MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 0Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 52.96,-114.48 Latitude: 52.96 Longitude: -114.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 518 SFC 907 920 25.8 20.7 73 5.1 22.1 127 8 307.4 310.6 298.5 359.3 17.20 3 900 992 25.3 17.6 63 7.6 19.9 130 12 307.6 310.2 296.8 350.6 14.25 4 850 1492 21.0 13.5 62 7.5 16.0 145 17 308.1 310.3 295.0 343.0 11.50 5 800 2016 20.5 -10.1 12 30.7 6.4 159 10 313.0 313.4 288.8 320.2 2.21 6 750 2566 15.4 -6.4 22 21.7 4.8 160 8 313.2 313.8 289.8 323.4 3.16 7 700 3145 10.4 -2.5 40 13.0 3.7 214 13 314.0 314.9 291.3 328.4 4.53 8 650 3757 5.8 -6.7 40 12.5 -0.1 235 25 315.5 316.2 290.9 326.9 3.55 9 600 4406 1.6 -16.0 26 17.6 -5.0 246 33 318.0 318.3 290.0 324.1 1.83 10 550 5101 -2.6 -24.2 17 21.6 -9.1 255 40 321.0 321.2 290.1 324.4 0.98 11 500 5848 -8.7 -27.3 21 18.6 -13.5 253 45 322.5 322.6 290.4 325.4 0.81 12 450 6653 -15.5 -31.3 24 15.8 -18.8 251 52 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.0 0.62 13 400 7530 -22.0 -37.7 23 15.7 -24.5 249 54 326.4 326.4 291.1 327.7 0.37 14 350 8499 -28.8 -35.4 53 6.6 -29.8 250 59 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.9 0.53 15 300 9583 -37.3 -39.6 79 2.3 -37.5 250 70 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.4 0.41 16 250 10816 -46.6 -47.3 93 0.7 -46.6 243 87 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.7 0.22 17 200 12265 -55.7 -60.3 56 4.6 -55.9 247 97 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14095 -56.4 -79.7 4 23.3 -56.7 256 72 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16645 -57.0 -84.6 2 27.7 -57.4 256 22 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.60 m Freezing level: 580.86 mb = 4671.97 m = 15327.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.28 mb = 3740.52 m = 12271.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.35 mb = 1569.81 m = 5150.22 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 39.10 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.98 mb = 3336.10 m = 10945.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.73 C = 90.91 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.43 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 30.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 851.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 212.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.34 mb = 2686.42 m = 8813.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.34 mb = 4347.43 m = 14263.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.34 mb = 11519.42 m = 37792.92 ft B at Equ Level: 849.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.34 mb = 13913.95 m = 45648.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.8 neg: -22.2 tot: 154.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 5.55 Bulk Shear: 153.33 m/s