MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 53.01,-114.98 Latitude: 53.01 Longitude: -114.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 525 SFC 911 892 21.9 16.1 70 5.8 18.0 94 8 303.1 305.5 294.6 341.0 12.77 3 900 994 20.8 13.0 61 7.8 15.7 96 11 302.9 304.9 292.9 334.2 10.51 4 850 1484 16.1 11.3 73 4.8 13.1 101 10 303.0 304.9 292.4 332.6 9.94 5 800 1997 12.0 8.0 76 4.0 9.6 116 7 303.9 305.5 291.5 329.2 8.44 6 750 2535 8.8 1.6 60 7.2 4.9 188 4 306.2 307.2 289.9 323.7 5.73 7 700 3101 3.7 0.2 78 3.5 1.9 242 5 306.5 307.6 289.8 323.6 5.56 8 650 3698 -0.3 -4.5 73 4.2 -2.3 291 5 308.6 309.4 289.3 321.7 4.21 9 600 4335 -4.1 -9.7 65 5.6 -6.4 276 6 311.4 312.0 289.1 321.1 3.05 10 550 5015 -8.6 -14.1 65 5.5 -10.6 255 7 313.8 314.3 289.2 321.5 2.33 11 500 5748 -13.3 -18.9 63 5.6 -15.0 254 10 316.8 317.2 289.5 322.6 1.72 12 450 6542 -18.5 -22.4 71 3.9 -19.6 254 14 320.0 320.2 290.2 324.7 1.40 13 400 7409 -25.0 -27.5 79 2.6 -25.5 257 17 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.0 1.00 14 350 8366 -31.7 -43.0 32 11.3 -32.9 259 15 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.24 15 300 9436 -40.7 -47.2 50 6.5 -41.1 261 17 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.18 16 250 10650 -50.5 -51.5 88 1.1 -50.5 249 18 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.5 0.13 17 200 12075 -56.6 -62.1 50 5.5 -56.7 234 24 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 13936 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 232 25 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16572 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -52.0 233 16 428.8 428.8 308.7 428.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.52 m Freezing level: 653.94 mb = 3651.29 m = 11979.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.23 mb = 3367.52 m = 11048.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.64 % Est. max temperature: 24.46 C = 76.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.05 mb = 1624.16 m = 5328.55 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 19.87 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.43 mb = 2364.92 m = 7758.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.24 C = 75.64 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.41 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 37.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 816.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.90 mb = 2091.98 m = 6863.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.90 mb = 2690.52 m = 8827.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.90 mb = 11020.79 m = 36157.01 ft B at Equ Level: 803.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.90 mb = 13284.45 m = 43583.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -48.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 20.86 Bulk Shear: 39.16 m/s