MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.46,-110.4 Latitude: 47.46 Longitude: -110.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 535 2 900 999 SFC 867 1325 20.5 9.1 48 11.4 13.4 129 2 305.9 307.5 292.0 331.3 8.40 4 850 1490 18.6 7.9 50 10.7 12.1 155 3 305.7 307.1 291.6 329.5 7.89 5 800 2008 17.0 2.3 37 14.7 8.8 176 7 309.3 310.3 290.8 326.8 5.66 6 750 2555 13.5 -3.1 31 16.6 5.1 192 9 311.2 312.0 289.9 323.9 4.05 7 700 3130 8.3 -5.8 36 14.1 1.6 207 12 311.6 312.3 289.6 322.8 3.53 8 650 3736 2.7 -6.1 52 8.8 -1.3 229 18 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.9 3.73 9 600 4377 -2.4 -7.8 67 5.3 -4.8 247 24 313.3 314.0 290.2 324.6 3.55 10 550 5061 -7.8 -11.1 77 3.3 -9.1 255 25 314.8 315.4 290.1 324.5 2.98 11 500 5795 -12.9 -14.7 86 1.8 -13.5 241 21 317.3 317.8 290.4 325.3 2.44 12 450 6591 -18.0 -21.8 72 3.8 -19.0 212 18 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.7 1.48 13 400 7461 -24.2 -28.1 70 3.9 -24.9 221 22 323.6 323.8 290.8 326.9 0.95 14 350 8419 -31.8 -33.4 85 1.7 -32.0 236 28 325.9 326.0 291.2 328.3 0.65 15 300 9490 -39.7 -45.9 52 6.2 -40.2 243 29 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.21 16 250 10708 -50.0 -50.7 92 0.7 -50.1 246 36 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.15 17 200 12146 -52.1 -65.4 19 13.3 -52.4 239 35 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.03 18 150 14018 -51.7 -80.0 2 28.3 -52.2 185 17 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16617 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 150 19 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.61 m Freezing level: 623.57 mb = 4074.63 m = 13368.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.66 mb = 3455.42 m = 11336.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.96 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.83 mb = 2759.36 m = 9052.91 ft T: 11.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 8.40 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.69 mb = 3989.97 m = 13090.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.23 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 25.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 216.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 669.77 mb = 3490.68 m = 11452.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 554.77 mb = 4993.29 m = 16382.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 434.77 mb = 6844.95 m = 22456.92 ft B at Equ Level: 43.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 324.77 mb = 8938.75 m = 29326.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 33.49 m/s