MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 51.15,-114.53 Latitude: 51.15 Longitude: -114.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 537 2 900 995 SFC 869 1289 14.9 3.8 47 11.1 8.8 112 3 299.8 300.9 287.8 317.0 5.79 4 850 1477 12.5 1.5 47 11.0 6.8 127 4 299.2 300.2 286.8 314.2 5.00 5 800 1981 7.6 0.3 60 7.3 3.9 135 5 299.2 300.1 286.7 313.9 4.89 6 750 2508 2.4 -0.7 80 3.1 0.9 143 6 299.2 300.1 286.6 313.7 4.86 7 700 3061 -1.8 -2.8 93 0.9 -2.3 173 5 300.5 301.3 286.7 313.9 4.46 8 650 3647 -5.8 -6.8 93 1.0 -6.2 251 8 302.4 303.1 286.5 313.3 3.54 9 600 4269 -9.9 -11.3 89 1.4 -10.4 272 19 304.6 305.1 286.4 313.0 2.68 10 550 4934 -15.2 -16.0 94 0.8 -15.4 282 20 306.0 306.4 286.2 312.4 2.00 11 500 5647 -20.2 -20.9 94 0.7 -20.4 324 20 308.4 308.7 286.5 313.2 1.45 12 450 6418 -26.0 -30.1 69 4.1 -26.7 326 25 310.5 310.7 286.4 312.9 0.70 13 400 7262 -30.8 -42.6 30 11.8 -31.9 332 32 315.0 315.0 287.3 315.8 0.22 14 350 8194 -38.8 -42.8 66 3.9 -39.1 335 33 316.4 316.4 287.9 317.3 0.25 15 300 9232 -47.1 -47.6 95 0.5 -47.1 330 40 319.0 319.0 288.6 319.6 0.17 16 250 10421 -53.4 -55.7 76 2.3 -53.5 334 53 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.08 17 200 11844 -54.5 -73.1 8 18.6 -54.8 328 43 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.5 0.01 18 150 13696 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 318 24 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16320 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.7 301 12 427.3 427.3 308.6 427.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5545.53 m Freezing level: 721.61 mb = 2822.29 m = 9259.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.80 mb = 2661.43 m = 8731.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.07 % Est. max temperature: 15.03 C = 59.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.88 mb = 2660.54 m = 8728.71 ft T: 1.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 3.32 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.18 mb = 2956.95 m = 9701.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.27 C = 59.49 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 33.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.47 mb = 2852.62 m = 9358.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.47 mb = 3484.79 m = 11432.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 443.47 mb = 6522.49 m = 21398.99 ft B at Equ Level: 44.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 393.47 mb = 7377.34 m = 24203.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.9 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 335.9 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 95.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 49.89 m/s