MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 50.83,-113.86 Latitude: 50.83 Longitude: -113.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 557 2 900 1021 SFC 896 1061 19.0 15.2 78 3.8 16.5 356 4 301.5 303.8 293.7 337.5 12.21 4 850 1509 15.0 11.7 81 3.3 12.9 356 5 301.8 303.7 292.2 331.9 10.18 5 800 2021 12.7 7.8 72 4.9 9.7 37 1 304.7 306.2 291.6 329.7 8.32 6 750 2560 9.1 5.8 80 3.3 7.2 121 4 306.4 307.9 291.7 329.9 7.75 7 700 3129 5.3 2.8 84 2.5 3.9 176 3 308.3 309.6 291.4 328.8 6.70 8 650 3730 1.2 -0.6 88 1.8 0.3 206 6 310.3 311.4 291.1 327.9 5.66 9 600 4370 -2.7 -4.4 88 1.7 -3.5 167 5 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.6 4.62 10 550 5057 -5.9 -12.9 58 7.0 -8.6 126 9 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.6 2.58 11 500 5797 -10.3 -18.8 50 8.5 -13.0 135 10 320.5 320.8 290.7 326.4 1.73 12 450 6601 -15.5 -21.4 60 5.9 -17.2 131 8 323.8 324.1 291.5 329.1 1.54 13 400 7479 -21.6 -28.8 52 7.3 -23.1 123 6 327.0 327.1 291.7 330.1 0.88 14 350 8449 -28.8 -38.5 39 9.7 -30.1 132 7 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.4 0.39 15 300 9531 -37.7 -44.5 49 6.7 -38.3 138 11 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.24 16 250 10761 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.8 158 15 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12198 -56.4 -58.7 75 2.3 -56.5 162 23 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.07 18 150 14050 -51.1 -80.0 2 28.9 -51.7 187 16 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16652 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 172 9 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.95 m Freezing level: 634.27 mb = 3931.76 m = 12899.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.89 mb = 3781.04 m = 12404.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.86 % Est. max temperature: 23.95 C = 75.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.55 mb = 1543.08 m = 5062.54 ft T: 14.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 7.79 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.57 mb = 2454.21 m = 8051.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.47 C = 74.25 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 34.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 82.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.96 mb = 2042.22 m = 6700.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.96 mb = 3210.71 m = 10533.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 422.96 mb = 7062.79 m = 23171.61 ft B at Equ Level: 81.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 272.96 mb = 10168.03 m = 33359.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.6 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 168.6 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -121.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -2.3 tot: 5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.75 Bulk Shear: 14.29 m/s