MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.57,-110.51 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -110.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 545 2 900 1009 SFC 872 1279 18.6 6.0 44 12.6 11.3 156 5 303.4 304.6 289.9 323.6 6.73 4 850 1501 21.5 4.6 33 16.9 11.6 134 8 308.6 309.8 291.1 327.9 6.27 5 800 2023 17.8 2.7 37 15.0 9.2 128 14 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.2 5.83 6 750 2571 13.9 -2.5 32 16.4 5.5 172 8 311.7 312.5 290.3 325.1 4.25 7 700 3147 8.9 -4.4 39 13.3 2.4 249 5 312.4 313.1 290.2 324.9 3.94 8 650 3754 3.4 -7.1 46 10.6 -1.4 246 12 312.9 313.5 289.9 323.9 3.44 9 600 4397 -2.2 -8.4 62 6.3 -4.9 238 19 313.6 314.3 290.1 324.4 3.37 10 550 5081 -7.0 -14.8 54 7.8 -9.8 259 25 315.7 316.2 289.7 323.0 2.20 11 500 5819 -11.1 -34.2 13 23.1 -15.9 272 18 319.5 319.5 289.0 321.0 0.42 12 450 6618 -17.3 -35.3 19 18.0 -20.5 270 17 321.4 321.5 289.6 323.0 0.42 13 400 7489 -23.6 -35.1 34 11.6 -25.4 257 14 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.1 0.48 14 350 8449 -31.5 -34.6 74 3.1 -32.0 264 20 326.2 326.4 291.2 328.4 0.58 15 300 9519 -40.9 -40.9 99 0.1 -40.9 243 24 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.36 16 250 10731 -51.1 -51.2 99 0.1 -51.1 228 29 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 17 200 12190 -46.9 -73.8 3 26.9 -47.6 236 24 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 14087 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 210 20 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.8 0.00 19 100 16665 -58.2 -84.7 2 26.4 -58.6 158 6 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.01 m Freezing level: 619.34 mb = 4148.18 m = 13609.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.96 mb = 3530.80 m = 11583.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.11 % Est. max temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.31 mb = 2884.78 m = 9464.39 ft T: 11.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 4.30 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.60 mb = 4229.91 m = 13877.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.24 C = 82.84 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.04 C Showalter Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.60 C Cross Totals Index: 15.75 C K Index: 23.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 89.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7717.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 650.62 mb = 3746.24 m = 12290.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.1 neg: -5.4 tot: 46.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 49.38 m/s