MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 0Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 51.93,-112.96 Latitude: 51.93 Longitude: -112.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 1 950 461 SFC 908 858 27.5 18.1 57 9.4 20.8 5 9 309.0 311.8 297.3 353.1 14.53 3 900 937 27.2 16.0 50 11.2 19.4 6 12 309.6 312.0 296.3 348.5 12.79 4 850 1440 23.7 13.2 52 10.5 16.7 16 6 311.0 313.1 295.7 345.7 11.32 5 800 1968 20.9 9.5 48 11.4 13.6 209 8 313.4 315.2 294.9 342.4 9.33 6 750 2522 16.5 6.2 51 10.2 10.2 224 16 314.4 316.0 294.1 339.4 7.97 7 700 3104 11.5 2.2 53 9.3 6.2 242 22 315.3 316.5 293.2 335.6 6.44 8 650 3718 6.2 -2.0 56 8.2 2.0 256 26 316.0 317.0 292.3 332.2 5.09 9 600 4368 0.7 -6.4 59 7.1 -2.6 260 31 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.6 3.93 10 550 5061 -3.0 -16.5 34 13.5 -7.9 267 40 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.0 1.91 11 500 5811 -6.9 -31.5 12 24.6 -12.9 265 43 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.7 0.55 12 450 6623 -12.9 -32.0 19 19.1 -17.1 263 42 327.0 327.2 291.5 329.2 0.58 13 400 7509 -19.6 -27.3 50 7.8 -21.4 267 43 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.2 1.02 14 350 8486 -26.8 -27.2 97 0.4 -26.9 269 44 332.7 332.9 293.6 336.9 1.18 15 300 9580 -35.4 -35.9 95 0.5 -35.5 271 46 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.7 0.59 16 250 10821 -45.7 -45.9 98 0.1 -45.7 278 49 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.25 17 200 12266 -57.9 -58.8 89 0.9 -57.9 286 48 341.0 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.07 18 150 14061 -56.9 -77.1 6 20.2 -57.2 275 49 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.01 19 100 16621 -57.8 -84.9 2 27.1 -58.2 270 21 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.06 m Freezing level: 590.59 mb = 4498.41 m = 14758.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.63 mb = 3989.63 m = 13089.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.14 mb = 2052.52 m = 6733.91 ft T: 20.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 26.46 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.60 mb = 3252.39 m = 10670.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.74 C = 92.72 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 34.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1330.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 148.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.71 mb = 2730.40 m = 8957.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.71 mb = 3633.26 m = 11920.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.71 mb = 12695.51 m = 41651.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1308.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.71 mb = 15126.62 m = 49627.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.7 neg: -16.2 tot: 174.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 10.11 Bulk Shear: 131.66 m/s