MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 47.5,-111.46 Latitude: 47.50 Longitude: -111.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 552 2 900 1018 SFC 895 1065 20.1 2.0 30 18.1 10.3 76 6 302.7 303.6 288.0 317.6 4.93 4 850 1514 23.3 -0.2 21 23.5 10.5 102 20 310.5 311.4 290.1 324.5 4.44 5 800 2039 19.7 -0.8 25 20.5 8.6 109 13 312.2 313.0 290.7 326.4 4.52 6 750 2589 14.7 -2.2 31 16.9 5.9 109 10 312.6 313.4 290.6 326.2 4.33 7 700 3167 9.8 -4.0 37 13.9 2.9 115 6 313.4 314.2 290.6 326.3 4.05 8 650 3777 4.8 -5.5 47 10.2 -0.2 43 4 314.3 315.1 290.8 326.8 3.90 9 600 4423 -0.5 -6.9 62 6.4 -3.4 23 3 315.6 316.3 291.1 327.8 3.81 10 550 5112 -5.9 -9.3 77 3.4 -7.4 230 2 317.1 317.7 291.2 328.2 3.43 11 500 5852 -11.0 -12.8 87 1.7 -11.7 215 5 319.6 320.1 291.5 329.0 2.86 12 450 6654 -15.5 -17.5 85 1.9 -16.2 205 3 323.7 324.1 292.0 331.0 2.16 13 400 7534 -21.0 -24.5 73 3.5 -21.8 271 10 327.7 328.0 292.3 332.4 1.32 14 350 8506 -28.2 -34.6 54 6.5 -29.2 269 13 330.8 330.9 292.5 332.9 0.58 15 300 9594 -36.0 -37.1 90 1.0 -36.1 274 29 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.6 0.53 16 250 10833 -46.5 -47.7 87 1.2 -46.6 262 50 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.8 0.21 17 200 12282 -54.6 -61.8 41 7.1 -54.8 266 52 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.05 18 150 14123 -55.4 -80.4 3 24.9 -55.8 275 31 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16662 -61.6 -84.2 3 22.6 -61.9 293 13 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.81 m Freezing level: 604.39 mb = 4366.30 m = 14324.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.51 mb = 3745.04 m = 12286.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 682.58 mb = 3374.36 m = 11070.60 ft T: 8.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 0.17 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 552.83 mb = 5071.52 m = 16638.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.96 C = 93.13 F Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lifted Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C Showalter Index: 2.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.33 C Cross Totals Index: 10.87 C K Index: 20.29 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 44.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8414.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 612.96 mb = 4250.52 m = 13945.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 115.1 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 145.1 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -36.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.7 neg: -12.6 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.85 Bulk Shear: 8.10 m/s