MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F324.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F324.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 52.93,-114.71 Latitude: 52.93 Longitude: -114.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 543 SFC 910 918 24.9 18.5 67 6.4 20.4 124 6 306.2 308.9 296.8 350.7 14.84 3 900 1016 23.9 15.6 60 8.3 18.2 129 8 306.1 308.4 295.2 343.6 12.48 4 850 1512 19.7 13.3 67 6.4 15.5 147 5 306.8 308.9 294.6 341.1 11.38 5 800 2033 18.1 3.8 39 14.3 9.9 321 4 310.5 311.7 291.7 330.0 6.29 6 750 2582 14.0 -0.2 38 14.2 6.3 306 6 311.8 312.7 291.0 327.5 5.02 7 700 3159 9.5 -2.9 42 12.4 3.2 281 12 313.1 313.9 290.9 327.1 4.42 8 650 3768 4.9 -6.5 43 11.5 -0.4 272 18 314.5 315.2 290.6 326.1 3.61 9 600 4416 0.2 -16.1 28 16.3 -5.8 272 18 316.4 316.7 289.5 322.5 1.82 10 550 5107 -4.0 -27.0 15 23.1 -10.3 267 15 319.4 319.5 289.3 322.0 0.76 11 500 5852 -8.4 -29.2 17 20.9 -13.6 264 19 322.8 323.0 290.3 325.3 0.68 12 450 6661 -13.6 -27.3 31 13.7 -17.0 262 23 326.1 326.3 291.5 329.4 0.91 13 400 7545 -20.6 -31.3 38 10.8 -22.7 258 25 328.2 328.4 291.9 330.8 0.70 14 350 8515 -29.1 -37.0 46 8.0 -30.2 250 26 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.3 0.46 15 300 9597 -37.7 -47.7 34 10.0 -38.5 257 25 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.17 16 250 10827 -47.3 -54.4 44 7.0 -47.6 259 27 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.09 17 200 12273 -54.9 -65.2 27 10.3 -55.1 273 30 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14103 -57.5 -76.9 7 19.4 -57.8 285 30 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.01 19 100 16656 -57.7 -84.6 2 27.0 -58.1 295 20 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.83 m Freezing level: 597.14 mb = 4455.02 m = 14616.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.08 mb = 3691.87 m = 12112.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.51 mb = 1732.43 m = 5683.75 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 28.67 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.69 mb = 3102.98 m = 10180.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.47 C = 88.64 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 29.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 758.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.28 mb = 2432.72 m = 7981.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.28 mb = 3915.59 m = 12846.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.28 mb = 11416.25 m = 37454.42 ft B at Equ Level: 757.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.28 mb = 13761.11 m = 45147.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.2 neg: -8.7 tot: 19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 15.29 Bulk Shear: 49.65 m/s