MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 49.28,-100.09 Latitude: 49.28 Longitude: -100.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 1 950 466 SFC 942 536 25.2 14.1 50 11.1 17.9 194 10 303.5 305.5 293.2 335.7 10.81 3 900 940 24.0 12.0 47 12.0 16.2 207 26 306.2 308.0 293.3 335.7 9.80 4 850 1437 20.2 10.6 54 9.7 14.1 225 33 307.4 309.1 293.3 336.0 9.47 5 800 1957 16.2 8.2 59 8.0 11.3 242 37 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.6 8.58 6 750 2502 11.7 4.2 60 7.5 7.3 252 40 309.2 310.5 291.8 330.5 6.90 7 700 3075 7.4 -2.8 48 10.2 2.3 270 39 310.7 311.5 290.2 324.6 4.45 8 650 3680 2.9 -8.1 44 11.1 -1.9 274 38 312.3 312.9 289.5 322.5 3.19 9 600 4323 -1.4 -14.1 37 12.6 -6.2 275 43 314.4 314.9 289.2 321.5 2.14 10 550 5010 -6.1 -17.5 40 11.5 -9.9 277 48 316.9 317.2 289.6 322.8 1.75 11 500 5748 -11.1 -22.3 39 11.2 -14.3 278 52 319.4 319.7 289.9 323.8 1.28 12 450 6548 -16.7 -28.5 35 11.8 -19.4 281 55 322.2 322.4 290.3 325.1 0.81 13 400 7421 -23.1 -36.4 29 13.3 -25.2 285 57 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.6 0.43 14 350 8385 -30.4 -44.3 25 13.9 -31.9 284 53 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.21 15 300 9459 -39.7 -47.3 44 7.6 -40.2 293 52 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.18 16 250 10676 -50.4 -55.0 58 4.6 -50.6 292 53 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.09 17 200 12098 -59.0 -62.9 61 3.9 -59.1 290 63 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 18 150 13897 -58.7 -77.6 7 18.9 -58.9 287 64 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16448 -58.8 -84.2 2 25.4 -59.2 286 46 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.62 m Freezing level: 616.46 mb = 4111.24 m = 13488.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.68 mb = 3400.00 m = 11154.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.71 mb = 1949.72 m = 6396.64 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 14.56 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.06 mb = 2909.79 m = 9546.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.90 C = 89.41 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 31.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 769.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.44 mb = 2418.86 m = 7935.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.44 mb = 3649.54 m = 11973.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.44 mb = 11713.64 m = 38430.11 ft B at Equ Level: 755.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.44 mb = 13796.50 m = 45263.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 446.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 446.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.93 Bulk Rich Number: 4.59 Bulk Shear: 167.65 m/s