MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 57.88,-108.94 Latitude: 57.88 Longitude: -108.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 504 SFC 950 508 17.2 9.3 60 7.8 12.5 186 7 294.6 296.0 287.8 317.1 7.76 3 900 971 21.1 8.3 44 12.8 13.3 217 19 303.2 304.7 290.6 326.1 7.63 4 850 1462 17.3 7.5 53 9.8 11.4 235 17 304.2 305.6 290.9 327.2 7.65 5 800 1976 12.6 6.6 67 6.1 9.1 251 17 304.6 306.1 291.0 327.7 7.65 6 750 2514 8.2 3.9 74 4.4 5.8 276 17 305.5 306.7 290.5 325.9 6.74 7 700 3081 5.2 -3.3 54 8.5 1.1 283 19 308.3 309.1 289.2 321.6 4.29 8 650 3683 2.3 -13.7 30 16.0 -3.8 277 22 311.5 311.9 288.1 318.2 2.04 9 600 4324 -1.3 -17.1 29 15.8 -6.8 275 29 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.1 1.67 10 550 5012 -5.3 -20.8 28 15.5 -10.2 270 34 317.8 318.1 289.5 322.3 1.32 11 500 5754 -9.8 -27.9 21 18.0 -14.4 269 39 321.0 321.2 289.9 323.8 0.77 12 450 6558 -15.0 -24.7 44 9.7 -17.6 269 41 324.4 324.6 291.3 328.4 1.15 13 400 7441 -19.6 -35.6 23 16.0 -22.5 272 41 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.3 0.46 14 350 8417 -27.1 -29.6 79 2.5 -27.6 274 45 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.6 0.94 15 300 9510 -35.5 -36.9 87 1.4 -35.7 279 46 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.4 0.54 16 250 10752 -45.5 -45.9 96 0.4 -45.6 290 48 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.4 0.25 17 200 12196 -58.0 -58.6 93 0.5 -58.0 292 49 340.8 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.07 18 150 14007 -55.6 -78.7 4 23.2 -55.9 280 44 374.3 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.01 19 100 16592 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 290 23 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.79 m Freezing level: 618.48 mb = 4087.21 m = 13409.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.08 mb = 3208.47 m = 10526.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.45 mb = 1517.95 m = 4980.09 ft T: 16.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 9.51 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.55 mb = 3250.27 m = 10663.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.48 C = 88.67 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.09 C Showalter Index: 2.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 17.32 C K Index: 26.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8375.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.04 mb = 2359.43 m = 7740.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.2 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 296.2 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 108.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 59.68 m/s