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,-99.69 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -99.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 955 524 29.0 7.5 26 21.6 15.9 311 2 306.2 307.5 290.8 326.9 6.80 2 950 567 27.3 6.1 26 21.2 14.7 312 2 304.9 306.0 289.9 323.7 6.23 3 900 1040 22.5 5.2 32 17.3 12.4 313 3 304.7 305.8 289.8 323.3 6.16 4 850 1533 17.7 4.2 41 13.4 10.0 315 5 304.6 305.8 289.7 323.1 6.10 5 800 2046 12.7 3.2 52 9.5 7.5 316 6 304.7 305.8 289.7 323.0 6.04 6 750 2583 7.6 2.1 68 5.5 4.6 320 6 304.8 305.9 289.6 322.8 5.94 7 700 3147 3.4 -4.0 58 7.4 -0.1 338 10 306.2 307.0 288.3 318.8 4.06 8 650 3746 1.3 -13.3 33 14.6 -4.3 332 14 310.4 310.8 287.9 317.3 2.11 9 600 4386 -2.4 -16.1 34 13.7 -7.2 324 17 313.3 313.7 288.5 319.3 1.81 10 550 5071 -6.2 -22.1 27 15.9 -10.9 319 20 316.7 316.9 288.9 320.7 1.18 11 500 5809 -11.4 -24.4 33 13.0 -14.9 322 20 319.1 319.3 289.6 322.8 1.06 12 450 6607 -17.6 -29.8 34 12.2 -20.1 327 22 321.1 321.3 289.9 323.7 0.72 13 400 7477 -23.8 -38.5 24 14.8 -25.9 331 25 324.1 324.2 290.4 325.4 0.34 14 350 8438 -31.1 -47.2 19 16.0 -32.6 333 28 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.16 15 300 9510 -40.0 -51.1 30 11.1 -40.7 337 26 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.4 0.12 16 250 10733 -47.3 -56.9 32 9.6 -47.6 345 27 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.07 17 200 12184 -53.4 -66.9 18 13.5 -53.7 323 36 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14023 -55.9 -78.9 4 23.0 -56.2 317 46 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.01 19 100 16574 -60.2 -84.4 3 24.2 -60.5 315 33 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.85 m Freezing level: 632.42 mb = 3970.88 m = 13027.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.03 mb = 3134.91 m = 10285.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.53 C = 81.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.18 mb = 3191.10 m = 10469.35 ft T: 3.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 9.57 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.52 mb = 3913.45 m = 12839.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.96 C = 93.12 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.06 C Cross Totals Index: 15.62 C K Index: 25.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 79.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7436.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.76 mb = 3196.00 m = 10485.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.8 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 353.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 12.79 m/s