MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 54.5,-103.82 Latitude: 54.50 Longitude: -103.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 967 379 14.0 7.6 65 6.4 10.4 187 5 289.9 291.1 285.0 309.2 6.79 2 950 531 18.5 6.0 44 12.5 11.4 212 19 295.9 297.1 286.8 314.0 6.17 3 900 997 20.2 4.7 36 15.5 11.4 229 23 302.4 303.5 288.8 320.3 5.96 4 850 1487 17.4 4.7 43 12.7 10.1 249 16 304.3 305.5 289.8 323.4 6.29 5 800 2002 13.7 3.6 50 10.1 8.0 279 9 305.8 306.9 290.2 324.6 6.19 6 750 2543 11.0 3.9 62 7.0 6.9 287 7 308.5 309.7 291.5 329.3 6.78 7 700 3115 6.9 2.5 73 4.5 4.5 277 8 310.2 311.4 291.8 330.4 6.54 8 650 3720 2.4 -1.8 74 4.2 0.3 271 12 311.7 312.6 291.1 327.8 5.16 9 600 4362 -1.9 -8.6 60 6.7 -4.8 274 13 313.9 314.6 290.2 324.6 3.34 10 550 5049 -5.9 -14.7 50 8.8 -9.1 270 14 317.0 317.5 290.1 324.4 2.22 11 500 5789 -10.5 -20.6 43 10.1 -13.6 274 17 320.2 320.5 290.3 325.3 1.48 12 450 6591 -15.9 -29.4 30 13.5 -18.9 269 19 323.2 323.4 290.5 325.9 0.74 13 400 7467 -21.9 -27.4 61 5.5 -23.1 265 21 326.5 326.7 291.7 330.1 1.01 14 350 8436 -29.0 -37.9 42 8.9 -30.2 263 20 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.3 0.42 15 300 9518 -37.7 -45.0 46 7.3 -38.3 265 18 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.23 16 250 10749 -47.6 -54.0 48 6.4 -47.9 268 18 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.10 17 200 12189 -56.0 -62.7 43 6.7 -56.1 277 28 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 18 150 14023 -55.3 -77.8 4 22.5 -55.6 296 37 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.01 19 100 16594 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 309 19 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.33 m Freezing level: 622.23 mb = 4076.52 m = 13374.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.48 mb = 3751.15 m = 12306.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.49 mb = 1204.52 m = 3951.79 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 620.51 mb = 4092.34 m = 13426.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.84 C = 98.31 F Cap Strength: 8.34 C Lifted Index: 7.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.51 C Showalter Index: 4.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 15.19 C K Index: 28.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9788.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.53 mb = 2559.22 m = 8396.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.0 neg: -3.7 tot: 100.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.73 Bulk Shear: 22.09 m/s