MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 53.89,-102.17 Latitude: 53.89 Longitude: -102.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 973 297 25.3 7.1 31 18.3 14.6 309 10 300.8 302.0 288.8 320.1 6.49 2 950 506 23.1 5.3 31 17.8 13.0 310 20 300.7 301.8 288.2 318.3 5.90 3 900 973 18.5 4.1 38 14.4 10.5 305 23 300.6 301.6 287.9 317.6 5.71 4 850 1458 14.0 2.8 47 11.2 8.0 293 21 300.8 301.8 287.9 317.3 5.52 5 800 1966 9.6 1.4 57 8.1 5.3 274 19 301.3 302.3 287.8 317.3 5.30 6 750 2497 4.7 0.3 73 4.4 2.5 258 19 301.7 302.6 287.9 317.4 5.22 7 700 3054 -0.3 -1.4 92 1.1 -0.8 248 22 302.2 303.1 287.8 317.1 4.94 8 650 3644 -2.5 -10.7 53 8.2 -5.7 256 29 306.1 306.6 286.8 314.3 2.60 9 600 4277 -4.8 -18.4 34 13.6 -9.2 259 32 310.6 310.8 287.2 315.5 1.49 10 550 4955 -9.5 -25.2 27 15.7 -13.5 256 32 312.8 313.0 287.3 315.9 0.90 11 500 5684 -14.4 -30.8 23 16.4 -17.8 257 33 315.4 315.6 287.9 317.5 0.59 12 450 6474 -20.0 -29.7 42 9.7 -21.9 255 39 318.1 318.3 288.9 320.7 0.73 13 400 7337 -25.6 -40.4 24 14.8 -27.5 249 45 321.7 321.8 289.6 322.8 0.28 14 350 8293 -31.8 -33.5 85 1.7 -32.1 241 58 325.8 326.0 291.2 328.2 0.65 15 300 9364 -39.7 -40.7 90 1.0 -39.8 236 70 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.8 0.36 16 250 10587 -48.8 -49.1 96 0.4 -48.8 232 84 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.17 17 200 12023 -54.1 -65.2 25 11.1 -54.4 241 70 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 13890 -50.2 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.9 244 38 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 19 100 16529 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.2 237 16 428.4 428.4 308.7 428.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.26 m Freezing level: 702.98 mb = 3021.15 m = 9911.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.20 mb = 2914.78 m = 9562.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.07 % Est. max temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.33 mb = 2568.94 m = 8428.19 ft T: 4.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 3.07 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.55 mb = 2888.13 m = 9475.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: 3.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.44 C Cross Totals Index: 17.27 C K Index: 30.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9081.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.36 mb = 2733.36 m = 8967.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -23.8 tot: -4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 44.39 m/s