MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 47.14,-106.9 Latitude: 47.14 Longitude: -106.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 534 SFC 910 907 22.0 15.2 66 6.7 17.4 175 6 303.2 305.4 294.0 338.9 12.04 3 900 1004 24.1 14.5 55 9.6 17.7 187 11 306.3 308.5 294.6 341.2 11.62 4 850 1509 27.0 4.9 24 22.2 13.6 221 10 314.5 315.7 292.9 334.5 6.38 5 800 2040 22.6 2.1 26 20.4 10.8 249 9 315.2 316.3 292.5 332.9 5.59 6 750 2595 17.3 0.3 32 17.0 7.9 256 10 315.3 316.3 292.2 331.9 5.21 7 700 3178 12.1 -3.7 33 15.8 4.1 290 8 315.9 316.7 291.5 329.3 4.17 8 650 3793 6.9 -7.1 36 14.1 0.3 303 16 316.8 317.5 291.2 328.0 3.44 9 600 4444 2.8 -20.4 16 23.2 -5.2 308 24 319.4 319.6 289.9 323.7 1.25 10 550 5141 -2.5 -24.2 17 21.6 -9.1 296 24 321.1 321.3 290.1 324.5 0.99 11 500 5889 -7.5 -38.2 7 30.6 -13.7 283 24 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.28 12 450 6701 -12.4 -45.3 5 32.9 -17.7 287 23 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.15 13 400 7589 -18.8 -44.1 9 25.3 -22.4 295 23 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.3 0.19 14 350 8568 -26.2 -47.1 12 20.9 -28.5 275 26 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.16 15 300 9664 -34.6 -37.5 75 2.9 -35.0 262 42 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.5 0.51 16 250 10912 -43.8 -48.1 63 4.2 -44.1 244 46 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.20 17 200 12380 -52.8 -68.9 13 16.1 -53.1 246 41 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.02 18 150 14188 -63.4 -74.1 22 10.7 -63.5 260 34 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16671 -63.4 -83.4 5 20.0 -63.6 265 10 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.35 m Freezing level: 573.76 mb = 4809.85 m = 15780.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.16 mb = 3828.21 m = 12559.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.33 % Est. max temperature: 33.79 C = 92.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.11 mb = 1779.63 m = 5838.61 ft T: 24.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 17.59 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.25 mb = 4359.92 m = 14304.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.39 C = 99.30 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: 0.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.84 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.57 C Cross Totals Index: 12.41 C K Index: 23.66 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4000.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 669.85 mb = 3543.11 m = 11624.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.4 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 315.4 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.1 neg: -2.8 tot: 56.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 50.71 m/s