MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 55.46,-111.13 Latitude: 55.46 Longitude: -111.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 530 SFC 937 650 19.5 16.6 83 2.9 17.5 230 1 298.1 300.4 293.1 335.2 12.78 3 900 994 16.8 13.5 81 3.3 14.7 209 2 298.8 300.8 291.9 330.6 10.89 4 850 1481 15.7 11.0 73 4.7 12.7 183 11 302.6 304.4 292.1 331.5 9.73 5 800 1995 13.4 7.3 67 6.1 9.7 181 18 305.4 306.9 291.6 329.6 8.04 6 750 2535 9.4 5.0 74 4.4 6.9 181 23 306.8 308.1 291.4 329.0 7.30 7 700 3103 4.9 3.2 89 1.7 3.9 186 23 307.9 309.2 291.5 329.0 6.91 8 650 3704 0.6 0.2 97 0.4 0.4 183 21 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.2 5.99 9 600 4343 -3.4 -3.9 96 0.5 -3.6 182 21 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.3 4.79 10 550 5028 -6.4 -9.7 77 3.3 -7.8 180 21 316.5 317.1 290.9 327.3 3.33 11 500 5767 -10.8 -16.1 65 5.4 -12.6 181 25 319.9 320.3 290.9 327.1 2.17 12 450 6570 -15.4 -31.0 25 15.6 -18.7 179 32 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.2 0.64 13 400 7448 -21.9 -33.5 34 11.7 -23.9 176 37 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.6 0.56 14 350 8416 -28.8 -31.1 81 2.3 -29.2 189 43 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.8 0.81 15 300 9499 -37.7 -41.0 71 3.3 -38.1 183 43 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.35 16 250 10726 -48.5 -51.1 74 2.6 -48.6 177 48 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.14 17 200 12160 -57.0 -60.1 68 3.1 -57.1 185 44 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.06 18 150 14005 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 204 21 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16628 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.4 201 10 423.8 423.8 308.2 423.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.87 m Freezing level: 642.01 mb = 3806.12 m = 12487.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.68 mb = 3769.55 m = 12367.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.32 % Est. max temperature: 26.95 C = 80.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.05 mb = 1012.52 m = 3321.89 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 4.63 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.14 mb = 2324.15 m = 7625.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.43 C = 81.38 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 21.77 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.53 mb = 1606.66 m = 5271.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.53 mb = 3190.42 m = 10467.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.53 mb = 6360.75 m = 20868.34 ft B at Equ Level: 111.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 282.53 mb = 9902.84 m = 32489.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.8 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 211.8 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.0 neg: -5.6 tot: 39.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.62 Bulk Shear: 42.84 m/s