MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 43.45,-122.25 Latitude: 43.45 Longitude: -122.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 571 2 900 1032 SFC 864 1378 16.2 5.4 49 10.8 10.0 97 3 301.6 302.8 289.1 321.1 6.53 4 850 1524 21.4 4.9 34 16.6 11.7 89 3 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.2 6.38 5 800 2050 22.8 -0.3 22 23.1 9.9 115 13 315.4 316.3 291.8 330.3 4.67 6 750 2607 18.9 -2.8 23 21.7 7.4 139 17 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.5 4.16 7 700 3193 13.5 -3.8 30 17.3 4.6 144 17 317.4 318.2 291.9 330.8 4.13 8 650 3810 7.7 -5.0 40 12.7 1.4 143 13 317.7 318.5 291.9 330.8 4.07 9 600 4463 1.8 -8.5 46 10.3 -2.9 183 7 318.2 318.9 291.5 329.1 3.35 10 550 5156 -4.2 -12.6 52 8.3 -7.5 240 9 319.1 319.6 291.1 327.8 2.65 11 500 5900 -9.2 -25.7 25 16.4 -13.7 109 3 321.8 321.9 290.3 325.1 0.95 12 450 6707 -14.2 -34.0 17 19.9 -18.2 174 3 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.2 0.48 13 400 7589 -20.9 -34.5 29 13.6 -23.4 241 2 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.7 0.51 14 350 8560 -28.2 -37.6 40 9.3 -29.6 325 1 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.3 0.43 15 300 9646 -36.9 -37.5 94 0.6 -37.0 307 4 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.2 0.50 16 250 10879 -47.0 -50.4 68 3.4 -47.2 302 5 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.15 17 200 12316 -59.3 -61.2 78 2.0 -59.3 305 6 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.05 18 150 14089 -62.8 -74.4 19 11.6 -62.9 241 7 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16598 -62.2 -83.7 4 21.5 -62.4 44 4 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.78 m Freezing level: 585.05 mb = 4669.89 m = 15320.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 4021.81 m = 13194.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.26 C = 88.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.47 mb = 2773.32 m = 9098.71 ft T: 17.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.40 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 554.39 mb = 5092.65 m = 16707.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.83 C = 91.09 F Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lifted Index: 2.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.41 C Showalter Index: 2.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.68 C Cross Totals Index: 14.12 C K Index: 18.29 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 68.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5648.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 604.37 mb = 4403.35 m = 14446.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.9 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 180.9 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: -4.1 tot: 53.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.52 Bulk Shear: 5.89 m/s