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: 49.21,-103.91 Latitude: 49.21 Longitude: -103.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 937 637 21.5 16.2 72 5.3 17.9 133 8 300.1 302.4 293.4 336.5 12.41 3 900 991 22.2 14.3 61 7.9 17.0 155 14 304.4 306.6 294.0 338.7 11.49 4 850 1486 19.2 10.7 58 8.5 13.7 219 13 306.2 308.0 293.0 334.9 9.52 5 800 2004 15.3 7.0 58 8.2 10.3 247 20 307.4 308.9 292.1 331.5 7.90 6 750 2546 10.2 5.4 72 4.8 7.4 251 21 307.7 309.1 291.9 330.6 7.51 7 700 3116 4.9 3.8 93 1.1 4.3 247 21 308.0 309.3 291.7 330.0 7.22 8 650 3717 1.7 -4.2 65 6.0 -1.1 251 28 310.9 311.7 290.1 324.5 4.30 9 600 4359 -0.9 -9.7 51 8.8 -4.6 258 34 315.1 315.7 290.3 325.0 3.05 10 550 5050 -4.3 -15.8 40 11.5 -8.5 248 33 319.0 319.4 290.5 325.7 2.02 11 500 5794 -9.0 -26.8 22 17.8 -13.7 245 31 322.1 322.2 290.3 325.1 0.86 12 450 6600 -14.6 -36.0 14 21.4 -18.6 248 33 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.4 0.39 13 400 7480 -21.2 -43.0 12 21.8 -24.2 244 35 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.21 14 350 8450 -28.9 -47.3 15 18.4 -30.7 237 33 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.15 15 300 9531 -38.3 -51.4 24 13.1 -39.2 240 35 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.11 16 250 10756 -48.4 -54.5 49 6.1 -48.7 235 33 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.09 17 200 12203 -53.8 -62.6 33 8.8 -54.1 204 29 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 14055 -53.2 -79.9 2 26.7 -53.6 215 24 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16657 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 193 15 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.78 m Freezing level: 616.74 mb = 4144.27 m = 13596.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.14 mb = 3591.20 m = 11782.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.46 mb = 1319.63 m = 4329.43 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 14.27 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2476.55 m = 8125.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.16 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 508.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.90 mb = 2089.35 m = 6854.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.90 mb = 2804.52 m = 9201.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.90 mb = 11105.27 m = 36434.16 ft B at Equ Level: 499.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.90 mb = 12993.14 m = 42627.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.8 neg: -2.4 tot: 147.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 4.62 Bulk Shear: 109.92 m/s