MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 49.37,-103.51 Latitude: 49.37 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 515 SFC 941 596 29.9 16.8 46 13.0 20.8 169 15 308.3 310.7 296.1 347.4 12.93 3 900 994 25.5 15.3 53 10.2 18.5 166 23 307.7 310.0 295.4 344.7 12.22 4 850 1494 20.7 14.2 66 6.5 16.4 164 23 307.9 310.1 295.4 344.4 12.08 5 800 2015 15.8 13.0 83 2.8 14.0 162 23 308.0 310.2 295.3 344.0 11.88 6 750 2560 11.4 11.1 98 0.3 11.3 161 23 309.0 311.1 295.0 343.0 11.17 7 700 3136 8.6 6.9 89 1.7 7.5 166 27 312.0 313.7 294.2 339.5 8.93 8 650 3748 6.1 -1.4 59 7.5 2.1 175 31 315.8 316.9 292.4 332.7 5.31 9 600 4398 1.4 -3.4 70 4.8 -1.0 188 31 317.7 318.7 292.7 333.6 4.95 10 550 5093 -3.4 -8.4 68 5.0 -5.6 197 32 320.1 320.8 292.3 332.2 3.69 11 500 5839 -9.2 -18.2 48 9.1 -12.2 204 35 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.1 1.82 12 450 6643 -15.3 -25.5 41 10.2 -17.9 212 32 324.0 324.2 291.1 327.8 1.06 13 400 7521 -21.3 -31.7 39 10.3 -23.4 220 29 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.7 0.68 14 350 8492 -28.9 -34.8 56 6.0 -29.8 217 31 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.9 0.57 15 300 9572 -38.3 -38.8 95 0.5 -38.4 213 29 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.1 0.45 16 250 10797 -48.6 -49.9 86 1.3 -48.6 216 28 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.16 17 200 12232 -55.5 -60.5 53 5.0 -55.6 199 30 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14076 -53.7 -79.5 3 25.7 -54.2 204 24 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16668 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 196 11 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.16 m Freezing level: 585.44 mb = 4600.39 m = 15092.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.35 mb = 4179.54 m = 13712.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.60 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.25 mb = 2236.60 m = 7337.85 ft T: 14.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 14.71 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.50 mb = 2375.97 m = 7795.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.44 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 42.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1662.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.18 mb = 2280.89 m = 7483.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.18 mb = 2445.96 m = 8024.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.18 mb = 12226.61 m = 40113.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1654.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.18 mb = 14982.32 m = 49154.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.3 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 213.3 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.1 neg: -4.2 tot: 72.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 106.09 Bulk Shear: 15.67 m/s