MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 47.5,-104.7 Latitude: 47.50 Longitude: -104.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 572 SFC 930 762 28.8 6.6 25 22.2 15.3 185 8 308.3 309.5 291.3 328.5 6.57 3 900 1048 25.1 5.5 28 19.6 13.5 184 9 307.4 308.5 290.7 326.6 6.28 4 850 1544 20.2 4.5 36 15.7 11.1 180 8 307.3 308.5 290.7 326.3 6.22 5 800 2063 15.2 3.6 46 11.6 8.6 176 7 307.4 308.5 290.6 326.3 6.19 6 750 2604 10.0 2.6 60 7.4 5.9 171 5 307.4 308.6 290.6 326.3 6.15 7 700 3173 4.6 1.5 80 3.1 2.9 166 4 307.5 308.7 290.6 326.2 6.08 8 650 3771 -0.8 -1.3 97 0.5 -1.1 114 1 308.0 309.0 290.1 324.5 5.36 9 600 4407 -2.1 -20.3 23 18.2 -7.9 36 5 313.7 313.9 288.1 317.9 1.27 10 550 5095 -4.8 -30.3 11 25.6 -11.1 153 4 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.4 0.56 11 500 5838 -9.3 -30.5 16 21.1 -14.3 216 7 321.6 321.8 289.9 323.8 0.61 12 450 6642 -15.2 -18.1 79 2.9 -16.2 173 9 324.1 324.5 292.0 331.1 2.04 13 400 7525 -20.0 -20.6 95 0.6 -20.1 315 7 329.0 329.4 293.2 335.5 1.86 14 350 8501 -27.2 -27.2 100 0.0 -27.2 257 10 332.1 332.4 293.4 336.4 1.18 15 300 9592 -35.6 -35.6 100 -0.0 -35.5 231 17 335.2 335.4 293.7 337.6 0.62 16 250 10830 -47.1 -47.1 100 -0.0 -47.1 226 23 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.9 0.22 17 200 12268 -56.0 -61.9 47 5.9 -56.1 253 23 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.05 18 150 14107 -56.8 -79.1 4 22.3 -57.1 284 31 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16633 -61.7 -84.1 4 22.4 -61.9 308 21 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.98 m Freezing level: 657.73 mb = 3678.53 m = 12068.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.72 mb = 3602.39 m = 11818.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 671.20 mb = 3511.93 m = 11521.95 ft T: 1.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 10.53 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.14 mb = 3536.73 m = 11603.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.35 C = 83.03 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 3.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.56 C Cross Totals Index: 13.84 C K Index: 30.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 76.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 672.43 mb = 3497.14 m = 11473.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.43 mb = 3679.33 m = 12071.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 627.43 mb = 4051.95 m = 13293.65 ft B at Equ Level: 8.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 607.43 mb = 4309.39 m = 14138.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 175.3 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 205.3 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -124.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -7.8 tot: -7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.99 Bulk Shear: 1.42 m/s