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: 52.27,-114.51 Latitude: 52.27 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 40 1 950 480 2 900 949 SFC 894 1006 24.2 18.1 69 6.2 19.9 23 12 307.0 309.8 296.9 351.4 14.73 4 850 1447 21.5 10.6 50 10.9 14.5 24 15 308.6 310.4 293.7 337.5 9.49 5 800 1973 20.9 5.3 36 15.6 11.5 284 1 313.4 314.7 293.1 335.2 6.99 6 750 2527 16.6 1.3 35 15.4 8.0 235 9 314.6 315.7 292.3 332.3 5.60 7 700 3109 11.6 -1.3 41 12.9 4.7 237 15 315.3 316.3 292.0 331.1 4.98 8 650 3722 5.9 -3.1 52 9.0 1.4 241 20 315.7 316.6 291.9 330.7 4.70 9 600 4371 0.5 -8.0 53 8.6 -3.3 247 26 316.7 317.4 291.2 328.0 3.47 10 550 5063 -3.3 -20.1 26 16.8 -8.9 257 38 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.0 1.41 11 500 5810 -8.3 -21.8 33 13.5 -12.4 256 45 322.9 323.2 291.0 327.5 1.34 12 450 6619 -13.8 -31.5 21 17.7 -17.7 258 47 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.61 13 400 7502 -20.2 -39.4 16 19.2 -23.2 261 48 328.7 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.31 14 350 8476 -27.8 -32.7 63 4.9 -28.7 262 50 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.8 0.70 15 300 9565 -35.7 -35.7 100 -0.0 -35.7 271 50 335.0 335.2 293.6 337.3 0.61 16 250 10803 -46.4 -46.4 100 -0.0 -46.4 283 53 337.0 337.1 293.8 337.9 0.24 17 200 12245 -58.3 -58.4 99 0.1 -58.3 287 55 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.07 18 150 14052 -55.1 -78.7 4 23.6 -55.5 263 58 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.01 19 100 16618 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 282 19 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.73 m Freezing level: 593.45 mb = 4461.48 m = 14637.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.41 mb = 3905.88 m = 12814.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.01 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.18 mb = 1788.73 m = 5868.45 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 26.43 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.60 mb = 3563.07 m = 11689.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.51 C = 90.51 F Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.00 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.79 C Cross Totals Index: 18.91 C K Index: 27.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 485.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 248.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.31 mb = 2902.56 m = 9522.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.31 mb = 4206.09 m = 13799.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.31 mb = 11858.90 m = 38906.68 ft B at Equ Level: 483.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.31 mb = 13556.54 m = 44476.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.5 neg: -21.9 tot: 109.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 2.76 Bulk Shear: 175.76 m/s