MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 51.79,-114.51 Latitude: 51.79 Longitude: -114.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 1 950 472 2 900 944 SFC 883 1114 27.5 17.7 55 9.8 20.5 4 6 311.6 314.4 298.0 356.5 14.63 4 850 1447 24.9 11.3 42 13.6 16.0 7 6 312.2 314.1 295.0 342.9 9.94 5 800 1977 22.3 4.3 31 18.0 11.5 254 7 314.9 316.1 293.2 335.4 6.51 6 750 2532 17.5 1.2 33 16.3 8.3 256 13 315.6 316.6 292.6 333.2 5.55 7 700 3116 12.3 -1.6 38 13.9 4.9 258 17 316.1 317.0 292.2 331.6 4.85 8 650 3731 6.6 -3.9 47 10.5 1.4 258 20 316.4 317.3 291.9 330.6 4.42 9 600 4381 0.8 -6.9 56 7.8 -2.7 257 24 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.3 3.79 10 550 5075 -2.5 -24.1 17 21.6 -9.0 259 37 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.6 0.99 11 500 5823 -7.7 -25.5 23 17.8 -12.6 256 41 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.1 0.96 12 450 6633 -13.7 -28.9 27 15.1 -17.3 255 42 326.0 326.2 291.4 328.8 0.78 13 400 7516 -20.2 -37.1 21 16.9 -23.1 257 43 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.2 0.40 14 350 8491 -27.7 -40.2 30 12.4 -29.4 261 47 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.33 15 300 9579 -36.0 -36.9 92 0.8 -36.1 271 47 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.6 0.54 16 250 10818 -46.2 -46.3 99 0.1 -46.2 286 52 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.24 17 200 12260 -58.1 -58.9 90 0.8 -58.1 293 53 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.07 18 150 14068 -56.7 -77.6 5 20.9 -57.0 265 57 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16626 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 281 21 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.90 m Freezing level: 587.47 mb = 4554.49 m = 14942.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3941.54 m = 12931.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.33 mb = 2358.13 m = 7736.56 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 31.90 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.73 mb = 3796.71 m = 12456.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.59 C Cross Totals Index: 18.97 C K Index: 29.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 730.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.44 mb = 3436.64 m = 11274.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.44 mb = 4134.69 m = 13565.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.44 mb = 12309.53 m = 40385.10 ft B at Equ Level: 720.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.44 mb = 14133.36 m = 46368.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 68.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 7.21 Bulk Shear: 101.22 m/s