MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 49.51,-113.88 Latitude: 49.51 Longitude: -113.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 524 2 900 992 SFC 880 1188 24.6 8.9 37 15.7 14.8 9 9 308.9 310.4 292.7 333.9 8.17 4 850 1489 21.0 7.5 42 13.5 12.8 27 10 308.2 309.6 292.2 331.6 7.69 5 800 2010 16.2 6.2 52 10.0 10.3 50 8 308.4 309.8 292.0 331.3 7.48 6 750 2555 11.6 4.0 59 7.6 7.2 118 4 309.2 310.5 291.7 330.1 6.81 7 700 3127 7.0 0.8 65 6.2 3.7 195 10 310.2 311.3 291.2 328.1 5.78 8 650 3733 3.1 -3.3 63 6.4 -0.0 217 23 312.5 313.3 290.9 327.0 4.62 9 600 4376 -2.2 -6.4 73 4.2 -4.1 218 29 313.5 314.3 290.6 326.1 3.95 10 550 5062 -6.7 -10.7 73 4.0 -8.4 215 33 316.1 316.7 290.6 326.1 3.07 11 500 5800 -11.8 -16.9 66 5.1 -13.5 212 32 318.6 319.0 290.4 325.4 2.03 12 450 6598 -17.4 -22.0 67 4.7 -18.6 213 30 321.4 321.7 290.7 326.4 1.45 13 400 7470 -23.6 -26.2 79 2.6 -24.2 212 28 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.3 1.13 14 350 8431 -31.2 -31.8 95 0.6 -31.3 213 25 326.6 326.8 291.5 329.4 0.76 15 300 9502 -40.3 -40.3 99 0.1 -40.3 215 23 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.38 16 250 10716 -50.7 -50.8 99 0.1 -50.7 227 25 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.14 17 200 12136 -58.0 -60.2 76 2.2 -58.0 259 34 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.06 18 150 13991 -52.5 -81.0 2 28.4 -53.0 256 16 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16583 -57.2 -84.4 2 27.2 -57.6 282 9 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.56 m Freezing level: 621.05 mb = 4105.63 m = 13469.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.53 mb = 3726.87 m = 12227.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.33 C = 77.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.11 mb = 3149.59 m = 10333.19 ft T: 6.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 8.48 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.20 mb = 3630.93 m = 11912.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.85 C Cross Totals Index: 19.39 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 296.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.19 mb = 3219.25 m = 10561.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.19 mb = 4280.69 m = 14044.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.19 mb = 10788.42 m = 35394.63 ft B at Equ Level: 295.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.19 mb = 12563.12 m = 41217.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 163.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 2.21 Bulk Shear: 134.25 m/s