MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 51.33,-114.74 Latitude: 51.33 Longitude: -114.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 546 2 900 1012 SFC 859 1415 23.7 9.9 41 13.9 14.8 102 6 310.0 311.7 293.7 337.4 8.93 4 850 1509 22.9 5.6 33 17.3 12.6 103 7 310.1 311.4 291.9 330.9 6.71 5 800 2032 18.0 3.3 37 14.7 9.6 101 9 310.4 311.5 291.5 329.2 6.07 6 750 2579 13.1 1.5 45 11.6 6.7 88 6 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.4 5.69 7 700 3154 8.3 -1.7 49 10.0 3.1 14 4 311.7 312.6 290.8 326.8 4.82 8 650 3761 3.2 -3.3 62 6.5 -0.0 304 7 312.6 313.4 290.9 327.1 4.61 9 600 4404 -1.8 -7.2 67 5.4 -4.2 303 13 314.0 314.7 290.5 325.9 3.71 10 550 5090 -6.4 -24.6 22 18.1 -11.5 343 8 316.4 316.6 288.6 319.7 0.95 11 500 5827 -11.8 -30.0 21 18.1 -15.9 7 6 318.6 318.7 289.0 320.9 0.64 12 450 6624 -17.6 -34.9 21 17.3 -20.7 6 8 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.7 0.44 13 400 7494 -24.3 -39.3 24 15.0 -26.3 335 10 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.6 0.32 14 350 8451 -32.2 -45.2 26 13.1 -33.4 322 11 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.19 15 300 9519 -40.2 -44.4 64 4.3 -40.5 284 26 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.25 16 250 10738 -49.6 -53.2 66 3.6 -49.7 281 35 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.11 17 200 12183 -52.3 -66.4 17 14.2 -52.6 306 14 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.03 18 150 14049 -53.0 -79.7 3 26.7 -53.5 297 9 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16626 -58.6 -84.4 2 25.8 -58.9 351 4 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.95 m Freezing level: 618.13 mb = 4170.69 m = 13683.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.61 mb = 3753.13 m = 12313.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.68 % Est. max temperature: 25.15 C = 77.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.43 mb = 3149.12 m = 10331.63 ft T: 8.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.61 mb = 4132.57 m = 13558.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.54 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.73 C Cross Totals Index: 17.41 C K Index: 30.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 132.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 646.91 mb = 3799.08 m = 12464.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 531.91 mb = 5348.40 m = 17547.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.91 mb = 9475.29 m = 31086.53 ft B at Equ Level: 130.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.91 mb = 11224.38 m = 36824.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.0 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 25.0 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -6.4 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.68 Bulk Shear: 19.78 m/s