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: 58.49,-113.04 Latitude: 58.49 Longitude: -113.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 983 252 31.0 9.5 26 21.5 17.5 230 4 305.6 307.1 291.3 328.7 7.61 2 950 552 26.9 8.1 30 18.8 15.4 233 7 304.5 305.8 290.6 326.0 7.14 3 900 1025 22.3 7.2 38 15.1 13.3 237 8 304.5 305.8 290.5 325.8 7.09 4 850 1517 17.6 6.3 47 11.3 11.0 242 8 304.6 305.9 290.5 325.9 7.06 5 800 2031 13.3 4.4 55 8.8 8.3 262 10 305.3 306.5 290.3 325.2 6.59 6 750 2570 8.9 -0.6 51 9.5 4.0 262 10 306.2 307.1 289.1 321.2 4.88 7 700 3138 6.6 -14.9 20 21.5 -1.6 253 9 309.8 310.1 287.2 315.4 1.72 8 650 3742 3.6 -19.7 16 23.2 -4.3 251 10 313.0 313.3 287.8 317.2 1.24 9 600 4386 -1.2 -19.7 23 18.5 -7.3 252 10 314.7 315.0 288.5 319.2 1.33 10 550 5073 -5.5 -26.0 18 20.4 -11.1 232 6 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.4 0.84 11 500 5813 -11.0 -28.1 23 17.1 -15.1 203 8 319.7 319.8 289.5 322.4 0.76 12 450 6613 -16.4 -33.3 22 16.9 -19.7 157 9 322.6 322.7 290.1 324.4 0.51 13 400 7486 -23.9 -33.7 40 9.9 -25.5 158 3 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.0 0.55 14 350 8445 -31.4 -42.5 33 11.1 -32.6 178 11 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.26 15 300 9515 -40.7 -41.9 88 1.2 -40.8 187 23 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.3 0.32 16 250 10730 -50.6 -50.7 99 0.1 -50.6 180 33 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.15 17 200 12154 -56.7 -62.1 50 5.5 -56.8 186 22 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 14002 -53.4 -81.4 2 27.9 -53.9 280 10 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16587 -56.1 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 291 12 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.97 m Freezing level: 612.45 mb = 4225.54 m = 13863.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.03 mb = 2974.56 m = 9758.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.95 mb = 2918.01 m = 9573.41 ft T: 7.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 10.48 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.89 mb = 3893.52 m = 12773.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.74 C = 101.73 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: 2.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.56 C Cross Totals Index: 17.26 C K Index: 13.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7475.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.00 mb = 2905.99 m = 9533.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -1.6 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.11 Bulk Shear: 0.99 m/s