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: 51.93,-114.18 Latitude: 51.93 Longitude: -114.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 900 945 SFC 894 1000 27.4 18.7 59 8.7 21.1 23 10 310.3 313.2 298.1 357.0 15.30 4 850 1448 23.6 13.5 53 10.1 16.8 35 9 310.9 313.1 295.7 346.1 11.49 5 800 1976 21.2 6.7 39 14.5 12.3 222 4 313.8 315.2 293.8 337.8 7.71 6 750 2530 16.9 2.1 37 14.8 8.4 246 11 314.9 316.0 292.7 333.6 5.93 7 700 3113 11.8 -0.9 41 12.8 5.0 254 17 315.6 316.6 292.2 331.9 5.12 8 650 3726 6.2 -3.1 51 9.4 1.4 257 22 316.0 316.9 292.0 330.9 4.67 9 600 4376 1.1 -8.9 47 10.0 -3.3 257 29 317.4 318.1 291.2 328.1 3.26 10 550 5072 -2.0 -25.0 15 23.0 -8.9 257 38 321.7 321.8 290.2 324.9 0.91 11 500 5821 -7.5 -26.0 21 18.5 -12.6 255 40 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.2 0.92 12 450 6631 -13.7 -28.6 27 14.9 -17.3 254 41 326.0 326.2 291.4 328.9 0.80 13 400 7515 -20.3 -37.2 21 16.9 -23.2 257 43 328.6 328.6 291.7 330.0 0.39 14 350 8488 -27.9 -42.6 23 14.8 -29.6 262 47 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.2 0.25 15 300 9575 -36.5 -37.0 96 0.5 -36.5 269 47 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.9 0.53 16 250 10812 -46.3 -46.5 98 0.2 -46.3 284 53 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.23 17 200 12254 -58.2 -58.6 94 0.5 -58.2 288 54 340.6 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.07 18 150 14065 -56.0 -77.8 5 21.8 -56.3 267 55 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.01 19 100 16625 -57.2 -85.0 2 27.8 -57.6 283 17 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.67 m Freezing level: 582.13 mb = 4624.77 m = 15172.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.88 mb = 3917.47 m = 12852.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.85 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.77 mb = 2108.05 m = 6916.09 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 32.09 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.49 mb = 3358.90 m = 11019.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.71 C = 90.88 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.45 C Showalter Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 31.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1449.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.97 mb = 2886.76 m = 9470.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.97 mb = 3675.97 m = 12060.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.97 mb = 12780.01 m = 41928.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1407.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.97 mb = 15268.06 m = 50091.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.6 neg: -4.2 tot: 106.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 10.38 Bulk Shear: 139.57 m/s