MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 52.50,-113.45 Latitude: 52.50 Longitude: -113.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 527 SFC 913 868 21.1 13.8 63 7.3 16.3 351 14 302.0 304.0 292.9 334.4 10.95 3 900 994 19.7 12.6 64 7.1 15.1 354 20 301.8 303.7 292.3 332.1 10.25 4 850 1483 15.5 11.2 75 4.3 12.8 8 17 302.4 304.3 292.2 331.7 9.88 5 800 1995 12.0 9.3 83 2.7 10.3 43 8 303.9 305.7 292.1 331.5 9.22 6 750 2533 8.1 6.9 92 1.2 7.4 109 7 305.4 306.9 291.9 330.5 8.35 7 700 3100 5.0 2.3 83 2.7 3.5 166 8 308.0 309.2 291.1 327.8 6.46 8 650 3702 1.7 -6.0 57 7.7 -1.8 217 10 310.9 311.6 289.6 322.8 3.76 9 600 4341 -3.3 -15.5 38 12.2 -7.6 230 11 312.3 312.7 288.3 318.6 1.91 10 550 5023 -8.2 -23.3 28 15.1 -12.4 230 15 314.3 314.5 288.1 317.9 1.06 11 500 5755 -13.3 -28.1 28 14.8 -16.7 227 21 316.9 317.0 288.6 319.5 0.76 12 450 6548 -19.2 -31.6 33 12.4 -21.5 232 25 319.1 319.2 289.1 321.3 0.61 13 400 7412 -26.0 -38.9 29 12.8 -27.7 237 27 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.4 0.33 14 350 8362 -34.1 -41.6 46 7.6 -34.8 244 28 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.28 15 300 9422 -42.4 -48.7 50 6.3 -42.8 271 19 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.15 16 250 10632 -49.9 -56.5 46 6.6 -50.1 329 9 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.07 17 200 12084 -50.9 -67.9 11 17.1 -51.2 286 23 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 13958 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 284 19 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16569 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 289 14 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.21 m Freezing level: 632.83 mb = 3921.80 m = 12866.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.03 mb = 3492.04 m = 11456.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.66 % Est. max temperature: 24.03 C = 75.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.19 mb = 1784.81 m = 5855.59 ft T: 13.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 16.42 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.75 mb = 2284.10 m = 7493.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.77 C = 74.78 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.81 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 37.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 795.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.33 mb = 2012.71 m = 6603.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.33 mb = 3060.99 m = 10042.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.33 mb = 10544.12 m = 34593.14 ft B at Equ Level: 793.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.33 mb = 12651.19 m = 41506.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.1 neg: -12.2 tot: 161.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 7.17 Bulk Shear: 111.03 m/s