MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 51.02,-99.59 Latitude: 51.02 Longitude: -99.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 971 308 15.5 15.0 97 0.5 15.1 221 12 291.0 293.0 289.5 322.4 11.09 2 950 494 14.3 13.8 97 0.5 14.0 241 18 291.7 293.6 289.2 321.4 10.48 3 900 950 12.7 11.9 95 0.8 12.2 275 15 294.6 296.3 289.5 322.6 9.77 4 850 1431 11.2 10.3 94 0.9 10.7 283 17 297.9 299.6 290.3 325.0 9.28 5 800 1937 9.7 8.6 93 1.1 9.0 286 19 301.5 303.1 291.0 327.6 8.80 6 750 2472 7.1 6.1 93 1.0 6.5 289 21 304.3 305.7 291.2 328.0 7.89 7 700 3037 3.4 2.6 95 0.7 3.0 291 21 306.2 307.5 290.7 326.4 6.63 8 650 3638 0.8 -0.1 94 0.8 0.3 290 18 309.8 310.9 291.2 328.0 5.87 9 600 4280 -1.6 -2.5 94 0.9 -2.0 283 12 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.1 5.32 10 550 4969 -4.9 -5.4 96 0.5 -5.1 243 4 318.3 319.2 292.6 333.3 4.67 11 500 5714 -8.0 -8.3 98 0.3 -8.2 141 11 323.2 324.0 293.5 336.7 4.09 12 450 6526 -11.6 -11.8 99 0.2 -11.7 136 24 328.6 329.3 294.4 340.3 3.45 13 400 7420 -16.0 -16.1 100 0.0 -16.0 142 34 334.1 334.7 295.2 343.7 2.73 14 350 8412 -22.3 -22.3 100 0.0 -22.2 144 39 338.8 339.1 295.6 345.4 1.83 15 300 9524 -30.6 -30.6 100 -0.0 -30.6 145 42 342.2 342.4 295.7 346.0 1.00 16 250 10791 -40.8 -40.8 100 -0.0 -40.8 150 42 345.4 345.5 296.0 347.1 0.43 17 200 12267 -53.6 -53.6 100 0.0 -53.5 158 40 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.5 0.13 18 150 14056 -65.3 -65.5 97 0.2 -65.3 163 62 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.8 0.04 19 100 16612 -55.9 -83.1 2 27.3 -56.3 254 12 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.64 m Freezing level: 633.77 mb = 3846.14 m = 12618.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.33 mb = 3720.53 m = 12206.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.81 % Est. max temperature: 24.30 C = 75.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.23 mb = 367.56 m = 1205.89 ft T: 15.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.27 C/km ThetaE index: 1.58 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1157.06 m = 3796.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.37 C = 68.66 F Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lifted Index: 7.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: 5.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.27 C Cross Totals Index: 18.33 C K Index: 28.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9648.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.93 mb = 848.45 m = 2783.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.0 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 303.0 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.5 neg: -1.1 tot: 61.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.89 Bulk Shear: 7.43 m/s