MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 54.55,-103.59 Latitude: 54.55 Longitude: -103.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 977 362 22.3 8.6 42 13.6 14.1 258 5 297.4 298.7 288.2 318.5 7.21 2 950 611 26.7 5.6 26 21.1 14.3 264 16 304.3 305.4 289.5 322.5 6.02 3 900 1083 22.2 5.0 33 17.2 12.3 264 16 304.4 305.5 289.6 322.9 6.10 4 850 1575 17.6 4.6 42 13.0 10.2 275 14 304.6 305.7 289.8 323.5 6.25 5 800 2089 12.9 3.6 53 9.4 7.7 283 9 304.9 306.1 289.9 323.7 6.18 6 750 2627 8.1 2.3 67 5.8 5.0 331 7 305.4 306.5 289.9 323.7 6.03 7 700 3192 3.3 -0.6 76 3.9 1.4 359 9 306.2 307.2 289.5 322.3 5.25 8 650 3788 -1.1 -8.0 59 6.9 -4.0 359 11 307.7 308.3 288.0 317.7 3.21 9 600 4424 -3.1 -21.8 22 18.7 -8.7 353 9 312.6 312.8 287.5 316.3 1.11 10 550 5107 -7.5 -19.7 37 12.2 -11.2 333 11 315.2 315.5 288.8 320.1 1.46 11 500 5842 -12.5 -24.1 37 11.6 -15.6 332 15 317.8 318.0 289.2 321.5 1.09 12 450 6637 -18.2 -28.4 40 10.2 -20.4 348 17 320.4 320.5 289.8 323.2 0.81 13 400 7505 -24.9 -34.8 39 10.0 -26.4 352 21 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.5 0.50 14 350 8460 -32.6 -47.2 22 14.6 -33.8 2 24 324.8 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.16 15 300 9525 -41.6 -51.4 34 9.8 -42.1 1 26 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.11 16 250 10735 -50.8 -57.3 46 6.5 -51.0 354 29 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.07 17 200 12169 -55.2 -64.4 31 9.2 -55.4 331 31 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14005 -55.4 -79.0 4 23.6 -55.8 327 34 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.01 19 100 16580 -55.7 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 335 28 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.26 m Freezing level: 662.71 mb = 3636.54 m = 11930.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.32 mb = 3339.05 m = 10954.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.78 % Est. max temperature: 29.59 C = 85.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.76 mb = 2102.00 m = 6896.25 ft T: 12.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 7.43 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.56 mb = 3465.89 m = 11370.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: 2.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: 2.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.08 C Cross Totals Index: 17.07 C K Index: 30.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 97.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7022.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.67 mb = 3079.56 m = 10103.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.7 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 348.7 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -143.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.2 neg: -8.1 tot: 25.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.21 Bulk Shear: 17.60 m/s