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: 52.59,-115.04 Latitude: 52.59 Longitude: -115.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 1 950 481 2 900 950 SFC 896 988 24.1 14.5 55 9.6 17.6 49 7 306.7 308.9 294.7 341.7 11.64 4 850 1447 19.8 10.0 53 9.8 13.6 44 10 306.9 308.6 292.9 334.5 9.13 5 800 1967 18.0 7.9 52 10.1 11.7 285 3 310.3 311.9 293.3 336.1 8.40 6 750 2517 15.1 4.4 49 10.8 8.8 256 12 313.0 314.3 293.0 334.8 6.99 7 700 3097 10.4 1.5 54 8.9 5.4 253 18 314.0 315.1 292.6 333.1 6.10 8 650 3708 4.7 -0.9 67 5.5 1.8 253 24 314.2 315.3 292.2 331.7 5.54 9 600 4354 -1.4 -3.0 89 1.6 -2.2 248 30 314.5 315.5 291.9 330.7 5.11 10 550 5041 -6.2 -6.6 96 0.5 -6.4 245 34 316.8 317.6 291.8 330.4 4.23 11 500 5781 -10.5 -14.2 75 3.6 -11.9 264 44 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.7 2.56 12 450 6589 -13.5 -16.6 77 3.1 -14.5 268 54 326.3 326.8 292.9 334.3 2.33 13 400 7475 -19.1 -21.6 81 2.5 -19.8 263 55 330.1 330.4 293.3 336.1 1.70 14 350 8456 -25.9 -27.5 86 1.6 -26.2 265 59 333.9 334.1 293.9 338.1 1.14 15 300 9554 -34.2 -37.0 75 2.8 -34.6 268 61 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.2 0.53 16 250 10800 -44.8 -45.3 95 0.4 -44.9 270 57 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.5 0.27 17 200 12250 -57.4 -59.0 83 1.5 -57.5 283 57 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.07 18 150 14039 -57.4 -77.6 6 20.3 -57.6 270 53 371.2 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16609 -57.8 -84.8 2 27.0 -58.2 258 32 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.86 m Freezing level: 611.55 mb = 4204.62 m = 13794.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.69 mb = 3989.80 m = 13089.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.08 mb = 2203.83 m = 7230.31 ft T: 16.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 7.42 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.61 mb = 3450.76 m = 11321.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lifted Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 31.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 177.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 224.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.88 mb = 2734.30 m = 8970.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.88 mb = 4013.17 m = 13166.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 435.88 mb = 6828.63 m = 22403.36 ft B at Equ Level: 177.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 265.88 mb = 10379.35 m = 34052.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.4 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 289.4 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.8 neg: -22.2 tot: 81.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 161.67 m/s