MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 53.35,-112.88 Latitude: 53.35 Longitude: -112.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 536 SFC 929 726 15.2 13.6 90 1.6 14.2 342 8 294.5 296.4 290.2 324.8 10.58 3 900 994 13.4 11.5 88 1.9 12.2 349 16 295.3 297.0 289.5 322.6 9.48 4 850 1474 11.4 6.1 70 5.4 8.4 350 21 298.1 299.4 288.3 318.5 6.95 5 800 1978 8.2 2.5 67 5.8 5.2 351 21 299.9 301.0 287.8 317.0 5.72 6 750 2508 4.1 0.5 78 3.5 2.3 354 20 301.0 302.0 287.7 316.9 5.31 7 700 3065 0.3 -0.2 97 0.4 0.1 359 16 302.8 303.8 288.5 319.1 5.41 8 650 3658 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.4 352 11 306.3 307.2 289.2 321.3 4.87 9 600 4290 -5.6 -6.1 97 0.4 -5.8 347 5 309.6 310.4 289.5 322.3 4.05 10 550 4968 -9.4 -9.9 96 0.6 -9.6 329 5 313.0 313.6 289.8 323.4 3.27 11 500 5699 -14.0 -14.4 96 0.5 -14.1 292 7 316.0 316.5 290.0 324.2 2.50 12 450 6491 -18.8 -18.9 99 0.1 -18.8 234 9 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.0 1.91 13 400 7359 -24.6 -24.6 100 0.0 -24.5 179 15 323.1 323.3 291.0 327.6 1.31 14 350 8317 -31.8 -31.8 100 -0.0 -31.8 153 27 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.6 0.76 15 300 9386 -40.8 -40.8 100 0.0 -40.8 161 33 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.3 0.36 16 250 10597 -51.7 -51.7 100 0.0 -51.7 151 38 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.13 17 200 12022 -52.4 -68.4 13 15.9 -52.8 218 19 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 13904 -49.2 -79.1 2 29.9 -49.9 252 13 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.3 0.01 19 100 16553 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.7 280 12 429.6 429.6 308.8 429.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.62 m Freezing level: 694.46 mb = 3131.01 m = 10272.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.44 mb = 3083.12 m = 10115.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.29 % Est. max temperature: 20.97 C = 69.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.10 mb = 927.86 m = 3044.12 ft T: 13.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 7.91 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 2034.76 m = 6675.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.64 C = 69.16 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.04 C K Index: 31.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.03 mb = 1622.10 m = 5321.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.03 mb = 2726.00 m = 8943.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 660.03 mb = 3535.22 m = 11598.36 ft B at Equ Level: 22.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 580.03 mb = 4553.65 m = 14939.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.5 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 11.5 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.8 neg: -6.0 tot: 14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.39 Bulk Shear: 1.19 m/s