MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 54.67,-103.56 Latitude: 54.67 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -21 SFC 956 361 16.4 15.9 97 0.5 16.1 12 8 293.3 295.4 290.9 327.2 11.93 2 950 416 16.2 15.5 95 0.7 15.8 16 13 293.7 295.7 290.9 327.1 11.72 3 900 875 14.1 13.1 94 0.9 13.5 42 20 296.0 297.9 290.7 326.6 10.61 4 850 1357 12.2 11.5 96 0.7 11.7 54 24 298.9 300.7 291.2 328.3 10.08 5 800 1864 9.2 9.0 98 0.2 9.1 60 30 301.0 302.6 291.0 327.7 9.05 6 750 2397 6.7 6.4 98 0.2 6.5 60 28 303.8 305.3 291.2 328.1 8.09 7 700 2962 3.9 3.7 98 0.2 3.8 49 25 306.8 308.2 291.3 328.6 7.14 8 650 3562 0.3 0.2 99 0.1 0.3 35 24 309.3 310.5 291.1 327.8 6.00 9 600 4201 -2.6 -2.8 98 0.2 -2.7 33 24 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.4 5.17 10 550 4888 -5.9 -6.4 96 0.5 -6.1 35 23 317.1 317.9 292.0 331.0 4.32 11 500 5629 -10.0 -10.7 95 0.7 -10.3 45 22 320.9 321.5 292.3 332.1 3.39 12 450 6435 -14.5 -14.9 97 0.4 -14.6 56 22 325.0 325.5 292.8 334.0 2.67 13 400 7318 -20.3 -20.3 100 0.0 -20.3 68 25 328.6 329.0 293.1 335.3 1.91 14 350 8293 -27.6 -28.8 89 1.3 -27.8 65 28 331.6 331.8 293.1 335.3 1.01 15 300 9382 -36.3 -40.1 67 3.9 -36.7 63 28 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.8 0.39 16 250 10617 -47.2 -47.7 94 0.5 -47.2 59 25 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.20 17 200 12072 -52.7 -58.4 50 5.7 -52.8 31 13 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.07 18 150 13932 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 228 2 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16555 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.8 252 7 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.61 m Freezing level: 644.47 mb = 3632.40 m = 11917.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.75 mb = 3614.13 m = 11857.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.17 % Est. max temperature: 23.74 C = 74.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.08 mb = 424.17 m = 1391.62 ft T: 16.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 0.65 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.48 mb = 1146.37 m = 3761.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.67 C = 69.21 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 2.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: 2.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 33.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7947.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.36 mb = 927.82 m = 3043.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 45.4 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 75.4 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.1 neg: -31.4 tot: 50.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.80 Bulk Shear: 11.14 m/s