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: 47.68,-110.52 Latitude: 47.68 Longitude: -110.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 563 2 900 1026 SFC 885 1173 18.4 1.6 32 16.8 9.4 115 5 301.9 302.8 287.6 316.6 4.85 4 850 1519 21.0 -0.5 24 21.5 9.5 117 14 308.1 309.0 289.3 321.7 4.35 5 800 2039 17.5 -1.4 27 19.0 7.6 120 17 309.8 310.7 289.8 323.3 4.30 6 750 2586 13.2 -3.0 32 16.3 5.0 104 12 310.9 311.7 289.9 323.8 4.08 7 700 3161 9.1 -6.2 33 15.4 1.9 81 4 312.6 313.3 289.8 323.5 3.43 8 650 3769 4.0 -8.0 41 12.0 -1.4 29 1 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.8 3.21 9 600 4414 -0.7 -11.9 42 11.2 -5.2 268 2 315.3 315.8 289.9 323.7 2.56 10 550 5103 -5.4 -16.5 41 11.2 -9.3 321 2 317.7 318.1 290.0 324.1 1.91 11 500 5844 -10.4 -20.0 45 9.6 -13.4 276 2 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.7 1.56 12 450 6647 -15.5 -17.3 86 1.7 -16.1 256 9 323.7 324.2 292.0 331.2 2.19 13 400 7526 -21.2 -24.7 73 3.5 -22.1 263 9 327.4 327.7 292.3 332.0 1.29 14 350 8498 -27.7 -34.1 54 6.4 -28.7 273 19 331.4 331.5 292.7 333.6 0.61 15 300 9588 -35.8 -36.4 95 0.5 -35.9 265 36 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.0 0.57 16 250 10825 -47.0 -47.9 90 0.9 -47.0 271 48 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.0 0.20 17 200 12270 -53.5 -65.3 22 11.8 -53.8 275 51 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14114 -56.2 -79.9 4 23.6 -56.5 272 35 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16649 -61.6 -84.2 3 22.6 -61.9 292 22 408.6 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.37 m Freezing level: 607.40 mb = 4318.62 m = 14168.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.13 mb = 3506.94 m = 11505.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.25 % Est. max temperature: 27.58 C = 81.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.70 mb = 3306.89 m = 10849.23 ft T: 7.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 0.24 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 539.55 mb = 5252.00 m = 17230.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.16 C = 93.48 F Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lifted Index: 5.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.30 C Showalter Index: 5.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.39 C Cross Totals Index: 9.94 C K Index: 15.58 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 29.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9336.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 620.90 mb = 4138.22 m = 13576.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 129.5 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 159.5 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.5 neg: -39.3 tot: -26.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.33 Bulk Shear: 3.36 m/s