MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 53.15,-114.45 Latitude: 53.15 Longitude: -114.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 1 950 609 SFC 922 863 15.7 14.0 90 1.7 14.6 206 6 295.6 297.5 290.9 327.1 10.94 3 900 1072 20.1 13.1 64 6.9 15.5 208 11 302.2 304.2 292.7 333.6 10.62 4 850 1565 18.5 9.0 54 9.4 12.7 214 6 305.5 307.1 292.0 331.2 8.53 5 800 2082 14.6 7.1 61 7.5 10.1 297 4 306.7 308.2 291.9 330.8 7.93 6 750 2624 10.7 5.2 69 5.4 7.5 337 12 308.2 309.6 291.9 330.9 7.44 7 700 3196 7.4 2.1 69 5.3 4.5 322 17 310.6 311.8 291.8 330.4 6.38 8 650 3803 3.6 -3.2 61 6.8 0.3 303 16 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.7 4.65 9 600 4448 -0.3 -7.3 59 7.0 -3.5 282 16 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.6 3.67 10 550 5139 -3.9 -14.7 43 10.7 -8.0 283 18 319.4 319.8 290.8 326.8 2.23 11 500 5885 -8.2 -20.1 38 11.9 -12.1 292 21 323.0 323.3 291.2 328.3 1.54 12 450 6695 -13.9 -24.2 41 10.3 -16.7 296 24 325.7 326.0 291.7 329.9 1.20 13 400 7579 -19.2 -39.5 15 20.3 -22.5 305 27 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.31 14 350 8556 -27.5 -38.6 34 11.1 -29.1 301 27 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.1 0.39 15 300 9645 -35.2 -50.0 21 14.8 -36.4 303 32 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 16 250 10889 -45.2 -55.8 29 10.7 -45.6 297 39 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.08 17 200 12346 -54.7 -63.5 33 8.8 -54.9 292 34 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14155 -61.0 -77.2 10 16.2 -61.2 294 24 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16663 -59.8 -84.7 2 24.9 -60.1 315 13 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.57 m Freezing level: 604.06 mb = 4395.59 m = 14421.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.61 mb = 3844.91 m = 12614.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.58 mb = 1076.28 m = 3531.07 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 4.03 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.23 mb = 3111.07 m = 10206.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.02 C = 86.03 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: 2.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: 2.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 17.28 C K Index: 30.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5251.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.70 mb = 2308.62 m = 7574.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.0 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 323.0 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.2 neg: -32.4 tot: -14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 38.12 m/s