MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 58.35,-108.86 Latitude: 58.35 Longitude: -108.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 962 436 18.4 10.6 61 7.7 13.7 206 6 294.8 296.3 288.4 319.0 8.39 2 950 544 22.0 9.2 44 12.8 14.3 225 11 299.5 301.0 289.5 322.3 7.72 3 900 1015 22.8 5.4 32 17.3 12.7 256 11 305.0 306.2 290.0 324.0 6.27 4 850 1509 18.5 4.6 40 13.9 10.5 273 8 305.5 306.6 290.1 324.5 6.26 5 800 2024 13.7 2.1 45 11.6 7.4 296 7 305.8 306.8 289.6 322.8 5.59 6 750 2563 9.4 -2.8 42 12.2 3.4 297 10 306.8 307.6 288.6 319.7 4.16 7 700 3131 6.1 -12.8 24 18.9 -1.4 277 13 309.2 309.6 287.3 315.8 2.04 8 650 3734 2.9 -18.8 19 21.6 -4.6 266 11 312.2 312.5 287.6 316.6 1.34 9 600 4376 -1.5 -20.0 23 18.5 -7.5 262 8 314.4 314.7 288.3 318.8 1.30 10 550 5063 -6.3 -23.1 25 16.8 -11.2 237 8 316.6 316.8 288.8 320.3 1.08 11 500 5800 -11.6 -24.3 34 12.7 -15.0 201 7 318.9 319.1 289.5 322.6 1.07 12 450 6597 -18.5 -22.7 70 4.2 -19.6 31 0 320.0 320.3 290.2 324.7 1.37 13 400 7464 -24.7 -25.3 95 0.6 -24.9 320 8 322.9 323.1 290.9 327.1 1.22 14 350 8423 -31.4 -32.9 87 1.5 -31.6 162 7 326.4 326.6 291.4 328.9 0.69 15 300 9493 -40.9 -43.3 77 2.4 -41.1 160 12 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.8 0.28 16 250 10703 -51.9 -51.9 100 0.0 -51.8 160 7 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.13 17 200 12126 -54.9 -66.4 23 11.4 -55.2 264 9 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 13980 -53.1 -80.3 2 27.3 -53.5 288 15 378.6 378.6 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16570 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 304 17 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.60 m Freezing level: 617.05 mb = 4157.34 m = 13639.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.43 mb = 2963.26 m = 9721.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.37 mb = 1434.28 m = 4705.59 ft T: 19.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 8.74 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.43 mb = 3903.49 m = 12806.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.18 C = 97.13 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: 3.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.28 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.08 C Cross Totals Index: 16.22 C K Index: 15.81 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 78.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8497.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.26 mb = 2782.80 m = 9129.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.9 neg: -7.7 tot: 17.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.54 Bulk Shear: 2.76 m/s