MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-117.45 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -117.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 538 SFC 929 733 22.8 3.9 29 18.9 12.1 203 4 302.2 303.2 288.3 318.7 5.45 3 900 1010 24.1 2.0 24 22.1 11.8 207 8 306.3 307.2 289.2 321.4 4.90 4 850 1504 19.5 0.9 29 18.6 9.4 200 6 306.5 307.4 289.2 321.3 4.80 5 800 2021 14.8 0.0 36 14.8 7.0 191 6 307.0 307.8 289.3 321.7 4.80 6 750 2562 10.1 0.3 51 9.8 4.9 200 9 307.5 308.5 289.9 323.6 5.22 7 700 3131 5.5 -4.7 48 10.2 0.7 212 11 308.6 309.3 288.9 320.7 3.87 8 650 3731 0.6 -11.1 41 11.7 -4.0 219 10 309.7 310.2 288.0 317.8 2.53 9 600 4368 -3.9 -17.8 33 13.9 -8.5 234 10 311.6 311.9 287.7 316.8 1.57 10 550 5049 -8.7 -22.6 32 13.9 -12.6 240 11 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.6 1.13 11 500 5780 -13.8 -25.0 38 11.3 -16.6 236 12 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.6 1.00 12 450 6571 -19.5 -26.6 53 7.1 -21.1 222 14 318.7 318.9 289.4 322.1 0.96 13 400 7435 -25.7 -31.9 56 6.1 -26.8 203 14 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.9 0.66 14 350 8388 -33.4 -39.3 55 5.9 -34.0 192 17 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.1 0.36 15 300 9450 -41.9 -44.2 78 2.3 -42.1 211 28 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.3 0.25 16 250 10660 -51.7 -51.7 100 0.0 -51.7 210 44 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 17 200 12107 -48.7 -74.4 3 25.8 -49.2 220 24 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 14010 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 197 29 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.01 19 100 16622 -56.6 -84.5 2 27.9 -57.1 175 10 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.02 m Freezing level: 642.85 mb = 3822.51 m = 12540.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.38 mb = 3219.81 m = 10563.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.95 % Est. max temperature: 27.65 C = 81.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.84 mb = 3109.61 m = 10202.00 ft T: 5.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 6.81 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 605.18 mb = 4299.96 m = 14107.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.79 C = 89.21 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: 2.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.26 C Cross Totals Index: 14.68 C K Index: 23.96 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 35.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9155.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 653.02 mb = 3693.92 m = 12119.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.0 neg: -4.3 tot: 13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.41 Bulk Shear: 1.93 m/s