MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 6Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 54.41,-115.28 Latitude: 54.41 Longitude: -115.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 502 SFC 909 877 17.4 14.7 84 2.8 15.6 245 2 298.6 300.7 292.4 332.4 11.62 3 900 967 20.5 14.0 66 6.5 16.3 216 9 302.6 304.7 293.3 336.0 11.27 4 850 1463 21.2 8.3 43 13.0 13.2 211 17 308.4 309.9 292.6 333.1 8.09 5 800 1984 17.5 4.6 42 13.0 10.0 233 14 309.8 311.1 291.8 330.3 6.64 6 750 2531 12.5 2.6 51 9.9 6.9 250 14 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.1 6.15 7 700 3104 7.1 1.1 65 6.0 3.8 250 18 310.3 311.4 291.3 328.7 5.91 8 650 3708 2.0 -1.0 81 3.0 0.4 252 26 311.2 312.2 291.2 328.3 5.47 9 600 4349 -2.6 -5.6 80 3.0 -4.0 258 32 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.4 4.20 10 550 5034 -7.0 -10.6 76 3.6 -8.4 263 34 315.8 316.4 290.5 325.8 3.10 11 500 5772 -10.6 -24.3 31 13.7 -14.3 258 39 320.1 320.4 289.9 323.9 1.07 12 450 6575 -15.1 -33.0 20 17.9 -18.7 253 47 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.2 0.53 13 400 7454 -21.3 -36.9 23 15.5 -23.9 255 50 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.8 0.41 14 350 8424 -29.0 -42.6 26 13.6 -30.5 255 52 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.7 0.26 15 300 9506 -37.5 -49.9 26 12.4 -38.4 253 64 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.13 16 250 10739 -46.8 -49.9 71 3.1 -47.0 250 74 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.16 17 200 12184 -56.5 -59.9 65 3.5 -56.5 251 72 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.06 18 150 14003 -56.6 -79.7 4 23.1 -56.9 255 53 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16579 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 250 22 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.43 m Freezing level: 628.55 mb = 3983.30 m = 13068.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.17 mb = 3768.08 m = 12362.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.00 mb = 1230.91 m = 4038.36 ft T: 20.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 12.17 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.88 mb = 3140.50 m = 10303.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.85 C K Index: 34.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 171.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.30 mb = 2695.18 m = 8842.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.30 mb = 3580.15 m = 11745.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.30 mb = 8830.73 m = 28971.86 ft B at Equ Level: 169.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.30 mb = 11270.85 m = 36977.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.3 neg: -4.5 tot: 107.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 3.18 Bulk Shear: 53.86 m/s