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: 54.69,-105.6 Latitude: 54.69 Longitude: -105.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 960 475 29.3 12.7 36 16.7 18.4 118 4 306.1 307.9 293.1 335.1 9.64 2 950 564 27.3 12.1 39 15.2 17.4 124 5 304.8 306.6 292.5 332.9 9.36 3 900 1038 22.6 11.0 48 11.6 15.2 139 6 304.8 306.5 292.4 332.4 9.19 4 850 1532 18.1 9.7 58 8.5 12.9 158 6 305.1 306.8 292.2 331.9 8.91 5 800 2047 13.9 7.5 65 6.4 10.0 172 7 306.0 307.5 291.9 330.6 8.14 6 750 2588 9.1 6.0 81 3.1 7.3 170 7 306.5 307.9 291.7 330.2 7.84 7 700 3155 4.6 3.1 90 1.5 3.8 164 10 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.5 6.86 8 650 3756 0.6 -1.2 88 1.8 -0.3 158 13 309.7 310.7 290.7 326.4 5.40 9 600 4395 -2.0 -9.6 56 7.6 -5.2 152 13 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.8 3.08 10 550 5082 -6.5 -15.2 50 8.7 -9.6 149 9 316.4 316.8 289.8 323.5 2.14 11 500 5820 -10.8 -17.4 59 6.5 -13.0 124 7 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.4 1.95 12 450 6622 -15.8 -30.9 26 15.1 -19.0 116 11 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.6 0.65 13 400 7501 -20.9 -43.5 11 22.6 -23.9 88 11 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.20 14 350 8471 -29.0 -47.1 16 18.1 -30.7 115 7 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 15 300 9552 -38.1 -45.8 44 7.7 -38.7 79 1 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.21 16 250 10779 -48.6 -52.1 67 3.5 -48.8 344 6 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12211 -57.0 -62.0 53 5.0 -57.1 342 11 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14054 -53.9 -80.0 3 26.1 -54.3 278 9 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16650 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 294 11 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.54 m Freezing level: 637.86 mb = 3910.83 m = 12830.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.38 mb = 3713.53 m = 12183.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.70 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.61 mb = 2558.51 m = 8393.96 ft T: 9.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 11.65 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.38 mb = 2716.12 m = 8911.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.99 C = 85.99 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.99 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 37.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.16 mb = 2508.13 m = 8228.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.16 mb = 3013.67 m = 9887.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 422.16 mb = 7098.63 m = 23289.20 ft B at Equ Level: 118.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.16 mb = 10983.58 m = 36034.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.6 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 180.6 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 44.70 Bulk Shear: 2.69 m/s