MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 47.48,-104.92 Latitude: 47.48 Longitude: -104.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 540 SFC 921 810 28.3 11.2 35 17.1 17.2 290 6 308.6 310.3 293.4 336.2 9.07 3 900 1015 25.2 9.9 38 15.3 15.5 289 7 307.4 309.0 292.6 333.3 8.51 4 850 1512 20.3 8.9 48 11.4 13.1 287 9 307.4 308.9 292.5 332.9 8.42 5 800 2031 15.3 7.8 61 7.5 10.7 286 11 307.4 309.0 292.4 332.7 8.32 6 750 2574 10.1 6.7 79 3.4 8.1 285 13 307.6 309.1 292.4 332.6 8.24 7 700 3143 5.1 4.9 99 0.1 5.0 285 14 308.1 309.6 292.2 331.9 7.80 8 650 3744 0.6 -1.0 89 1.6 -0.3 282 15 309.6 310.6 290.7 326.5 5.46 9 600 4387 -0.2 -13.0 37 12.8 -5.3 267 14 315.8 316.3 289.8 323.5 2.34 10 550 5078 -4.3 -17.8 34 13.5 -8.9 279 12 319.0 319.3 290.2 324.8 1.72 11 500 5822 -9.3 -21.5 37 12.1 -13.0 276 10 321.7 321.9 290.7 326.4 1.37 12 450 6627 -15.6 -24.9 45 9.2 -18.0 261 11 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.5 1.13 13 400 7504 -22.0 -24.5 80 2.5 -22.6 233 8 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.32 14 350 8473 -28.5 -30.2 86 1.7 -28.8 176 10 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.5 0.89 15 300 9556 -37.6 -40.2 77 2.6 -37.8 164 12 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.9 0.38 16 250 10788 -47.1 -53.1 50 6.0 -47.4 170 29 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.11 17 200 12228 -54.7 -63.1 35 8.4 -54.9 180 13 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14091 -52.2 -80.1 2 27.9 -52.7 283 10 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16667 -58.8 -84.9 2 26.1 -59.1 271 6 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.90 m Freezing level: 615.27 mb = 4190.93 m = 13749.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.59 mb = 3711.98 m = 12178.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.25 C = 81.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.42 mb = 2940.55 m = 9647.35 ft T: 6.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 12.65 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.09 mb = 2990.55 m = 9811.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.83 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: 0.31 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: 0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.60 C Cross Totals Index: 18.20 C K Index: 38.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 82.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.66 mb = 2937.74 m = 9638.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.66 mb = 3112.12 m = 10210.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 612.66 mb = 4219.53 m = 13843.43 ft B at Equ Level: 41.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 272.66 mb = 10201.79 m = 33470.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 29.21 Bulk Shear: 2.84 m/s