MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 47.9,-109.84 Latitude: 47.90 Longitude: -109.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 499 2 900 969 SFC 896 1004 25.7 5.9 28 19.8 13.8 290 11 308.3 309.5 291.2 328.2 6.50 4 850 1467 21.8 3.6 30 18.2 11.3 284 20 309.0 310.1 290.9 327.0 5.83 5 800 1991 20.2 0.9 28 19.3 9.4 268 29 312.6 313.6 291.3 328.7 5.10 6 750 2543 15.8 -0.5 33 16.3 6.9 268 26 313.7 314.7 291.5 329.2 4.91 7 700 3123 10.5 -2.3 41 12.8 3.9 271 24 314.1 315.0 291.4 328.8 4.61 8 650 3733 5.0 -5.1 48 10.1 0.1 265 24 314.6 315.4 291.0 327.5 4.03 9 600 4381 0.5 -12.3 38 12.8 -4.7 264 29 316.7 317.2 290.2 324.9 2.49 10 550 5073 -3.9 -18.1 32 14.3 -8.8 259 32 319.5 319.8 290.3 325.1 1.67 11 500 5818 -8.5 -27.1 21 18.7 -13.4 257 34 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.6 0.83 12 450 6626 -14.3 -32.9 19 18.6 -18.2 254 36 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.1 0.53 13 400 7506 -21.5 -37.1 23 15.6 -24.0 252 36 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.6 0.40 14 350 8476 -28.9 -37.6 43 8.7 -30.1 251 39 329.7 329.8 292.1 331.4 0.43 15 300 9558 -37.3 -48.6 30 11.3 -38.1 254 47 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.15 16 250 10791 -46.8 -57.2 30 10.4 -47.2 260 48 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.07 17 200 12242 -54.5 -65.1 26 10.7 -54.7 264 49 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14064 -57.5 -76.4 7 18.8 -57.8 257 48 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16617 -59.8 -84.6 3 24.8 -60.0 237 16 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.69 m Freezing level: 593.89 mb = 4465.39 m = 14650.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.57 mb = 3751.09 m = 12306.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 669.59 mb = 3488.65 m = 11445.57 ft T: 7.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 4.32 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 569.14 mb = 4800.89 m = 15750.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.48 C = 95.86 F Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lifted Index: 3.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.83 C Showalter Index: 4.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.27 C Cross Totals Index: 12.06 C K Index: 21.01 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6493.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 638.45 mb = 3878.40 m = 12724.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.2 neg: -12.1 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 30.36 m/s