MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 50.05,-103.27 Latitude: 50.05 Longitude: -103.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 511 SFC 936 642 30.7 8.8 26 22.0 16.9 262 8 309.7 311.1 292.5 333.0 7.59 3 900 992 27.7 4.2 22 23.5 13.9 258 14 310.1 311.2 291.1 327.9 5.74 4 850 1493 23.0 3.0 27 19.9 11.5 249 17 310.2 311.3 291.0 327.6 5.61 5 800 2016 18.0 2.3 35 15.7 9.2 240 19 310.4 311.4 291.1 327.9 5.66 6 750 2563 12.8 1.6 46 11.2 6.6 234 22 310.5 311.6 291.2 328.4 5.74 7 700 3137 7.4 0.8 63 6.6 3.8 230 25 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.7 5.79 8 650 3742 3.2 -2.8 64 6.1 0.2 242 33 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.6 4.77 9 600 4387 -0.2 -11.4 42 11.2 -4.8 247 36 315.9 316.5 290.2 324.7 2.67 10 550 5078 -4.6 -13.0 52 8.4 -7.8 247 34 318.7 319.2 290.9 327.1 2.55 11 500 5821 -9.5 -17.2 54 7.7 -12.1 249 34 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.2 1.99 12 450 6626 -15.5 -20.7 64 5.2 -17.0 249 40 323.7 324.1 291.5 329.4 1.64 13 400 7503 -22.6 -24.6 84 1.9 -23.1 247 42 325.6 325.8 291.7 330.2 1.31 14 350 8469 -28.3 -39.7 33 11.4 -29.8 250 40 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.9 0.35 15 300 9558 -36.1 -40.1 67 3.9 -36.5 246 44 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.9 0.39 16 250 10796 -46.1 -48.1 80 2.0 -46.2 244 43 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.20 17 200 12242 -56.6 -60.6 60 4.0 -56.7 251 55 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.05 18 150 14062 -54.7 -77.9 4 23.2 -55.1 242 33 375.8 375.8 301.5 375.8 0.01 19 100 16656 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.6 -55.3 238 12 422.0 422.0 308.0 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.41 m Freezing level: 602.25 mb = 4358.07 m = 14297.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.04 mb = 3766.06 m = 12355.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 679.56 mb = 3378.52 m = 11084.24 ft T: 5.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 5.34 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 588.87 mb = 4535.73 m = 14880.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.47 C = 99.44 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 2.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: 2.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.48 C Cross Totals Index: 12.54 C K Index: 28.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7009.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 642.65 mb = 3833.32 m = 12576.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 35.42 m/s