MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 61.86,-109.72 Latitude: 61.86 Longitude: -109.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 974 362 10.5 7.8 83 2.7 9.0 204 3 285.8 287.0 283.4 304.9 6.83 2 950 575 13.3 7.2 66 6.1 9.9 211 4 290.7 291.9 285.2 309.8 6.71 3 900 1029 11.3 3.4 58 7.9 7.2 179 5 293.2 294.2 284.9 309.0 5.44 4 850 1503 7.4 0.8 63 6.6 4.2 153 4 293.9 294.8 284.5 307.9 4.78 5 800 1998 3.0 -0.2 79 3.3 1.5 76 4 294.4 295.2 284.7 308.2 4.71 6 750 2518 -0.2 -6.1 64 5.9 -2.6 88 4 296.4 297.0 283.8 306.1 3.23 7 700 3068 -2.6 -12.7 46 10.1 -6.2 123 3 299.6 300.0 283.8 306.0 2.05 8 650 3652 -5.4 -16.4 42 11.0 -8.9 112 4 302.8 303.1 284.6 308.0 1.63 9 600 4276 -8.5 -19.5 41 11.0 -11.7 120 6 306.3 306.5 285.5 310.7 1.35 10 550 4946 -12.2 -24.4 35 12.3 -15.2 129 8 309.6 309.8 286.4 312.9 0.96 11 500 5668 -16.9 -25.1 49 8.1 -18.8 132 10 312.4 312.6 287.3 315.8 1.00 12 450 6450 -22.9 -23.9 92 1.0 -23.1 136 11 314.4 314.6 288.3 318.6 1.23 13 400 7301 -29.7 -30.7 91 1.0 -29.8 129 12 316.4 316.6 288.4 319.0 0.74 14 350 8238 -37.3 -39.8 77 2.5 -37.5 118 14 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.6 0.34 15 300 9283 -45.6 -47.6 81 2.0 -45.7 112 18 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.7 0.17 16 250 10473 -54.0 -56.9 70 3.0 -54.0 111 17 325.8 325.9 290.6 326.1 0.07 17 200 11912 -50.0 -72.6 5 22.6 -50.5 315 9 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 13803 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 316 21 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.9 0.01 19 100 16461 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -51.2 313 20 430.5 430.5 308.9 430.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5524.53 m Freezing level: 752.50 mb = 2492.10 m = 8176.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 781.90 mb = 2182.69 m = 7160.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.94 % Est. max temperature: 18.85 C = 65.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.39 mb = 704.95 m = 2312.81 ft T: 12.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 2.24 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.86 mb = 1979.51 m = 6494.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.04 C = 66.27 F Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lifted Index: 6.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.11 C Showalter Index: 6.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 17.78 C K Index: 15.13 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 28.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11674.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.65 mb = 1632.39 m = 5355.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 129.9 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 159.9 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -5.2 tot: -4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.77 Bulk Shear: 4.91 m/s