MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 51.46,-115.4 Latitude: 51.46 Longitude: -115.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 551 2 900 1007 3 850 1485 4 800 1990 SFC 797 2025 7.8 6.5 91 1.3 7.1 295 3 299.8 301.2 289.5 322.4 7.64 6 750 2524 8.1 3.5 73 4.6 5.6 305 2 305.4 306.6 290.3 325.3 6.58 7 700 3091 4.6 -1.0 67 5.5 1.7 262 4 307.5 308.5 289.8 323.2 5.09 8 650 3690 -0.0 -4.4 72 4.4 -2.1 272 7 308.9 309.7 289.4 322.2 4.25 9 600 4327 -3.9 -10.4 61 6.5 -6.5 294 5 311.6 312.2 289.0 320.9 2.89 10 550 5008 -8.2 -15.4 56 7.2 -10.7 266 6 314.3 314.7 289.1 321.2 2.09 11 500 5742 -12.9 -22.1 46 9.2 -15.4 255 7 317.3 317.6 289.3 321.7 1.30 12 450 6536 -18.6 -24.7 58 6.1 -20.1 222 7 319.9 320.1 289.9 323.8 1.15 13 400 7403 -25.0 -27.2 81 2.3 -25.5 217 12 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.1 1.02 14 350 8357 -32.8 -36.0 73 3.2 -33.3 195 17 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.50 15 300 9424 -40.8 -44.8 66 3.9 -41.1 191 37 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.24 16 250 10637 -50.9 -51.3 95 0.4 -50.9 184 65 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.14 17 200 12071 -51.3 -72.8 6 21.5 -51.7 186 31 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13951 -49.7 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.4 178 26 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 19 100 16580 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.2 182 11 426.3 426.3 308.4 426.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.89 m Freezing level: 650.40 mb = 3685.52 m = 12091.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.22 mb = 3358.61 m = 11018.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.86 % Est. max temperature: 16.49 C = 61.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.68 mb = 2192.27 m = 7192.39 ft T: 7.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 4.42 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.04 mb = 3505.37 m = 11500.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.93 C = 60.67 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.49 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8578.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.35 mb = 3087.12 m = 10128.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.34 Bulk Shear: 4.81 m/s