MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 52.1,-114.68 Latitude: 52.10 Longitude: -114.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 561 2 900 1031 SFC 895 1080 24.6 17.6 65 7.0 19.6 137 7 307.3 310.0 296.7 350.3 14.25 4 850 1529 20.6 11.9 57 8.8 14.9 148 12 307.8 309.7 294.1 339.1 10.33 5 800 2051 18.3 8.0 51 10.3 11.9 189 5 310.7 312.3 293.5 336.7 8.45 6 750 2602 14.8 5.6 54 9.2 9.3 248 9 312.6 314.1 293.4 336.3 7.64 7 700 3181 10.8 1.9 54 8.9 5.8 268 16 314.5 315.7 292.9 334.2 6.28 8 650 3795 6.4 -4.7 45 11.2 1.0 282 19 316.2 317.0 291.6 329.6 4.15 9 600 4445 1.7 -17.1 23 18.8 -5.2 298 18 318.1 318.4 289.9 323.7 1.67 10 550 5140 -2.8 -28.5 12 25.6 -9.8 294 21 320.7 320.8 289.7 323.1 0.66 11 500 5888 -7.7 -30.6 14 22.9 -13.3 292 30 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.8 0.60 12 450 6697 -13.9 -30.1 24 16.2 -17.6 288 39 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.3 0.70 13 400 7580 -20.1 -38.8 17 18.7 -23.1 287 41 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.33 14 350 8555 -27.6 -36.6 42 9.0 -28.9 287 42 331.6 331.6 292.6 333.3 0.47 15 300 9641 -37.2 -41.3 65 4.1 -37.6 289 44 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.3 0.34 16 250 10876 -45.5 -57.3 25 11.8 -45.9 278 50 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.07 17 200 12339 -52.5 -68.0 14 15.5 -52.8 278 43 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.8 0.02 18 150 14157 -60.8 -76.3 11 15.5 -61.0 298 32 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16667 -59.6 -84.9 2 25.2 -60.0 308 20 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.35 m Freezing level: 581.37 mb = 4703.97 m = 15432.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.22 mb = 3892.53 m = 12770.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.57 mb = 1970.28 m = 6464.09 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 27.24 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.95 mb = 3458.46 m = 11346.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.11 F Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.89 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.33 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 31.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 563.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.29 mb = 2688.48 m = 8820.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.29 mb = 4616.19 m = 15144.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.29 mb = 11218.05 m = 36804.19 ft B at Equ Level: 554.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.29 mb = 13467.33 m = 44183.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 106.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 5.30 Bulk Shear: 106.16 m/s