874.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.3 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 239.3 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.0 neg: -13.5 tot: 36.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 62.22 m/s