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: 51.56,-114.61 Latitude: 51.56 Longitude: -114.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 503 2 900 967 SFC 870 1260 19.7 15.9 79 3.7 17.1 46 6 304.7 307.2 295.3 344.2 13.21 4 850 1458 18.1 11.3 64 6.8 13.8 54 6 305.2 307.0 293.0 335.0 9.95 5 800 1975 14.4 7.0 61 7.4 10.0 108 3 306.5 308.0 291.8 330.4 7.89 6 750 2516 10.1 4.6 69 5.5 6.9 201 5 307.5 308.9 291.5 329.2 7.10 7 700 3087 6.3 1.0 69 5.3 3.4 229 11 309.4 310.5 291.0 327.6 5.87 8 650 3690 1.6 -2.8 73 4.4 -0.6 231 15 310.7 311.6 290.5 325.7 4.79 9 600 4329 -3.4 -7.7 72 4.3 -5.3 222 17 312.2 312.9 289.8 323.6 3.57 10 550 5011 -8.2 -13.8 64 5.6 -10.2 218 20 314.4 314.8 289.4 322.2 2.40 11 500 5744 -13.1 -18.2 66 5.1 -14.7 220 24 317.1 317.4 289.8 323.2 1.83 12 450 6538 -18.6 -24.8 58 6.2 -20.1 210 25 319.8 320.0 289.9 323.8 1.14 13 400 7404 -25.3 -30.6 61 5.3 -26.3 202 29 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.7 0.74 14 350 8360 -32.2 -36.8 64 4.5 -32.8 205 32 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.47 15 300 9428 -40.8 -42.9 80 2.1 -41.0 204 39 327.8 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.29 16 250 10642 -49.7 -52.4 73 2.7 -49.8 200 36 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.12 17 200 12084 -51.8 -67.8 13 16.0 -52.1 198 28 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 13972 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 186 26 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.01 19 100 16604 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.5 172 17 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.08 m Freezing level: 634.23 mb = 3891.28 m = 12766.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3601.25 m = 11814.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.78 % Est. max temperature: 23.44 C = 74.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.35 mb = 1729.84 m = 5675.26 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 21.96 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.70 mb = 2938.11 m = 9639.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.71 C = 74.67 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.39 C K Index: 37.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 770.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.78 mb = 2596.29 m = 8517.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.78 mb = 3470.16 m = 11384.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.78 mb = 10699.97 m = 35104.46 ft B at Equ Level: 765.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.78 mb = 12856.96 m = 42181.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.0 neg: -0.9 tot: 42.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 12.50 Bulk Shear: 61.63 m/s