MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 49.10,-104.01 Latitude: 49.10 Longitude: -104.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 520 SFC 935 661 22.0 15.8 68 6.2 17.8 134 7 300.9 303.1 293.4 336.6 12.16 3 900 991 22.7 14.1 58 8.6 17.0 157 13 304.9 307.0 294.0 338.7 11.32 4 850 1486 19.4 10.2 55 9.2 13.6 224 13 306.5 308.2 292.9 334.3 9.23 5 800 2005 15.4 6.8 56 8.6 10.2 248 20 307.6 309.0 292.0 331.1 7.75 6 750 2548 10.2 5.5 72 4.8 7.5 251 20 307.7 309.1 291.9 330.7 7.55 7 700 3117 4.9 4.2 95 0.7 4.5 246 21 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.5 7.41 8 650 3718 1.7 -3.7 67 5.4 -0.9 254 30 310.9 311.7 290.2 324.9 4.46 9 600 4360 -1.0 -9.2 54 8.2 -4.5 261 37 315.0 315.6 290.3 325.2 3.17 10 550 5051 -4.3 -15.9 40 11.6 -8.5 249 34 319.0 319.4 290.5 325.7 2.01 11 500 5795 -9.0 -28.7 18 19.8 -13.9 245 32 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.7 0.71 12 450 6601 -14.4 -37.8 12 23.4 -18.7 250 34 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.3 0.33 13 400 7482 -21.1 -42.4 13 21.2 -24.1 246 37 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.23 14 350 8452 -28.8 -46.5 16 17.8 -30.6 238 33 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.17 15 300 9534 -38.4 -50.5 27 12.2 -39.1 242 34 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.12 16 250 10758 -48.9 -53.5 59 4.6 -49.1 245 36 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.11 17 200 12204 -53.4 -63.0 30 9.6 -53.7 214 26 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14055 -53.3 -79.9 3 26.5 -53.8 216 25 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16657 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 196 15 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.14 m Freezing level: 618.45 mb = 4123.29 m = 13527.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.51 mb = 3612.37 m = 11851.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.58 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.58 mb = 1450.08 m = 4757.43 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 13.83 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.88 mb = 2537.69 m = 8325.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.35 C Cross Totals Index: 19.15 C K Index: 37.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 460.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.09 mb = 2206.05 m = 7237.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.09 mb = 2814.94 m = 9235.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.09 mb = 11128.82 m = 36511.43 ft B at Equ Level: 450.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.09 mb = 12667.60 m = 41559.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.1 neg: -0.5 tot: 150.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 4.27 Bulk Shear: 107.87 m/s