MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 58.55,-112.64 Latitude: 58.55 Longitude: -112.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 SFC 976 225 16.3 12.9 80 3.4 14.2 117 5 291.4 293.1 288.3 318.7 9.62 2 950 459 20.6 10.7 53 9.8 14.5 126 17 298.0 299.6 289.7 323.0 8.55 3 900 926 19.3 9.3 52 10.0 13.2 197 11 301.4 302.9 290.5 325.7 8.18 4 850 1415 15.9 7.8 58 8.1 11.0 241 12 302.8 304.3 290.6 326.2 7.82 5 800 1927 11.9 6.1 68 5.7 8.5 256 17 303.8 305.2 290.6 326.0 7.41 6 750 2464 7.5 4.4 81 3.1 5.8 277 20 304.7 306.0 290.5 325.9 7.00 7 700 3028 3.0 2.4 96 0.6 2.7 282 21 305.8 307.0 290.5 325.6 6.51 8 650 3625 -0.8 -0.9 99 0.1 -0.8 271 27 308.1 309.1 290.3 325.2 5.53 9 600 4261 -4.1 -4.5 97 0.5 -4.3 268 28 311.4 312.3 290.5 325.8 4.56 10 550 4943 -7.9 -8.4 97 0.4 -8.1 273 29 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.5 3.70 11 500 5678 -12.1 -15.0 79 2.9 -13.1 268 33 318.3 318.7 290.6 326.2 2.39 12 450 6476 -17.8 -27.2 44 9.3 -20.0 273 38 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.0 0.92 13 400 7346 -22.7 -22.7 99 0.1 -22.7 270 48 325.6 325.9 292.0 330.9 1.54 14 350 8314 -29.1 -29.1 100 -0.0 -29.0 270 60 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.1 0.99 15 300 9396 -38.1 -38.1 100 -0.0 -38.1 267 72 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.4 0.48 16 250 10620 -49.2 -49.2 100 0.0 -49.2 266 73 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 17 200 12051 -57.0 -59.8 71 2.8 -57.1 269 76 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.06 18 150 13896 -53.1 -80.9 2 27.7 -53.6 284 42 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16517 -52.1 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.8 288 22 427.2 427.2 308.5 427.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.13 m Freezing level: 659.98 mb = 3505.94 m = 11502.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.58 mb = 3482.84 m = 11426.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.42 mb = 657.91 m = 2158.47 ft T: 20.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 1.00 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.04 mb = 2529.01 m = 8297.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: 2.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7411.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.04 mb = 1832.34 m = 6011.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.7 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 295.7 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 146.31 m/s