MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 54.64,-105.63 Latitude: 54.64 Longitude: -105.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 957 491 13.5 8.7 73 4.8 10.7 64 6 290.2 291.5 285.8 311.2 7.39 2 950 555 11.9 8.3 79 3.6 9.9 68 8 289.2 290.5 285.2 309.8 7.25 3 900 1004 7.8 7.0 94 0.8 7.4 75 11 289.6 290.8 285.1 309.4 6.99 4 850 1477 8.3 3.5 71 4.8 5.8 78 14 294.9 295.9 285.9 311.7 5.78 5 800 1977 6.5 -0.2 62 6.6 3.2 87 8 298.0 298.9 286.1 312.1 4.72 6 750 2503 3.4 0.4 81 3.0 1.9 217 12 300.3 301.3 287.5 316.1 5.27 7 700 3061 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 233 22 303.5 304.6 289.0 320.9 5.75 8 650 3656 -1.1 -2.0 93 1.0 -1.6 242 20 307.8 308.7 289.8 323.4 5.08 9 600 4292 -3.9 -6.5 83 2.5 -5.1 257 19 311.6 312.3 290.0 324.0 3.93 10 550 4975 -7.0 -11.5 70 4.5 -8.8 265 26 315.7 316.3 290.3 325.1 2.88 11 500 5712 -12.0 -14.9 79 2.9 -13.0 264 32 318.4 318.9 290.7 326.4 2.41 12 450 6511 -17.0 -17.5 96 0.5 -17.1 251 42 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.2 2.16 13 400 7385 -22.6 -22.6 100 0.0 -22.6 239 48 325.6 325.9 292.0 331.0 1.55 14 350 8351 -30.0 -30.0 100 -0.0 -30.0 234 50 328.3 328.4 292.1 331.5 0.90 15 300 9428 -38.7 -38.7 100 -0.0 -38.8 228 55 330.8 330.8 292.4 332.4 0.45 16 250 10651 -49.4 -49.4 100 0.0 -49.4 224 56 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.17 17 200 12076 -57.6 -61.6 60 4.0 -57.6 236 81 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 18 150 13920 -52.7 -81.5 2 28.8 -53.2 245 51 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16525 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.9 258 38 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5589.59 m Freezing level: 676.42 mb = 3341.60 m = 10963.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.52 mb = 3264.20 m = 10709.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.22 % Est. max temperature: 20.72 C = 69.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.99 mb = 1087.61 m = 3568.22 ft T: 7.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 1.77 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.04 mb = 2341.21 m = 7681.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.73 C = 72.92 F Cap Strength: 9.83 C Lifted Index: 10.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.07 C Showalter Index: 9.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.33 C Cross Totals Index: 15.49 C K Index: 23.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12735.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.73 mb = 1258.64 m = 4129.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.0 neg: -4.3 tot: 175.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 115.04 m/s