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: 53.47,-111.33 Latitude: 53.47 Longitude: -111.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 525 SFC 935 659 24.3 12.7 48 11.6 16.8 341 6 303.2 305.0 292.4 332.7 9.91 3 900 994 19.5 11.4 60 8.1 14.4 340 6 301.6 303.3 291.6 329.6 9.47 4 850 1482 15.2 10.0 71 5.2 12.0 335 4 302.1 303.7 291.5 329.1 9.11 5 800 1995 13.3 4.0 53 9.3 8.0 244 4 305.3 306.5 290.2 324.6 6.36 6 750 2535 9.8 1.2 55 8.6 5.2 229 11 307.2 308.2 290.0 324.2 5.55 7 700 3103 5.0 1.5 78 3.5 3.1 229 17 308.0 309.1 290.7 326.7 6.09 8 650 3704 0.9 -1.6 83 2.6 -0.3 241 20 310.0 311.0 290.6 326.3 5.24 9 600 4342 -3.9 -6.3 83 2.5 -5.0 247 22 311.6 312.4 290.0 324.2 3.97 10 550 5023 -8.8 -12.9 72 4.1 -10.3 251 22 313.7 314.2 289.4 322.1 2.58 11 500 5755 -13.7 -19.2 64 5.4 -15.3 250 23 316.3 316.6 289.3 321.9 1.68 12 450 6548 -18.9 -26.7 50 7.8 -20.6 254 26 319.5 319.7 289.6 322.8 0.96 13 400 7413 -25.8 -34.4 44 8.7 -27.1 249 25 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.4 0.52 14 350 8365 -33.6 -39.7 54 6.1 -34.3 236 27 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.35 15 300 9424 -43.1 -44.6 85 1.5 -43.2 232 29 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.5 0.24 16 250 10627 -52.1 -54.0 79 2.0 -52.1 238 30 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.10 17 200 12063 -52.6 -69.5 11 16.8 -52.9 253 22 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 13935 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.6 287 23 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 19 100 16549 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 299 14 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.25 m Freezing level: 640.19 mb = 3829.39 m = 12563.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.88 mb = 3643.47 m = 11953.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.80 mb = 2112.93 m = 6932.12 ft T: 12.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 8.45 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.91 mb = 2724.68 m = 8939.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 35.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 568.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.99 mb = 2100.23 m = 6890.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.99 mb = 3642.07 m = 11948.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.99 mb = 10756.83 m = 35291.02 ft B at Equ Level: 559.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.99 mb = 12228.21 m = 40118.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.7 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 278.7 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 62.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 13.75 Bulk Shear: 41.34 m/s