MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 58.49,-104.45 Latitude: 58.49 Longitude: -104.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 962 427 20.9 10.5 52 10.3 14.5 214 7 297.3 298.8 289.2 321.6 8.32 2 950 534 24.7 9.6 38 15.1 15.4 232 15 302.2 303.7 290.5 325.9 7.93 3 900 1009 24.4 8.3 36 16.1 14.5 255 17 306.7 308.1 291.7 329.9 7.67 4 850 1505 19.8 7.2 44 12.6 12.2 264 18 306.9 308.3 291.6 329.7 7.51 5 800 2023 14.8 5.9 55 8.9 9.6 268 18 307.0 308.3 291.5 329.2 7.32 6 750 2565 9.8 4.3 69 5.5 6.7 271 18 307.2 308.5 291.3 328.5 6.97 7 700 3133 5.3 -0.9 64 6.2 2.1 269 18 308.3 309.3 290.0 324.2 5.12 8 650 3735 2.2 -11.9 34 14.1 -3.5 258 16 311.4 311.9 288.4 319.0 2.36 9 600 4378 -0.4 -20.4 21 19.9 -7.0 255 14 315.6 315.9 288.7 319.9 1.26 10 550 5068 -4.6 -17.8 35 13.2 -9.1 248 14 318.7 319.0 290.1 324.4 1.71 11 500 5811 -9.3 -20.9 38 11.6 -12.9 230 16 321.7 322.0 290.7 326.7 1.45 12 450 6617 -15.0 -25.9 39 10.9 -17.7 233 12 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.0 1.03 13 400 7496 -21.7 -33.0 35 11.3 -23.8 239 14 326.8 326.9 291.4 329.0 0.59 14 350 8465 -29.0 -35.7 52 6.7 -30.0 218 14 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.6 0.52 15 300 9546 -38.2 -43.9 55 5.7 -38.7 220 13 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.5 0.26 16 250 10773 -48.2 -54.9 46 6.7 -48.5 178 19 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.09 17 200 12204 -59.1 -62.3 66 3.2 -59.1 182 19 339.2 339.3 294.2 339.4 0.04 18 150 14001 -57.1 -77.6 6 20.5 -57.3 211 14 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16567 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 300 2 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.35 m Freezing level: 608.31 mb = 4270.91 m = 14012.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.98 mb = 3357.16 m = 11014.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.09 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.95 mb = 1760.83 m = 5776.94 ft T: 17.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 10.90 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.06 mb = 3261.30 m = 10699.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.41 C = 90.35 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: 2.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 16.48 C K Index: 30.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6924.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.13 mb = 2786.02 m = 9140.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.6 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 284.6 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.2 neg: -4.6 tot: 46.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.93 Bulk Shear: 2.40 m/s