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: 58.42,-111.38 Latitude: 58.42 Longitude: -111.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 989 221 9.5 6.7 83 2.8 8.0 264 7 283.6 284.6 281.7 300.9 6.24 2 950 553 10.4 5.7 72 4.8 7.9 291 21 287.8 288.8 283.3 304.8 6.03 3 900 1002 8.0 3.8 75 4.1 5.9 295 21 289.7 290.7 283.7 305.7 5.60 4 850 1472 5.5 0.8 72 4.7 3.2 292 24 291.9 292.8 283.7 305.8 4.78 5 800 1965 3.7 -2.4 65 6.0 0.9 289 32 295.1 295.8 284.2 307.0 4.02 6 750 2489 3.3 -7.9 43 11.2 -1.3 286 34 300.2 300.7 284.8 308.7 2.80 7 700 3046 1.5 -16.9 24 18.4 -4.7 280 36 304.1 304.4 284.8 308.8 1.45 8 650 3640 -1.0 -24.1 15 23.1 -7.5 275 40 307.8 308.0 285.5 310.7 0.84 9 600 4274 -5.1 -22.7 24 17.5 -10.1 265 41 310.2 310.4 286.6 313.6 1.03 10 550 4949 -11.0 -23.1 36 12.1 -14.2 260 45 311.0 311.2 286.9 314.7 1.09 11 500 5673 -16.1 -22.6 57 6.5 -17.7 262 48 313.4 313.7 287.9 317.6 1.24 12 450 6461 -20.3 -24.9 67 4.6 -21.3 261 57 317.7 318.0 289.2 321.6 1.13 13 400 7323 -25.4 -35.6 38 10.2 -26.9 259 69 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.7 0.46 14 350 8280 -32.5 -37.5 61 5.0 -33.1 256 79 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.6 0.44 15 300 9348 -40.3 -43.9 68 3.6 -40.6 255 91 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.26 16 250 10566 -49.0 -53.6 58 4.6 -49.2 252 94 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 17 200 12003 -55.3 -66.3 24 11.0 -55.5 249 85 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 13863 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 261 49 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16490 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.4 261 27 428.0 428.0 308.6 428.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5546.95 m Freezing level: 670.24 mb = 3399.64 m = 11153.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 779.82 mb = 2172.79 m = 7128.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.95 % Est. max temperature: 18.53 C = 65.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.03 mb = 570.61 m = 1872.05 ft T: 10.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 988.6-77061766818325623606345728.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.38 mb = 3227.21 m = 10587.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.09 C = 87.95 F Cap Strength: 10.14 C Lifted Index: 9.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.41 C Showalter Index: 8.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.63 C Cross Totals Index: 16.92 C K Index: 4.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 106.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13424.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.63 mb = 1189.89 m = 3903.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.6 neg: -8.7 tot: 35.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 55.44 m/s