MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 54.69,-109.07 Latitude: 54.69 Longitude: -109.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 1 950 555 SFC 945 604 12.5 8.9 78 3.7 10.4 349 10 290.4 291.7 286.0 311.9 7.57 3 900 1009 13.0 4.8 58 8.1 8.5 13 28 294.9 295.9 286.2 312.3 6.00 4 850 1490 12.8 5.5 61 7.4 8.7 28 16 299.6 300.8 288.5 319.3 6.66 5 800 1998 11.1 7.0 76 4.1 8.7 38 5 303.0 304.4 290.7 326.5 7.87 6 750 2536 8.5 6.3 86 2.2 7.2 264 2 305.8 307.3 291.7 330.1 8.03 7 700 3104 4.7 2.4 85 2.2 3.5 235 7 307.7 308.9 291.0 327.7 6.54 8 650 3704 0.7 0.3 97 0.4 0.5 224 15 309.7 310.9 291.2 328.4 6.03 9 600 4345 -2.2 -2.6 97 0.4 -2.4 223 22 313.6 314.6 291.8 330.3 5.29 10 550 5032 -6.2 -6.8 96 0.5 -6.5 227 27 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.2 4.19 11 500 5771 -10.7 -11.3 96 0.6 -11.0 234 30 319.9 320.6 291.9 330.5 3.22 12 450 6573 -15.8 -16.1 97 0.4 -15.9 245 37 323.4 323.9 292.2 331.6 2.42 13 400 7451 -22.0 -22.1 100 0.0 -22.1 251 36 326.3 326.7 292.3 332.0 1.63 14 350 8418 -29.4 -29.5 99 0.1 -29.4 250 33 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.6 0.95 15 300 9498 -38.2 -38.2 100 0.0 -38.2 248 32 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.3 0.47 16 250 10724 -48.5 -49.1 93 0.6 -48.5 247 34 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.18 17 200 12158 -55.7 -62.5 43 6.7 -55.9 257 53 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14003 -56.1 -78.2 5 22.1 -56.4 260 42 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.01 19 100 16563 -56.8 -84.8 2 28.0 -57.2 265 30 418.0 418.0 307.4 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.96 m Freezing level: 638.29 mb = 3854.01 m = 12644.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.49 mb = 3809.38 m = 12497.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.99 % Est. max temperature: 25.22 C = 77.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.70 mb = 1067.87 m = 3503.46 ft T: 12.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 2.42 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.50 mb = 3549.59 m = 11645.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.04 C = 87.87 F Cap Strength: 8.05 C Lifted Index: 8.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.65 C Showalter Index: 6.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.59 C Cross Totals Index: 16.22 C K Index: 26.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11051.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.76 mb = 1948.49 m = 6392.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.3 neg: -33.4 tot: 136.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 162.28 m/s