MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 53.49,-104.93 Latitude: 53.49 Longitude: -104.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 954 478 13.8 13.3 97 0.5 13.5 53 13 290.8 292.6 288.5 319.3 10.10 2 950 517 13.5 13.0 96 0.6 13.2 55 16 290.9 292.7 288.4 319.0 9.94 3 900 971 11.3 11.2 100 0.1 11.2 71 28 293.1 294.8 288.6 319.7 9.32 4 850 1453 14.0 10.6 80 3.4 11.9 90 16 300.8 302.6 291.4 328.8 9.50 5 800 1965 13.2 10.8 86 2.3 11.7 260 1 305.2 307.1 293.3 335.9 10.25 6 750 2508 12.0 7.9 76 4.1 9.5 251 18 309.6 311.3 293.6 337.0 8.95 7 700 3083 8.2 3.9 74 4.4 5.7 249 24 311.6 313.0 292.8 334.0 7.23 8 650 3691 3.8 0.5 79 3.3 2.1 250 23 313.3 314.5 292.4 332.5 6.13 9 600 4337 0.1 -3.6 76 3.8 -1.7 249 23 316.3 317.2 292.2 331.9 4.88 10 550 5030 -3.9 -10.8 59 6.9 -6.8 249 25 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.4 3.05 11 500 5775 -9.4 -17.7 51 8.3 -12.2 251 28 321.6 321.9 291.2 328.0 1.91 12 450 6581 -14.4 -22.4 50 8.1 -16.7 249 34 325.2 325.5 291.7 330.1 1.40 13 400 7464 -20.2 -27.8 51 7.5 -22.0 249 37 328.7 328.9 292.3 332.2 0.98 14 350 8439 -27.4 -35.0 48 7.6 -28.6 248 41 331.8 332.0 292.8 333.9 0.56 15 300 9529 -35.6 -38.3 77 2.6 -36.0 242 40 335.1 335.2 293.6 336.9 0.47 16 250 10769 -45.9 -50.7 59 4.8 -46.2 237 43 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.15 17 200 12226 -54.1 -66.6 20 12.6 -54.3 247 50 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14050 -57.3 -77.1 6 19.8 -57.6 255 35 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16607 -57.4 -84.4 2 27.0 -57.8 260 24 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.17 m Freezing level: 598.27 mb = 4361.40 m = 14308.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.82 mb = 4035.89 m = 13240.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.28 mb = 541.09 m = 1775.19 ft T: 13.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 8.99 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 884.10 m = 2900.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.66 C = 60.19 F Cap Strength: 7.91 C Lifted Index: 6.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.15 C Showalter Index: 2.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 29.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10046.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.46 mb = 1060.90 m = 3480.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 263.7 neg: -32.5 tot: 231.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 252.34 m/s