MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 14 JUN 25 Station: 50.74,-114.25 Latitude: 50.74 Longitude: -114.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 1 950 469 2 900 931 SFC 865 1269 18.4 10.5 60 7.9 13.4 101 9 303.9 305.6 292.2 331.5 9.26 4 850 1421 17.1 7.0 52 10.0 11.1 117 14 304.0 305.4 290.7 326.4 7.43 5 800 1934 12.7 4.3 56 8.4 7.9 131 15 304.7 305.9 290.0 324.3 6.50 6 750 2471 8.0 2.2 67 5.8 4.9 156 16 305.3 306.4 289.8 323.5 6.01 7 700 3036 3.7 -1.0 71 4.7 1.3 186 19 306.6 307.5 289.4 322.2 5.07 8 650 3633 -1.2 -3.7 83 2.5 -2.4 206 20 307.6 308.5 289.2 321.5 4.48 9 600 4266 -5.9 -7.1 91 1.2 -6.4 218 21 309.2 310.0 289.0 321.0 3.74 10 550 4942 -10.3 -16.9 58 6.7 -12.4 222 25 311.9 312.2 288.1 317.9 1.84 11 500 5669 -15.2 -22.9 52 7.7 -17.2 221 33 314.5 314.7 288.3 318.6 1.21 12 450 6457 -20.2 -21.7 88 1.5 -20.6 223 35 317.8 318.1 289.6 322.9 1.49 13 400 7322 -24.8 -25.5 94 0.7 -25.0 230 38 322.7 322.9 290.8 326.9 1.20 14 350 8280 -31.7 -31.8 99 0.1 -31.7 233 45 326.0 326.2 291.4 328.8 0.76 15 300 9350 -40.2 -40.7 95 0.5 -40.3 239 55 328.7 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.36 16 250 10564 -51.0 -51.6 93 0.7 -51.0 244 62 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 17 200 11981 -59.4 -61.1 81 1.7 -59.5 241 71 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 18 150 13824 -51.7 -80.6 2 28.9 -52.2 240 42 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16441 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 233 26 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.42 m Freezing level: 662.07 mb = 3489.19 m = 11447.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.27 mb = 3242.99 m = 10639.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.27 % Est. max temperature: 20.60 C = 69.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.47 mb = 2257.80 m = 7407.40 ft T: 9.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 13.63 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.14 mb = 3104.06 m = 10183.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.11 C = 70.00 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 34.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 166.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.92 mb = 2852.13 m = 9357.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.92 mb = 3499.09 m = 11479.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.92 mb = 6947.30 m = 22792.70 ft B at Equ Level: 165.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 300.92 mb = 9328.77 m = 30605.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.5 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 239.5 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 156.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 1.62 Bulk Shear: 102.53 m/s