MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 49.93,-113.75 Latitude: 49.93 Longitude: -113.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 497 2 900 964 SFC 877 1189 24.2 9.0 38 15.1 14.7 58 3 308.7 310.2 292.7 333.9 8.26 4 850 1461 21.5 6.0 36 15.5 12.2 67 3 308.6 309.9 291.6 329.8 6.89 5 800 1982 16.9 3.8 42 13.2 9.4 99 3 309.2 310.4 291.3 328.6 6.29 6 750 2527 12.0 1.8 50 10.2 6.4 176 4 309.7 310.8 291.0 327.7 5.83 7 700 3100 6.9 -0.5 59 7.4 3.1 209 8 310.1 311.1 290.7 326.6 5.29 8 650 3703 1.4 -3.0 73 4.4 -0.7 221 13 310.5 311.4 290.3 325.3 4.72 9 600 4342 -4.0 -6.7 82 2.7 -5.2 225 16 311.5 312.2 289.9 323.7 3.86 10 550 5022 -8.7 -13.2 70 4.4 -10.4 226 17 313.7 314.2 289.3 321.9 2.52 11 500 5754 -13.0 -24.4 38 11.4 -15.9 227 20 317.2 317.4 289.0 320.9 1.06 12 450 6550 -17.9 -30.5 32 12.6 -20.4 227 17 320.8 320.9 289.7 323.2 0.67 13 400 7418 -24.9 -31.3 55 6.4 -26.0 221 19 322.6 322.8 290.3 325.1 0.70 14 350 8374 -32.6 -35.3 77 2.7 -32.9 219 26 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.8 0.54 15 300 9440 -41.2 -45.1 66 3.9 -41.5 220 38 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.23 16 250 10651 -51.2 -53.2 79 2.0 -51.2 211 51 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.11 17 200 12083 -52.2 -67.4 14 15.2 -52.6 214 30 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 13973 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -48.8 202 19 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.4 0.01 19 100 16595 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 188 13 422.5 422.5 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.50 m Freezing level: 637.31 mb = 3865.39 m = 12681.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.74 mb = 3582.30 m = 11752.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.83 % Est. max temperature: 25.33 C = 77.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.86 mb = 3078.03 m = 10098.40 ft T: 7.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 13.01 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.08 mb = 3640.03 m = 11942.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.90 C = 78.63 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.45 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: 33.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 307.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 668.94 mb = 3469.62 m = 11383.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.94 mb = 3902.92 m = 12804.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.94 mb = 10290.67 m = 33761.62 ft B at Equ Level: 305.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.94 mb = 11957.95 m = 39231.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 40.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 9.57 Bulk Shear: 32.17 m/s