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: 51.79,-114.88 Latitude: 51.79 Longitude: -114.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 508 2 900 970 SFC 867 1295 18.4 14.3 77 4.1 15.7 60 4 303.7 305.9 294.1 339.1 11.91 4 850 1460 16.8 11.6 72 5.2 13.5 79 5 303.7 305.6 292.8 334.0 10.15 5 800 1975 14.2 6.4 59 7.8 9.6 149 4 306.2 307.6 291.5 329.1 7.55 6 750 2516 10.1 3.8 65 6.3 6.5 215 7 307.5 308.8 291.2 328.0 6.70 7 700 3086 5.9 0.7 69 5.2 3.1 234 13 309.0 310.1 290.8 326.8 5.76 8 650 3688 1.2 -2.1 79 3.2 -0.4 233 15 310.3 311.2 290.6 326.0 5.06 9 600 4326 -3.7 -7.0 78 3.3 -5.2 220 19 311.8 312.5 289.9 323.7 3.76 10 550 5008 -8.2 -13.5 66 5.2 -10.1 217 24 314.3 314.8 289.5 322.3 2.46 11 500 5741 -13.2 -17.4 71 4.2 -14.5 218 24 317.0 317.4 289.8 323.5 1.96 12 450 6535 -18.9 -23.6 66 4.7 -20.0 209 23 319.5 319.8 289.9 323.9 1.27 13 400 7400 -25.3 -28.9 72 3.5 -26.0 198 22 322.1 322.2 290.3 325.2 0.88 14 350 8356 -32.0 -36.4 65 4.4 -32.6 200 21 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.3 0.49 15 300 9425 -40.8 -43.3 77 2.5 -40.9 207 28 327.9 328.0 291.4 329.0 0.28 16 250 10639 -49.8 -51.8 80 1.9 -49.9 198 29 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 17 200 12078 -52.2 -66.8 16 14.6 -52.5 199 29 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 13969 -47.2 -77.6 2 30.4 -48.1 184 24 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.01 19 100 16603 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 173 18 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.08 m Freezing level: 638.20 mb = 3838.60 m = 12593.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.28 mb = 3609.73 m = 11842.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.14 % Est. max temperature: 22.99 C = 73.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.75 mb = 1809.03 m = 5935.06 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 16.79 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.03 mb = 3003.16 m = 9852.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.27 C = 73.89 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 36.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 531.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.95 mb = 2604.95 m = 8546.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.95 mb = 3601.42 m = 11815.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.95 mb = 10202.23 m = 33471.47 ft B at Equ Level: 531.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.95 mb = 12178.92 m = 39956.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 35.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 10.16 Bulk Shear: 52.33 m/s