MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 46.36,-97.46 Latitude: 46.36 Longitude: -97.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 978 346 13.2 5.6 60 7.5 9.2 208 6 288.1 289.2 283.2 304.7 5.84 2 950 594 18.3 6.2 45 12.1 11.5 209 14 295.8 296.9 286.8 314.1 6.27 3 900 1056 16.4 5.5 48 10.9 10.3 216 12 298.4 299.6 287.8 317.0 6.29 4 850 1540 13.2 3.3 51 9.9 7.9 254 5 300.0 301.0 287.8 317.0 5.71 5 800 2047 10.3 -0.9 46 11.2 4.6 287 3 302.1 302.9 287.3 315.7 4.47 6 750 2580 7.0 -4.4 44 11.3 1.7 282 4 304.1 304.8 287.2 315.5 3.68 7 700 3143 3.5 -8.2 42 11.7 -1.5 292 7 306.3 306.9 287.2 315.5 2.93 8 650 3741 0.3 -13.1 36 13.4 -4.8 297 10 309.3 309.7 287.5 316.1 2.14 9 600 4378 -4.0 -10.5 61 6.5 -6.6 297 13 311.5 312.0 288.9 320.6 2.87 10 550 5058 -8.6 -19.4 41 10.8 -11.9 299 20 313.9 314.2 288.3 318.9 1.50 11 500 5789 -14.2 -28.9 28 14.7 -17.4 307 24 315.7 315.9 288.1 318.2 0.70 12 450 6578 -20.5 -32.7 33 12.2 -22.7 301 26 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.4 0.54 13 400 7437 -27.3 -37.2 38 9.9 -28.6 299 35 319.5 319.6 289.0 320.9 0.39 14 350 8384 -34.7 -44.2 38 9.5 -35.5 298 44 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.7 0.22 15 300 9441 -43.1 -47.5 62 4.3 -43.4 300 60 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.2 0.18 16 250 10652 -48.5 -58.4 31 9.9 -48.8 301 74 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.06 17 200 12114 -49.9 -70.1 8 20.2 -50.4 305 65 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.02 18 150 13980 -54.0 -79.2 3 25.2 -54.4 308 55 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.01 19 100 16546 -58.5 -85.2 2 26.7 -58.9 332 34 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.71 m Freezing level: 646.91 mb = 3780.32 m = 12402.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.76 mb = 2870.97 m = 9419.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.86 C = 78.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.68 mb = 1316.78 m = 4320.11 ft T: 14.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 1.56 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.79 mb = 3632.65 m = 11918.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.63 C = 92.54 F Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lifted Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.56 C Showalter Index: 3.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.41 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 19.00 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10322.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.94 mb = 2182.77 m = 7161.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.6 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 318.6 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.2 neg: -10.8 tot: 18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 31.77 m/s