MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 12 SEP 25 Station: 43.1,-121.87 Latitude: 43.10 Longitude: -121.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 1 950 580 2 900 1038 3 850 1522 SFC 836 1661 12.5 -0.0 42 12.5 6.1 15 1 300.6 301.5 286.9 314.4 4.56 5 800 2037 17.3 -1.1 29 18.4 7.6 81 3 309.6 310.4 289.8 323.4 4.42 6 750 2585 14.7 -3.2 29 17.9 5.5 178 5 312.5 313.3 290.3 325.3 4.01 7 700 3163 10.4 -7.2 28 17.6 2.2 208 10 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.3 3.19 8 650 3774 5.5 -11.1 29 16.6 -1.6 212 20 315.1 315.6 289.8 323.3 2.51 9 600 4421 0.1 -14.8 32 14.8 -5.5 211 28 316.2 316.6 289.6 322.9 2.03 10 550 5110 -5.6 -20.3 30 14.7 -10.2 208 29 317.4 317.7 289.4 322.1 1.39 11 500 5849 -10.9 -29.6 20 18.7 -15.2 206 24 319.8 319.9 289.4 322.1 0.66 12 450 6651 -15.6 -39.1 11 23.5 -19.6 195 21 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.7 0.29 13 400 7528 -22.2 -38.1 22 15.9 -24.6 178 24 326.2 326.2 291.0 327.5 0.36 14 350 8494 -29.9 -41.4 32 11.5 -31.3 191 25 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.29 15 300 9570 -39.4 -43.9 62 4.5 -39.8 201 27 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.26 16 250 10792 -49.0 -51.4 76 2.4 -49.1 204 22 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.14 17 200 12226 -56.2 -63.9 37 7.7 -56.3 215 31 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.04 18 150 14045 -57.7 -77.9 6 20.2 -57.9 236 29 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16579 -61.9 -83.9 4 22.1 -62.1 241 20 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.24 m Freezing level: 599.30 mb = 4430.63 m = 14536.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.83 mb = 3513.71 m = 11527.78 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.27 % Est. max temperature: 25.50 C = 77.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.56 mb = 3262.93 m = 10705.00 ft T: 9.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 3.15 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 537.79 mb = 5284.32 m = 17336.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lifted Index: 4.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.31 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7726.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 604.87 mb = 4355.62 m = 14289.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.2 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 231.2 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 55.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 54.60 m/s