MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.48,-119.26 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -119.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 1 950 569 2 900 1033 3 850 1527 SFC 847 1562 22.5 7.2 37 15.3 13.1 288 6 310.1 311.5 292.6 333.2 7.52 5 800 2048 16.6 6.0 50 10.6 10.3 284 8 308.9 310.3 292.1 331.5 7.37 6 750 2593 11.5 4.6 63 6.9 7.5 287 11 309.1 310.4 292.0 330.9 7.12 7 700 3165 6.9 1.1 67 5.7 3.8 294 15 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.5 5.94 8 650 3769 2.1 -5.6 57 7.7 -1.5 291 20 311.3 312.1 289.8 323.6 3.87 9 600 4410 -2.2 -14.4 38 12.3 -6.7 284 22 313.6 314.0 288.9 320.4 2.08 10 550 5095 -6.9 -22.1 29 15.2 -11.3 279 19 315.9 316.1 288.7 319.9 1.18 11 500 5832 -11.3 -21.2 44 10.0 -14.2 273 15 319.3 319.6 290.0 324.1 1.41 12 450 6633 -16.0 -21.8 61 5.8 -17.7 252 13 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.2 1.48 13 400 7509 -22.3 -28.6 56 6.3 -23.6 217 13 326.1 326.2 291.5 329.3 0.90 14 350 8478 -28.9 -40.9 31 12.0 -30.4 188 13 329.7 329.8 292.0 330.9 0.30 15 300 9561 -37.5 -37.9 96 0.4 -37.6 176 16 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.49 16 250 10789 -48.6 -48.7 100 0.0 -48.6 153 17 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.18 17 200 12248 -49.8 -71.3 6 21.4 -50.3 189 24 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14113 -53.8 -80.1 3 26.2 -54.2 203 28 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16656 -61.6 -83.5 4 21.9 -61.9 176 11 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.80 m Freezing level: 625.62 mb = 4081.59 m = 13390.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.26 mb = 3592.29 m = 11785.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.00 % Est. max temperature: 22.59 C = 72.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 674.47 mb = 3467.97 m = 11377.72 ft T: 4.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 13.28 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.82 mb = 3622.28 m = 11883.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.41 C = 74.14 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.73 mb = 3416.67 m = 11209.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.73 mb = 4099.37 m = 13449.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.73 mb = 7623.85 m = 25012.32 ft B at Equ Level: 72.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.73 mb = 9474.50 m = 31083.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: -6.5 tot: 4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.20 Bulk Shear: 8.87 m/s