MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 46.90,-118.84 Latitude: 46.90 Longitude: -118.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 970 404 23.0 13.8 56 9.2 17.1 156 2 298.8 300.6 291.4 328.8 10.30 2 950 584 21.8 13.0 58 8.7 16.1 162 3 299.3 301.1 291.3 328.4 9.96 3 900 1051 19.1 11.1 60 8.0 14.1 194 4 301.2 302.9 291.3 328.6 9.26 4 850 1540 15.7 9.2 65 6.5 11.7 228 5 302.6 304.2 291.2 328.3 8.63 5 800 2052 11.8 7.4 75 4.4 9.2 210 7 303.7 305.2 291.1 327.9 8.10 6 750 2589 7.6 5.4 86 2.2 6.3 204 9 304.8 306.2 291.0 327.5 7.54 7 700 3153 3.0 2.0 93 1.0 2.5 227 8 305.9 307.0 290.3 325.1 6.34 8 650 3750 -0.2 -1.9 89 1.6 -1.0 253 6 308.7 309.6 290.2 324.6 5.14 9 600 4388 -3.2 -5.7 83 2.5 -4.3 220 4 312.5 313.2 290.5 325.7 4.18 10 550 5073 -6.7 -10.2 76 3.5 -8.2 212 5 316.1 316.7 290.7 326.4 3.19 11 500 5811 -10.9 -20.5 45 9.6 -13.8 205 3 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.8 1.49 12 450 6613 -16.3 -31.0 27 14.6 -19.4 225 9 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.0 0.64 13 400 7487 -22.3 -40.8 17 18.5 -24.9 203 11 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.27 14 350 8455 -29.2 -50.4 11 21.2 -31.1 194 15 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.11 15 300 9535 -38.4 -51.6 24 13.2 -39.2 195 18 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.11 16 250 10760 -48.4 -58.7 29 10.3 -48.7 185 17 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.06 17 200 12219 -49.6 -73.0 5 23.4 -50.0 203 16 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14090 -53.8 -80.5 2 26.7 -54.2 212 10 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16653 -58.9 -84.3 2 25.3 -59.3 145 5 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.96 m Freezing level: 653.76 mb = 3705.40 m = 12156.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.72 mb = 3569.95 m = 11712.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.43 mb = 1565.68 m = 5136.69 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 4.03 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.75 mb = 2383.27 m = 7819.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.60 C = 83.49 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.12 C K Index: 34.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.17 mb = 1914.04 m = 6279.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.17 mb = 2943.63 m = 9657.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 588.17 mb = 4545.14 m = 14911.71 ft B at Equ Level: 42.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 468.17 mb = 6311.67 m = 20707.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.8 at 5.5 knts Storm direction: 246.8 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 18.78 Bulk Shear: 2.24 m/s