MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 136 SFC 970 405 27.5 12.7 40 14.8 17.9 158 4 303.3 305.1 292.2 331.8 9.56 2 950 585 24.7 12.2 46 12.5 16.7 159 4 302.2 304.0 291.8 330.2 9.44 3 900 1055 20.0 11.3 57 8.7 14.5 172 5 302.2 303.9 291.7 330.0 9.38 4 850 1544 15.6 10.1 70 5.5 12.2 194 5 302.5 304.2 291.6 329.8 9.17 5 800 2056 11.8 7.8 76 4.0 9.4 223 7 303.7 305.2 291.3 328.6 8.31 6 750 2593 7.7 5.2 84 2.5 6.2 231 8 304.9 306.3 290.9 327.2 7.41 7 700 3158 3.7 -0.2 76 3.9 1.7 225 7 306.6 307.6 289.7 323.1 5.40 8 650 3757 0.7 -3.7 72 4.4 -1.4 215 6 309.8 310.6 289.9 323.7 4.46 9 600 4395 -2.8 -8.7 64 5.9 -5.3 218 9 312.9 313.5 289.8 323.4 3.29 10 550 5080 -6.8 -17.8 41 11.0 -10.5 217 9 316.0 316.3 289.3 321.7 1.71 11 500 5818 -10.9 -26.4 27 15.4 -14.9 218 8 319.7 319.9 289.6 322.8 0.89 12 450 6618 -16.7 -31.5 27 14.8 -19.7 204 6 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.4 0.61 13 400 7492 -22.3 -46.6 9 24.4 -25.2 205 11 326.0 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.14 14 350 8459 -29.7 -49.2 13 19.5 -31.4 195 16 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.12 15 300 9538 -38.4 -51.2 25 12.8 -39.2 175 16 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.11 16 250 10763 -48.2 -55.8 41 7.6 -48.4 180 16 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 17 200 12223 -49.6 -72.7 5 23.1 -50.1 205 13 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14094 -53.8 -80.4 2 26.6 -54.2 225 10 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16653 -59.6 -84.0 3 24.4 -59.9 150 6 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.75 m Freezing level: 639.99 mb = 3884.51 m = 12744.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.84 mb = 3477.52 m = 11409.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.09 % Est. max temperature: 27.42 C = 81.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.51 mb = 2260.83 m = 7417.34 ft T: 10.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 8.67 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.65 mb = 2431.62 m = 7977.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.02 mb = 2170.54 m = 7121.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.02 mb = 2881.29 m = 9452.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 504.02 mb = 5755.78 m = 18883.57 ft B at Equ Level: 42.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 354.02 mb = 8376.02 m = 27480.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.3 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 244.3 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -1.4 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.17 Bulk Shear: 4.07 m/s