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: 51.99,-115.41 Latitude: 51.99 Longitude: -115.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 512 2 900 972 3 850 1459 SFC 840 1561 16.7 11.9 73 4.8 13.6 43 4 304.7 306.6 293.3 336.0 10.48 5 800 1974 14.1 5.6 57 8.5 9.2 83 2 306.2 307.5 291.1 327.9 7.16 6 750 2515 10.1 2.3 58 7.8 5.8 220 6 307.5 308.7 290.6 326.1 6.04 7 700 3084 5.4 -0.3 67 5.7 2.5 227 13 308.5 309.5 290.3 325.0 5.36 8 650 3685 0.4 -2.5 81 2.9 -1.0 222 17 309.4 310.3 290.2 324.6 4.90 9 600 4321 -4.4 -6.9 83 2.4 -5.5 214 22 311.0 311.7 289.7 323.0 3.81 10 550 5001 -9.0 -11.9 80 2.9 -10.1 220 28 313.4 313.9 289.5 322.4 2.79 11 500 5733 -13.4 -16.0 81 2.6 -14.3 225 29 316.7 317.1 290.0 324.0 2.19 12 450 6527 -18.3 -23.9 62 5.6 -19.7 219 24 320.2 320.4 290.1 324.4 1.23 13 400 7395 -24.8 -32.1 50 7.4 -26.0 188 15 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.1 0.65 14 350 8353 -31.6 -40.1 43 8.5 -32.6 197 14 326.2 326.2 291.0 327.4 0.33 15 300 9422 -40.8 -45.1 63 4.4 -41.1 212 28 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.8 0.23 16 250 10636 -50.3 -52.1 81 1.9 -50.3 182 17 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.12 17 200 12070 -53.3 -66.7 18 13.4 -53.6 196 28 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13965 -46.4 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.3 186 21 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.01 19 100 16597 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.9 173 22 422.8 422.8 308.0 422.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.63 m Freezing level: 645.95 mb = 3736.20 m = 12257.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.72 mb = 3503.15 m = 11493.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.15 % Est. max temperature: 20.47 C = 68.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.68 mb = 2167.91 m = 7112.48 ft T: 12.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 13.61 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.89 mb = 3272.71 m = 10737.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.58 C = 69.04 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 213.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.65 mb = 3005.99 m = 9862.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.65 mb = 3664.15 m = 12021.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.65 mb = 8319.10 m = 27293.30 ft B at Equ Level: 212.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.65 mb = 11409.74 m = 37433.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 54.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.70 Bulk Shear: 57.59 m/s