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: 52.53,-112.99 Latitude: 52.53 Longitude: -112.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 519 SFC 920 799 24.9 12.1 45 12.7 16.6 358 13 305.2 307.0 292.9 334.4 9.70 3 900 990 22.0 11.3 51 10.7 15.1 2 17 304.2 305.9 292.3 332.1 9.36 4 850 1482 17.4 10.2 63 7.2 12.9 10 13 304.3 306.0 292.2 331.9 9.22 5 800 1996 12.7 8.9 77 3.9 10.3 27 8 304.7 306.4 292.2 331.6 8.95 6 750 2535 8.4 6.8 90 1.6 7.4 101 4 305.7 307.2 291.9 330.6 8.28 7 700 3102 4.8 4.6 99 0.2 4.7 159 7 307.8 309.2 292.0 331.0 7.62 8 650 3702 1.3 -5.9 59 7.2 -2.0 204 12 310.4 311.1 289.5 322.3 3.78 9 600 4341 -3.0 -16.9 33 13.8 -7.8 220 17 312.6 312.9 288.2 318.2 1.70 10 550 5023 -8.1 -23.2 28 15.2 -12.3 224 19 314.5 314.7 288.1 318.1 1.07 11 500 5756 -13.2 -28.6 26 15.4 -16.7 227 22 317.0 317.1 288.6 319.5 0.72 12 450 6549 -19.2 -31.4 33 12.2 -21.5 232 25 319.1 319.3 289.2 321.3 0.62 13 400 7413 -26.1 -37.8 32 11.7 -27.7 236 28 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.4 0.37 14 350 8363 -34.2 -41.6 47 7.5 -34.9 239 32 322.7 322.7 289.9 323.7 0.28 15 300 9422 -42.7 -46.6 65 4.0 -42.9 249 31 325.2 325.3 290.6 325.9 0.19 16 250 10629 -50.4 -56.9 46 6.6 -50.5 263 13 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.07 17 200 12082 -50.7 -69.8 9 19.1 -51.1 276 23 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 18 150 13956 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.3 -51.8 278 19 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16566 -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: 5678.15 m Freezing level: 635.03 mb = 3893.72 m = 12774.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.76 mb = 3520.36 m = 11549.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.74 % Est. max temperature: 24.95 C = 76.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.73 mb = 2394.46 m = 7855.76 ft T: 9.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 3.73 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.88 mb = 2525.17 m = 8284.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.30 C = 77.53 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 40.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 853.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.36 mb = 2376.64 m = 7797.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.36 mb = 2877.77 m = 9441.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.36 mb = 10646.08 m = 34927.65 ft B at Equ Level: 850.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.36 mb = 12791.58 m = 41966.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.8 neg: -7.4 tot: 130.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 8.05 Bulk Shear: 106.04 m/s