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: 53.98,-108.02 Latitude: 53.98 Longitude: -108.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 526 SFC 947 552 25.5 13.3 47 12.1 17.5 9 1 303.3 305.2 292.7 333.7 10.21 3 900 994 18.9 11.6 63 7.2 14.3 213 2 300.9 302.7 291.5 329.3 9.60 4 850 1482 14.2 10.6 79 3.6 12.0 211 5 301.1 302.8 291.5 329.1 9.49 5 800 1991 11.2 8.0 80 3.2 9.3 231 11 303.1 304.7 291.2 328.2 8.43 6 750 2528 8.1 5.1 81 3.0 6.3 251 15 305.3 306.7 291.0 327.6 7.36 7 700 3095 4.6 -2.6 60 7.2 1.1 274 19 307.6 308.4 289.2 321.6 4.53 8 650 3694 0.8 -6.7 57 7.5 -2.6 283 26 309.8 310.5 289.0 321.0 3.55 9 600 4332 -3.7 -9.4 65 5.7 -6.1 277 29 311.8 312.4 289.3 321.8 3.13 10 550 5014 -8.3 -13.9 64 5.5 -10.4 275 29 314.2 314.6 289.3 321.9 2.38 11 500 5747 -13.0 -18.5 64 5.5 -14.7 268 28 317.2 317.5 289.7 323.1 1.78 12 450 6541 -18.8 -21.8 78 2.9 -19.6 269 27 319.6 319.9 290.2 324.7 1.49 13 400 7407 -25.2 -25.5 98 0.3 -25.3 271 29 322.2 322.4 290.7 326.4 1.20 14 350 8362 -32.6 -32.7 99 0.1 -32.6 275 26 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.3 0.70 15 300 9426 -42.2 -42.2 100 0.0 -42.2 271 28 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.0 0.31 16 250 10630 -52.8 -52.8 99 0.0 -52.8 260 26 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.1 0.11 17 200 12054 -54.5 -65.6 24 11.1 -54.8 265 26 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 13918 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 280 23 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16535 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.4 298 14 421.9 421.9 307.9 421.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.58 m Freezing level: 641.54 mb = 3802.34 m = 12474.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.21 mb = 3267.43 m = 10719.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.40 C = 77.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.58 mb = 2068.68 m = 6786.92 ft T: 10.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 12.67 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.66 mb = 2280.64 m = 7482.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.47 C = 79.65 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 30.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 522.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.93 mb = 1949.99 m = 6397.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.93 mb = 3342.01 m = 10964.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.93 mb = 10919.34 m = 35824.17 ft B at Equ Level: 509.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.93 mb = 12422.74 m = 40756.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 11.58 Bulk Shear: 45.08 m/s