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: 52.57,-113.42 Latitude: 52.57 Longitude: -113.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 1 950 473 SFC 910 851 21.7 17.5 77 4.1 18.8 69 6 302.9 305.5 295.4 344.3 13.99 3 900 943 24.0 15.2 58 8.8 18.0 82 10 306.2 308.5 295.0 342.8 12.16 4 850 1442 21.7 10.4 48 11.4 14.4 145 12 308.9 310.7 293.7 337.4 9.34 5 800 1965 18.7 7.5 48 11.2 11.8 202 18 311.1 312.7 293.4 336.3 8.18 6 750 2516 14.6 4.4 50 10.2 8.6 236 21 312.5 313.8 292.9 334.3 7.02 7 700 3094 9.6 -0.1 51 9.7 4.4 254 25 313.1 314.2 291.7 330.2 5.43 8 650 3703 4.7 -4.8 50 9.5 0.1 259 36 314.3 315.0 291.0 327.4 4.11 9 600 4349 -1.1 -7.3 62 6.3 -3.8 249 39 314.9 315.6 290.7 326.7 3.67 10 550 5036 -7.2 -13.4 61 6.2 -9.5 259 41 315.5 316.0 289.9 323.6 2.47 11 500 5771 -12.1 -24.8 34 12.7 -15.4 272 51 318.3 318.5 289.3 321.8 1.02 12 450 6567 -18.0 -21.8 72 3.8 -19.0 275 51 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.7 1.49 13 400 7438 -23.0 -27.4 67 4.4 -23.9 270 61 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.6 1.01 14 350 8404 -29.3 -32.8 72 3.4 -29.9 270 77 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.7 0.69 15 300 9488 -36.8 -44.2 47 7.3 -37.5 269 89 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.4 0.25 16 250 10725 -45.8 -57.7 25 11.9 -46.2 268 91 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.06 17 200 12181 -54.1 -65.5 23 11.4 -54.3 267 84 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14000 -60.1 -76.7 10 16.6 -60.3 276 76 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16578 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 303 25 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.47 m Freezing level: 609.21 mb = 4230.25 m = 13878.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.00 mb = 3715.85 m = 12190.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.13 mb = 1379.18 m = 4524.82 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.11 C/km ThetaE index: 22.51 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.28 mb = 3232.70 m = 10605.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.86 C = 89.36 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 34.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 951.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.07 mb = 2638.62 m = 8656.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.07 mb = 3903.63 m = 12807.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.07 mb = 10881.92 m = 35701.41 ft B at Equ Level: 945.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.07 mb = 13830.23 m = 45374.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 365.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 363.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.87 Bulk Rich Number: 3.89 Bulk Shear: 244.54 m/s