MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 52.99,-114.91 Latitude: 52.99 Longitude: -114.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 1 950 474 SFC 905 899 27.0 20.7 69 6.3 22.4 93 8 308.8 312.1 299.0 361.2 17.24 3 900 949 26.9 18.1 59 8.8 20.6 96 11 309.2 312.0 297.4 353.8 14.68 4 850 1451 23.5 12.3 49 11.2 16.1 95 10 310.8 312.8 295.1 343.3 10.63 5 800 1978 20.5 5.0 36 15.5 11.2 77 2 313.0 314.3 292.9 334.4 6.85 6 750 2531 16.1 3.0 41 13.1 8.5 229 5 314.1 315.3 292.8 333.9 6.33 7 700 3112 10.9 1.4 52 9.5 5.6 244 11 314.6 315.7 292.7 333.6 6.06 8 650 3724 5.3 -0.4 66 5.8 2.2 249 17 315.0 316.1 292.5 333.0 5.70 9 600 4372 -0.3 -3.0 82 2.7 -1.7 256 24 315.7 316.7 292.3 332.0 5.11 10 550 5063 -3.7 -11.0 57 7.4 -6.7 263 33 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.6 3.00 11 500 5813 -6.4 -23.6 24 17.2 -11.6 251 31 325.2 325.5 291.5 329.2 1.14 12 450 6627 -12.1 -30.1 21 18.0 -16.4 246 27 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.5 0.70 13 400 7516 -18.4 -35.2 21 16.8 -21.6 249 32 331.1 331.2 292.5 332.8 0.48 14 350 8498 -25.9 -36.6 36 10.7 -27.6 243 36 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.6 0.47 15 300 9594 -34.9 -41.0 54 6.1 -35.6 246 31 336.2 336.2 293.7 337.5 0.35 16 250 10838 -44.8 -53.7 36 8.9 -45.2 239 35 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.10 17 200 12290 -56.8 -59.9 68 3.1 -56.9 242 37 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.06 18 150 14094 -57.6 -76.0 8 18.4 -57.9 255 33 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.01 19 100 16642 -57.8 -84.6 2 26.9 -58.2 257 19 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.13 m Freezing level: 603.02 mb = 4332.75 m = 14214.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.39 mb = 4088.43 m = 13413.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.98 C = 89.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.28 mb = 1697.18 m = 5568.10 ft T: 22.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 31.93 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.45 mb = 3237.24 m = 10620.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.66 C = 90.79 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.91 C Cross Totals Index: 18.71 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 897.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.35 mb = 2789.04 m = 9150.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.35 mb = 3568.66 m = 11708.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.35 mb = 12534.27 m = 41122.43 ft B at Equ Level: 878.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.35 mb = 14422.83 m = 47318.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.8 neg: -5.2 tot: 58.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 8.30 Bulk Shear: 108.19 m/s