MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 51.53,-114.45 Latitude: 51.53 Longitude: -114.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 501 2 900 966 SFC 877 1191 20.4 16.3 77 4.1 17.6 42 6 304.8 307.3 295.5 344.8 13.42 4 850 1459 18.3 10.8 61 7.5 13.5 49 6 305.3 307.1 292.8 334.1 9.59 5 800 1975 14.3 7.1 62 7.3 10.0 105 2 306.4 307.9 291.8 330.4 7.91 6 750 2517 10.0 4.6 69 5.5 6.9 193 4 307.5 308.8 291.5 329.1 7.09 7 700 3087 6.3 1.0 69 5.3 3.4 225 11 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.6 5.87 8 650 3690 1.7 -3.0 71 4.6 -0.6 228 15 310.8 311.7 290.5 325.6 4.73 9 600 4330 -3.2 -8.3 68 5.1 -5.4 222 16 312.4 313.1 289.8 323.3 3.41 10 550 5012 -8.2 -13.8 64 5.6 -10.2 218 18 314.4 314.8 289.4 322.2 2.39 11 500 5745 -13.1 -18.1 66 5.0 -14.7 221 24 317.0 317.4 289.7 323.2 1.83 12 450 6540 -18.5 -25.6 54 7.1 -20.1 213 25 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.7 1.06 13 400 7406 -25.2 -32.3 52 7.0 -26.4 205 31 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.5 0.64 14 350 8362 -32.2 -38.5 53 6.3 -32.9 206 35 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.9 0.39 15 300 9430 -40.8 -43.6 75 2.8 -41.0 204 41 327.8 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.27 16 250 10645 -49.7 -52.9 68 3.3 -49.8 201 37 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.11 17 200 12087 -52.1 -67.1 15 15.0 -52.4 197 28 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 13974 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.5 187 25 387.9 387.9 303.5 388.0 0.01 19 100 16605 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.5 172 18 423.6 423.6 308.1 423.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.78 m Freezing level: 632.90 mb = 3908.98 m = 12824.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.73 mb = 3594.08 m = 11791.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.75 % Est. max temperature: 23.85 C = 74.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.53 mb = 1707.88 m = 5603.23 ft T: 16.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 22.65 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.97 mb = 2877.57 m = 9440.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.20 C = 75.56 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 809.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.44 mb = 2544.93 m = 8349.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.44 mb = 3413.99 m = 11200.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.44 mb = 10843.22 m = 35574.44 ft B at Equ Level: 796.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.44 mb = 12689.37 m = 41631.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.4 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 246.4 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 44.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 13.10 Bulk Shear: 61.77 m/s