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: 43.63,-122.33 Latitude: 43.63 Longitude: -122.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 1 950 566 2 900 1028 SFC 883 1190 16.6 6.4 51 10.2 10.7 101 3 300.2 301.4 288.9 320.5 6.84 4 850 1522 22.9 4.6 30 18.3 12.1 92 5 310.2 311.3 291.6 329.6 6.28 5 800 2050 23.0 -0.1 22 23.1 10.1 116 15 315.6 316.6 291.9 330.8 4.74 6 750 2607 18.9 -2.3 24 21.2 7.5 138 18 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.9 4.29 7 700 3193 13.5 -3.8 30 17.3 4.6 144 16 317.4 318.2 291.9 330.7 4.12 8 650 3810 7.7 -5.0 40 12.8 1.4 149 11 317.7 318.5 291.9 330.8 4.05 9 600 4463 1.7 -8.2 48 9.9 -2.8 192 7 318.1 318.8 291.5 329.3 3.43 10 550 5156 -4.3 -12.5 53 8.2 -7.5 238 10 319.0 319.5 291.1 327.8 2.67 11 500 5900 -9.2 -26.2 24 17.1 -13.7 121 3 321.9 322.0 290.3 325.0 0.90 12 450 6707 -14.2 -34.1 17 19.9 -18.2 172 3 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.1 0.47 13 400 7589 -20.9 -34.3 29 13.3 -23.4 234 2 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.7 0.52 14 350 8560 -28.3 -36.5 45 8.2 -29.5 263 1 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.4 0.48 15 300 9645 -37.0 -37.9 91 0.9 -37.1 292 4 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.1 0.49 16 250 10879 -47.0 -51.5 60 4.5 -47.2 307 5 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.13 17 200 12315 -59.3 -61.8 72 2.5 -59.3 309 6 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.05 18 150 14088 -62.9 -74.2 20 11.3 -63.0 238 7 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16598 -62.2 -83.7 4 21.6 -62.4 46 4 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.73 m Freezing level: 585.58 mb = 4662.72 m = 15297.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.98 mb = 4026.56 m = 13210.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.09 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.42 mb = 2511.05 m = 8238.26 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 0.15 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 565.19 mb = 4939.11 m = 16204.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.47 C = 94.05 F Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lifted Index: 2.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.83 C Showalter Index: 2.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.09 C Cross Totals Index: 13.81 C K Index: 19.42 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 68.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5562.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 627.57 mb = 4096.57 m = 13440.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 151.6 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 181.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.5 neg: -1.8 tot: 58.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.69 Bulk Shear: 7.14 m/s