MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 52.22,-114.18 Latitude: 52.22 Longitude: -114.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 1 950 473 2 900 944 SFC 898 963 24.8 18.1 66 6.7 20.0 94 6 307.2 310.0 297.0 351.4 14.66 4 850 1443 20.4 13.2 63 7.2 15.6 117 10 307.5 309.6 294.7 341.7 11.30 5 800 1963 15.6 12.0 79 3.6 13.2 130 11 307.7 309.8 294.6 341.2 11.05 6 750 2508 12.5 6.8 68 5.7 9.1 180 11 310.2 311.8 293.2 335.7 8.31 7 700 3085 9.6 2.0 59 7.5 5.4 215 16 313.1 314.3 292.5 332.9 6.35 8 650 3695 4.5 -0.3 71 4.9 2.0 229 19 314.1 315.2 292.3 332.2 5.75 9 600 4341 -1.0 -3.3 84 2.4 -2.1 237 22 315.0 316.0 291.9 330.9 4.99 10 550 5031 -4.3 -12.6 53 8.2 -7.6 242 21 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.7 2.64 11 500 5775 -9.5 -20.0 42 10.5 -12.8 240 23 321.4 321.7 290.8 326.7 1.56 12 450 6579 -15.7 -26.9 38 11.2 -18.4 236 26 323.5 323.6 290.8 326.8 0.94 13 400 7456 -22.3 -31.8 42 9.5 -24.1 230 24 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.4 0.66 14 350 8421 -29.8 -40.6 34 10.8 -31.0 221 24 328.6 328.7 291.7 329.8 0.32 15 300 9504 -36.7 -50.8 22 14.1 -37.7 217 17 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 16 250 10744 -44.7 -56.4 26 11.6 -45.3 224 25 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.07 17 200 12210 -52.6 -64.6 22 12.0 -52.9 230 38 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14045 -56.4 -76.4 6 20.0 -56.7 241 42 372.9 372.9 301.1 373.0 0.01 19 100 16608 -58.0 -84.9 2 26.9 -58.3 240 25 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.57 m Freezing level: 608.74 mb = 4228.24 m = 13872.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.19 mb = 3996.30 m = 13111.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.77 mb = 1816.41 m = 5959.26 ft T: 16.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 24.70 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.60 mb = 2602.19 m = 8537.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.11 C = 82.59 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1319.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.86 mb = 2232.56 m = 7324.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.86 mb = 3325.28 m = 10909.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.86 mb = 11295.67 m = 37058.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1316.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.86 mb = 14487.49 m = 47530.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.1 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 255.1 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 119.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 19.54 Bulk Shear: 67.50 m/s