MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.37,-110.21 Latitude: 54.37 Longitude: -110.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 543 SFC 946 578 22.7 13.8 57 9.0 16.9 119 4 300.6 302.5 292.1 331.5 10.51 3 900 1016 22.6 9.7 44 12.9 14.6 139 7 304.8 306.4 291.7 330.2 8.44 4 850 1510 18.5 7.7 49 10.8 12.0 150 7 305.6 307.0 291.5 329.1 7.79 5 800 2026 14.0 6.3 60 7.7 9.4 140 8 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.7 7.48 6 750 2566 9.2 4.4 72 4.8 6.5 131 8 306.6 307.9 291.1 327.9 7.01 7 700 3134 4.6 2.5 86 2.1 3.5 127 7 307.6 308.9 291.0 327.7 6.57 8 650 3734 0.7 0.1 96 0.6 0.4 122 5 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.0 5.93 9 600 4373 -3.0 -5.2 85 2.2 -4.0 129 9 312.7 313.5 290.7 326.3 4.32 10 550 5059 -6.0 -7.9 86 1.9 -6.8 136 17 317.0 317.7 291.5 329.4 3.84 11 500 5799 -10.6 -14.1 75 3.5 -11.9 148 19 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.6 2.56 12 450 6601 -16.0 -20.7 67 4.7 -17.3 159 21 323.2 323.5 291.4 328.8 1.64 13 400 7480 -20.6 -32.7 33 12.1 -22.9 162 21 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.4 0.61 14 350 8452 -28.4 -36.4 46 8.0 -29.6 153 21 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.2 0.48 15 300 9535 -38.0 -47.9 35 9.9 -38.7 144 25 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.17 16 250 10762 -48.5 -53.4 57 4.9 -48.7 139 26 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 17 200 12200 -55.0 -61.8 43 6.8 -55.2 163 13 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 14054 -52.1 -80.2 2 28.1 -52.5 198 10 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16659 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 203 11 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.77 m Freezing level: 641.00 mb = 3849.03 m = 12627.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.78 mb = 3786.12 m = 12421.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.14 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.17 mb = 1720.82 m = 5645.65 ft T: 16.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 3.77 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.49 mb = 2839.49 m = 9315.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.13 C = 84.44 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.16 C Cross Totals Index: 18.35 C K Index: 34.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.75 mb = 2491.07 m = 8172.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.75 mb = 3347.80 m = 10983.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 561.75 mb = 4892.11 m = 16050.05 ft B at Equ Level: 39.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 431.75 mb = 6909.73 m = 22669.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 140.5 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 170.5 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: -4.1 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.86 Bulk Shear: 3.75 m/s