MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 51.22,-110.41 Latitude: 51.22 Longitude: -110.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 507 SFC 926 734 29.0 11.7 34 17.3 17.7 158 7 308.9 310.6 293.7 337.4 9.37 3 900 984 25.4 10.2 38 15.2 15.7 161 9 307.7 309.3 292.9 334.2 8.71 4 850 1482 20.6 9.2 48 11.4 13.4 163 12 307.7 309.3 292.7 333.9 8.62 5 800 2001 15.6 8.1 61 7.5 11.0 165 14 307.8 309.4 292.7 333.7 8.53 6 750 2545 11.1 5.2 67 5.9 7.7 175 17 308.7 310.1 292.1 331.4 7.42 7 700 3117 7.5 -0.8 55 8.3 3.2 190 24 310.8 311.8 290.8 326.9 5.15 8 650 3722 2.2 -4.0 64 6.1 -0.8 195 25 311.4 312.3 290.3 325.2 4.39 9 600 4362 -3.9 -5.6 88 1.7 -4.7 201 25 311.6 312.4 290.2 324.9 4.20 10 550 5043 -8.6 -10.0 90 1.3 -9.2 208 25 313.8 314.4 290.0 324.3 3.26 11 500 5775 -13.2 -15.4 84 2.2 -14.0 211 28 316.9 317.4 290.1 324.5 2.31 12 450 6570 -17.8 -22.1 69 4.3 -19.0 212 29 320.9 321.1 290.5 325.8 1.45 13 400 7441 -23.9 -30.3 56 6.4 -25.1 201 31 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.6 0.77 14 350 8400 -31.6 -38.3 52 6.7 -32.4 196 28 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.6 0.40 15 300 9471 -40.3 -45.3 58 5.0 -40.7 212 28 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.4 0.22 16 250 10688 -49.7 -51.1 85 1.4 -49.8 221 32 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.14 17 200 12130 -51.6 -67.7 13 16.0 -52.0 213 27 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 14016 -49.6 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 187 27 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 19 100 16629 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 159 16 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.98 m Freezing level: 632.04 mb = 3951.98 m = 12965.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.05 mb = 3597.07 m = 11801.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.48 mb = 2889.53 m = 9479.98 ft T: 8.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.12 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.38 mb = 3254.04 m = 10675.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.04 C = 87.87 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.78 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 34.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 837.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.69 mb = 2898.55 m = 9509.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.69 mb = 3675.99 m = 12060.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.69 mb = 10853.05 m = 35606.68 ft B at Equ Level: 834.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.69 mb = 13054.56 m = 42829.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.9 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 226.9 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.99 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 26.71 Bulk Shear: 31.36 m/s