MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 47.59,-99.48 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -99.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 957 502 29.0 7.5 26 21.5 15.9 303 2 306.0 307.2 290.7 326.7 6.82 2 950 568 27.0 6.1 26 20.9 14.6 305 2 304.6 305.8 289.8 323.4 6.21 3 900 1041 22.3 5.2 33 17.1 12.4 309 3 304.5 305.6 289.7 323.1 6.16 4 850 1533 17.5 4.2 41 13.2 10.0 313 5 304.4 305.6 289.6 322.9 6.10 5 800 2046 12.5 3.2 53 9.3 7.4 316 5 304.5 305.6 289.6 322.8 6.04 6 750 2583 7.4 2.1 69 5.3 4.5 320 6 304.6 305.7 289.5 322.6 5.94 7 700 3146 3.5 -5.4 52 8.9 -0.6 339 11 306.3 307.0 288.0 317.7 3.65 8 650 3745 1.2 -12.3 36 13.4 -4.1 330 14 310.3 310.7 288.0 317.7 2.29 9 600 4384 -2.6 -14.1 41 11.5 -6.8 323 17 313.1 313.5 288.8 320.1 2.14 10 550 5069 -6.3 -20.7 31 14.5 -10.7 319 20 316.7 316.9 289.1 321.2 1.33 11 500 5807 -11.4 -24.1 34 12.6 -14.9 323 21 319.1 319.3 289.6 322.9 1.09 12 450 6605 -17.6 -29.8 34 12.1 -20.2 327 22 321.1 321.2 289.9 323.6 0.72 13 400 7476 -23.8 -38.3 25 14.5 -25.9 332 26 324.0 324.1 290.4 325.3 0.35 14 350 8436 -31.2 -47.0 20 15.8 -32.6 334 28 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.16 15 300 9507 -40.2 -50.2 34 10.0 -40.8 340 26 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.13 16 250 10730 -47.3 -56.6 34 9.3 -47.7 350 27 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12180 -53.5 -66.6 19 13.1 -53.8 325 36 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14019 -55.9 -78.6 4 22.7 -56.2 318 46 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.01 19 100 16572 -60.0 -84.4 3 24.5 -60.3 315 33 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.06 m Freezing level: 634.46 mb = 3943.61 m = 12938.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.55 mb = 3081.33 m = 10109.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.56 C = 81.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.79 mb = 3159.81 m = 10366.70 ft T: 3.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 9.00 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.84 mb = 3870.70 m = 12698.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.84 C = 92.91 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: 3.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.91 C Cross Totals Index: 15.67 C K Index: 24.26 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7215.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 697.92 mb = 3169.88 m = 10399.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.6 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 353.6 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 12.92 m/s