MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 51.05,-106.5 Latitude: 51.05 Longitude: -106.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 504 SFC 942 576 27.7 14.5 44 13.2 18.8 145 6 306.0 308.1 294.1 339.3 11.06 3 900 979 22.6 13.0 54 9.6 16.3 154 9 304.8 306.8 293.4 336.3 10.51 4 850 1472 17.9 12.0 69 5.8 14.1 160 12 304.9 306.8 293.3 336.1 10.44 5 800 1988 13.0 11.0 88 2.0 11.7 164 15 305.0 306.9 293.3 336.1 10.36 6 750 2527 8.8 8.4 97 0.4 8.6 170 18 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.2 9.29 7 700 3095 5.7 3.6 86 2.1 4.5 190 28 308.8 310.1 291.8 330.5 7.08 8 650 3699 1.6 0.1 90 1.5 0.8 194 29 310.8 311.9 291.5 329.3 5.94 9 600 4339 -2.9 -4.3 91 1.3 -3.6 193 25 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.4 4.65 10 550 5023 -7.7 -9.3 88 1.6 -8.4 186 27 314.9 315.6 290.6 326.0 3.43 11 500 5758 -12.1 -22.9 40 10.8 -15.1 183 30 318.3 318.5 289.5 322.4 1.21 12 450 6556 -17.3 -35.4 19 18.1 -20.5 178 30 321.5 321.6 289.7 323.1 0.42 13 400 7428 -23.3 -38.5 24 15.1 -25.5 177 35 324.7 324.7 290.6 325.9 0.34 14 350 8390 -30.8 -40.7 38 9.8 -32.0 164 41 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.31 15 300 9465 -39.1 -44.5 57 5.3 -39.5 154 44 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.24 16 250 10691 -47.6 -52.0 60 4.4 -47.8 150 53 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.12 17 200 12140 -50.7 -66.2 14 15.6 -51.1 187 36 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.03 18 150 14020 -50.1 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 198 24 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 19 100 16644 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 179 17 422.5 422.5 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.62 m Freezing level: 632.19 mb = 3926.75 m = 12882.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.44 mb = 3817.12 m = 12523.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.64 % Est. max temperature: 26.90 C = 80.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.69 mb = 2234.82 m = 7331.98 ft T: 11.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 16.84 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.54 mb = 2268.86 m = 7443.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.97 C Cross Totals Index: 24.14 C K Index: 39.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 973.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.59 mb = 2203.70 m = 7229.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.59 mb = 2366.12 m = 7762.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.59 mb = 10832.72 m = 35539.99 ft B at Equ Level: 966.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.59 mb = 13028.05 m = 42742.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.6 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 212.6 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 97.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 27.19 Bulk Shear: 35.80 m/s