MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 55.38,-113.82 Latitude: 55.38 Longitude: -113.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 507 SFC 926 725 22.1 7.4 39 14.7 13.4 17 7 301.8 303.0 289.5 322.6 6.98 3 900 974 19.7 5.1 38 14.6 11.3 21 14 301.8 302.9 288.8 320.1 6.11 4 850 1462 15.3 3.4 45 11.9 8.8 29 14 302.2 303.2 288.6 319.5 5.77 5 800 1972 10.6 2.1 56 8.5 6.1 34 13 302.5 303.5 288.5 319.3 5.59 6 750 2505 5.5 1.0 73 4.5 3.2 39 12 302.6 303.6 288.5 319.2 5.51 7 700 3064 0.4 -0.8 92 1.2 -0.2 47 10 302.9 303.9 288.3 318.5 5.17 8 650 3654 -3.9 -5.1 91 1.3 -4.4 70 10 304.6 305.3 287.7 316.9 4.02 9 600 4283 -6.6 -15.7 48 9.2 -9.6 64 17 308.5 308.9 286.9 314.6 1.87 10 550 4958 -10.0 -16.4 60 6.4 -12.1 70 16 312.2 312.6 288.3 318.5 1.93 11 500 5687 -14.4 -18.3 72 3.9 -15.6 74 13 315.5 315.9 289.2 321.5 1.81 12 450 6479 -19.1 -28.2 44 9.1 -21.0 66 11 319.3 319.4 289.4 322.2 0.83 13 400 7344 -25.5 -33.2 48 7.7 -26.7 69 6 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.0 0.58 14 350 8297 -33.1 -34.6 86 1.5 -33.3 359 10 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.2 0.58 15 300 9362 -41.4 -41.7 96 0.4 -41.4 319 3 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.33 16 250 10570 -52.1 -52.1 100 0.0 -52.1 87 4 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.12 17 200 11989 -54.2 -65.5 24 11.3 -54.4 162 7 346.9 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 13868 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.7 232 11 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.01 19 100 16531 -49.7 -79.4 2 29.7 -50.7 266 9 431.7 431.7 309.0 431.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.43 m Freezing level: 695.48 mb = 3117.49 m = 10227.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.16 mb = 3027.61 m = 9932.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.33 % Est. max temperature: 22.85 C = 73.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.18 mb = 2557.11 m = 8389.36 ft T: 5.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 8.01 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.13 mb = 2936.19 m = 9633.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.15 C = 73.67 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 17.79 C K Index: 31.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 82.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.64 mb = 2839.79 m = 9316.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.64 mb = 3125.31 m = 10253.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 604.64 mb = 4222.32 m = 13852.58 ft B at Equ Level: 19.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 544.64 mb = 5033.23 m = 16513.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 55.5 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 85.5 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 24.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.86 Bulk Shear: 7.17 m/s