MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 53.10,-114.84 Latitude: 53.10 Longitude: -114.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 550 SFC 915 879 25.3 18.2 65 7.0 20.3 125 7 306.1 308.8 296.5 349.7 14.53 3 900 1024 24.3 13.9 52 10.4 17.3 133 10 306.5 308.6 294.3 340.1 11.14 4 850 1521 20.7 10.0 50 10.7 13.9 177 6 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.4 9.08 5 800 2042 16.6 7.4 54 9.2 11.0 254 8 308.9 310.4 292.7 333.7 8.11 6 750 2587 12.1 5.1 62 7.0 8.0 273 14 309.7 311.1 292.3 332.3 7.36 7 700 3161 8.2 -0.2 55 8.4 3.7 283 19 311.5 312.6 291.3 328.4 5.39 8 650 3770 5.4 -7.7 38 13.1 -0.6 297 20 315.0 315.7 290.5 325.7 3.30 9 600 4419 1.2 -9.8 44 11.0 -3.6 301 16 317.5 318.1 291.0 327.4 3.03 10 550 5114 -3.1 -12.0 50 8.9 -6.7 290 15 320.4 321.0 291.6 329.6 2.77 11 500 5862 -7.2 -17.6 43 10.4 -10.8 278 19 324.3 324.7 291.9 330.9 1.92 12 450 6676 -12.2 -22.6 41 10.4 -15.3 272 21 327.9 328.2 292.4 332.8 1.38 13 400 7565 -18.7 -27.3 47 8.6 -20.8 274 19 330.7 330.9 292.9 334.3 1.02 14 350 8544 -26.8 -31.9 62 5.1 -27.7 278 19 332.7 332.8 293.2 335.4 0.76 15 300 9637 -35.2 -43.0 45 7.8 -36.0 283 17 335.7 335.8 293.5 336.8 0.28 16 250 10880 -45.5 -52.4 46 6.9 -45.9 289 18 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.12 17 200 12327 -57.0 -60.9 62 3.8 -57.1 284 22 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14143 -58.1 -77.9 6 19.8 -58.3 296 28 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.01 19 100 16679 -58.8 -84.6 2 25.8 -59.2 296 18 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.68 m Freezing level: 585.85 mb = 4615.77 m = 15143.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.91 mb = 3683.36 m = 12084.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.48 mb = 1772.44 m = 5815.02 ft T: 18.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 23.97 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.27 mb = 3098.76 m = 10166.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.84 C Cross Totals Index: 17.14 C K Index: 29.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 199.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.00 mb = 2642.99 m = 8671.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 380.00 mb = 7941.30 m = 26053.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.00 mb = 9404.52 m = 30854.34 ft B at Equ Level: 18.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 270.00 mb = 10355.05 m = 33972.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.3 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 310.3 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 67.50 m/s