MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 50.75,-100.12 Latitude: 50.75 Longitude: -100.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 955 534 23.4 13.1 53 10.2 16.8 132 5 300.5 302.3 291.7 329.9 9.99 2 950 580 21.9 12.8 56 9.1 16.0 133 6 299.4 301.2 291.2 328.1 9.79 3 900 1045 17.2 11.4 69 5.8 13.6 131 8 299.2 300.9 290.8 326.9 9.45 4 850 1531 13.6 8.5 71 5.1 10.6 120 10 300.4 301.9 290.2 324.6 8.21 5 800 2038 9.8 4.8 71 5.0 7.0 112 14 301.6 302.9 289.3 321.8 6.77 6 750 2571 6.5 -0.6 60 7.1 2.9 116 12 303.6 304.5 288.2 318.5 4.88 7 700 3136 5.3 -11.1 29 16.4 -1.4 123 9 308.4 308.8 287.3 315.9 2.34 8 650 3738 3.1 -21.5 14 24.6 -4.9 107 11 312.4 312.6 287.4 316.0 1.05 9 600 4381 -1.1 -30.6 9 29.5 -8.6 93 13 314.9 314.9 287.6 316.6 0.50 10 550 5069 -5.3 -38.8 5 33.4 -12.0 75 13 317.8 317.8 288.3 318.6 0.24 11 500 5810 -9.9 -35.8 10 25.9 -15.2 69 9 321.0 321.0 289.5 322.3 0.36 12 450 6612 -16.1 -27.1 38 11.0 -18.7 13 8 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.2 0.92 13 400 7489 -21.4 -35.7 26 14.3 -23.8 329 11 327.2 327.2 291.4 328.8 0.45 14 350 8460 -28.7 -47.4 15 18.7 -30.6 329 10 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.15 15 300 9542 -38.1 -50.1 27 12.1 -38.9 309 11 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.13 16 250 10767 -48.8 -52.5 65 3.7 -49.0 294 18 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12203 -55.6 -62.7 41 7.1 -55.8 306 25 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14052 -54.4 -80.3 3 25.9 -54.8 333 20 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16633 -57.8 -84.5 2 26.7 -58.2 1 12 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.58 m Freezing level: 613.09 mb = 4212.86 m = 13821.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.10 mb = 2949.84 m = 9677.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.82 % Est. max temperature: 24.40 C = 75.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.30 mb = 1818.24 m = 5965.29 ft T: 11.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 14.01 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.02 mb = 2131.60 m = 6993.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: 2.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: 4.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 18.39 C K Index: 15.59 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6552.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.97 mb = 1842.01 m = 6043.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 98.7 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 128.7 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -1.3 tot: -1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 5.28 m/s