MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 2 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 133 1 950 567 SFC 905 980 10.8 8.8 88 1.9 9.6 94 2 292.2 293.6 287.0 314.7 7.89 3 900 1023 14.0 8.6 70 5.4 10.9 68 2 295.9 297.4 288.3 318.7 7.83 4 850 1506 15.1 6.5 56 8.6 10.2 48 3 302.0 303.3 289.8 323.4 7.18 5 800 2020 14.9 4.0 48 10.9 8.8 90 4 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.6 6.40 6 750 2564 12.4 -0.2 42 12.7 5.7 119 8 310.1 311.0 290.5 325.7 5.02 7 700 3138 7.9 -2.4 48 10.4 2.7 136 9 311.3 312.1 290.5 325.6 4.57 8 650 3743 2.7 -6.4 51 9.0 -1.4 150 10 312.0 312.7 289.9 323.6 3.66 9 600 4385 -2.5 -12.7 45 10.2 -6.4 159 13 313.3 313.7 289.0 321.0 2.40 10 550 5069 -6.9 -22.3 28 15.5 -11.4 174 16 315.9 316.2 288.7 319.9 1.16 11 500 5805 -12.2 -28.3 25 16.1 -16.0 188 19 318.1 318.3 288.9 320.7 0.74 12 450 6601 -17.8 -36.2 18 18.3 -21.0 199 21 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.2 0.39 13 400 7470 -24.7 -34.8 38 10.2 -26.2 213 28 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.7 0.50 14 350 8426 -32.1 -44.3 29 12.2 -33.2 219 38 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.3 0.21 15 300 9495 -40.5 -48.2 44 7.6 -41.1 223 48 328.2 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.16 16 250 10711 -49.6 -51.9 77 2.3 -49.7 221 60 332.3 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.13 17 200 12160 -51.2 -69.0 10 17.8 -51.7 224 39 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14026 -52.2 -79.3 2 27.1 -52.7 204 8 380.1 380.1 302.2 380.1 0.00 19 100 16600 -59.5 -84.1 3 24.6 -59.8 106 3 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.00 m Freezing level: 624.04 mb = 4076.23 m = 13373.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.62 mb = 3524.86 m = 11564.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.54 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.39 mb = 1228.19 m = 4029.45 ft T: 14.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 6.74 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.78 mb = 3733.52 m = 12248.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.01 C = 86.01 F Cap Strength: 7.85 C Lifted Index: 2.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.37 C Showalter Index: 2.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 18.79 C K Index: 23.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8374.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.39 mb = 2503.49 m = 8213.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.4 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 201.4 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.6 neg: -3.5 tot: 33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.04 Bulk Shear: 22.95 m/s