MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 53.52,-120.46 Latitude: 53.52 Longitude: -120.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 1 950 580 2 900 1035 SFC 871 1305 12.7 2.2 49 10.5 7.2 133 2 297.3 298.3 286.2 312.5 5.14 4 850 1511 8.8 0.5 56 8.3 4.7 141 3 295.4 296.2 285.0 309.1 4.66 5 800 2009 4.0 -1.0 70 5.0 1.7 162 4 295.4 296.2 284.8 308.5 4.45 6 750 2529 -0.8 -2.6 88 1.8 -1.6 193 4 295.7 296.4 284.6 308.1 4.21 7 700 3076 -4.7 -6.9 85 2.2 -5.5 222 6 297.3 297.9 284.2 307.1 3.26 8 650 3658 -5.4 -18.2 36 12.8 -9.2 241 9 302.9 303.2 284.3 307.4 1.40 9 600 4282 -9.0 -24.7 27 15.7 -12.9 257 13 305.7 305.8 284.8 308.5 0.86 10 550 4948 -14.1 -27.9 30 13.9 -17.0 260 16 307.4 307.5 285.2 309.7 0.70 11 500 5664 -19.2 -37.4 18 18.2 -21.8 259 15 309.7 309.7 285.6 310.8 0.31 12 450 6439 -24.5 -45.3 13 20.8 -26.6 263 15 312.5 312.5 286.4 313.0 0.15 13 400 7285 -30.9 -45.7 22 14.8 -32.1 272 20 314.8 314.9 287.2 315.4 0.16 14 350 8220 -37.3 -43.2 54 5.9 -37.8 285 27 318.4 318.5 288.5 319.3 0.24 15 300 9268 -44.1 -54.2 32 10.1 -44.6 300 36 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.5 0.08 16 250 10464 -53.6 -55.7 78 2.1 -53.7 297 39 326.3 326.4 290.7 326.7 0.08 17 200 11884 -54.5 -68.1 17 13.5 -54.8 286 36 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13757 -49.3 -79.1 2 29.9 -50.0 267 27 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.01 19 100 16405 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.5 -51.7 257 23 429.4 429.4 308.8 429.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5518.04 m Freezing level: 758.72 mb = 2438.11 m = 7998.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.70 mb = 2267.65 m = 7439.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.19 % Est. max temperature: 11.98 C = 53.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.15 mb = 2601.56 m = 8535.20 ft T: -1.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 5.43 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.38 mb = 2652.58 m = 8702.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.45 C = 52.61 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.00 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 26.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 26.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.62 mb = 2607.21 m = 8553.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.62 mb = 2989.83 m = 9809.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 697.62 mb = 3102.40 m = 10178.35 ft B at Equ Level: 5.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 677.62 mb = 3330.90 m = 10928.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.9 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 283.9 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 30.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 20.34 m/s