MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 53.04,-112.92 Latitude: 53.04 Longitude: -112.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 529 SFC 927 739 22.6 13.9 58 8.7 16.8 6 7 302.2 304.2 292.8 334.1 10.80 3 900 996 18.5 12.6 68 6.0 14.7 10 8 300.6 302.5 291.9 330.6 10.21 4 850 1483 14.2 10.9 81 3.3 12.1 22 6 301.0 302.8 291.6 329.6 9.68 5 800 1995 12.6 5.9 64 6.7 8.8 138 6 304.6 306.0 290.7 326.6 7.31 6 750 2533 9.1 4.0 70 5.2 6.2 180 12 306.5 307.8 290.9 327.2 6.79 7 700 3102 5.2 1.7 79 3.4 3.3 195 12 308.2 309.4 290.9 327.3 6.21 8 650 3704 1.9 -4.5 63 6.3 -1.2 232 11 311.1 311.9 290.1 324.4 4.23 9 600 4344 -3.0 -9.9 59 6.9 -5.8 229 13 312.6 313.2 289.5 322.2 3.00 10 550 5026 -8.5 -16.5 52 8.1 -11.2 232 13 314.0 314.4 288.8 320.3 1.91 11 500 5757 -13.4 -26.8 32 13.3 -16.6 245 17 316.6 316.8 288.6 319.6 0.85 12 450 6550 -19.2 -32.9 29 13.7 -21.7 239 24 319.1 319.2 289.0 321.0 0.53 13 400 7414 -26.1 -36.5 37 10.4 -27.5 233 28 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.6 0.42 14 350 8363 -34.5 -37.3 76 2.7 -34.8 225 27 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.8 0.44 15 300 9419 -43.7 -46.1 76 2.5 -43.8 226 27 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.20 16 250 10624 -50.1 -57.3 42 7.3 -50.3 237 26 331.6 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.07 17 200 12071 -51.0 -69.8 9 18.7 -51.4 256 18 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 13947 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 292 20 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16558 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 306 14 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.15 m Freezing level: 630.92 mb = 3947.95 m = 12952.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.94 mb = 3543.62 m = 11625.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.93 % Est. max temperature: 25.80 C = 78.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.38 mb = 1833.90 m = 6016.64 ft T: 13.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 7.49 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.10 mb = 2487.92 m = 8162.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.35 C K Index: 35.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 658.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.04 mb = 1878.95 m = 6164.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.04 mb = 4003.98 m = 13136.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.04 mb = 10465.85 m = 34336.36 ft B at Equ Level: 652.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.04 mb = 12201.76 m = 40031.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.1 neg: -0.7 tot: 100.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 13.52 Bulk Shear: 48.71 m/s