MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 52.42,-113.45 Latitude: 52.42 Longitude: -113.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 471 SFC 907 877 21.7 17.4 76 4.3 18.7 81 6 303.2 305.8 295.4 344.5 13.90 3 900 941 24.0 15.5 59 8.5 18.2 90 9 306.2 308.5 295.1 343.4 12.39 4 850 1441 22.4 10.0 45 12.5 14.5 155 13 309.6 311.4 293.7 337.5 9.09 5 800 1966 19.4 6.9 44 12.5 11.7 207 20 311.8 313.3 293.3 336.1 7.83 6 750 2517 15.2 3.4 45 11.8 8.3 241 22 313.1 314.3 292.6 333.5 6.53 7 700 3096 10.1 -1.2 45 11.3 4.1 256 27 313.7 314.6 291.6 329.5 5.01 8 650 3706 5.1 -5.9 45 11.0 -0.2 260 36 314.7 315.4 290.8 326.8 3.78 9 600 4353 -0.8 -8.1 58 7.3 -4.0 249 38 315.2 315.9 290.7 326.4 3.46 10 550 5040 -7.0 -15.3 52 8.3 -9.9 262 41 315.8 316.2 289.6 322.8 2.12 11 500 5776 -12.0 -27.4 27 15.4 -15.7 274 52 318.5 318.6 289.1 321.3 0.81 12 450 6572 -18.0 -22.8 66 4.8 -19.3 275 53 320.6 320.9 290.3 325.3 1.36 13 400 7443 -22.9 -27.7 64 4.9 -23.9 269 61 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.8 0.98 14 350 8410 -29.3 -32.6 73 3.4 -29.8 271 75 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.9 0.70 15 300 9493 -36.7 -44.9 43 8.1 -37.4 268 88 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.5 0.23 16 250 10732 -45.7 -58.1 24 12.4 -46.2 268 90 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.06 17 200 12187 -54.2 -65.9 22 11.7 -54.5 267 85 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14005 -60.1 -76.4 10 16.3 -60.3 277 76 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16579 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 300 25 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.59 m Freezing level: 606.78 mb = 4265.22 m = 13993.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.82 mb = 3683.36 m = 12084.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.26 % Est. max temperature: 31.10 C = 87.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.62 mb = 1434.56 m = 4706.52 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km ThetaE index: 23.20 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.34 mb = 3366.98 m = 11046.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.31 C = 90.16 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 33.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 914.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 201.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.89 mb = 2767.97 m = 9081.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.89 mb = 3921.86 m = 12866.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.89 mb = 10919.69 m = 35825.33 ft B at Equ Level: 906.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.89 mb = 13884.51 m = 45552.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 373.9 neg: -3.1 tot: 370.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.86 Bulk Rich Number: 3.71 Bulk Shear: 246.57 m/s