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: 53.04,-112.00 Latitude: 53.04 Longitude: -112.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 520 SFC 932 690 26.3 12.2 41 14.1 17.1 340 10 305.6 307.4 292.9 334.5 9.61 3 900 992 21.9 11.1 50 10.7 15.0 344 11 304.0 305.7 292.2 331.7 9.26 4 850 1485 17.1 10.1 64 6.9 12.7 348 8 304.0 305.7 292.1 331.5 9.19 5 800 1998 12.3 9.2 81 3.1 10.4 354 5 304.2 305.9 292.2 331.7 9.17 6 750 2536 7.8 7.4 98 0.4 7.6 306 1 305.0 306.6 292.0 331.0 8.66 7 700 3101 4.0 3.1 94 0.9 3.5 202 11 306.9 308.2 291.1 327.8 6.85 8 650 3702 1.2 -3.7 70 4.9 -1.2 219 18 310.3 311.2 290.1 324.4 4.48 9 600 4340 -3.6 -11.6 54 8.0 -6.7 223 20 311.9 312.4 288.9 320.4 2.62 10 550 5021 -8.5 -19.4 41 10.9 -11.9 227 23 314.0 314.3 288.4 319.0 1.50 11 500 5753 -13.6 -27.2 31 13.6 -16.8 231 23 316.5 316.6 288.5 319.3 0.82 12 450 6546 -18.9 -35.7 21 16.8 -21.7 235 26 319.5 319.5 289.0 320.9 0.40 13 400 7410 -26.1 -35.9 39 9.8 -27.5 237 30 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.7 0.45 14 350 8360 -34.2 -41.0 50 6.8 -34.9 235 33 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.7 0.30 15 300 9418 -42.9 -46.9 65 4.0 -43.2 240 35 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.19 16 250 10623 -51.2 -55.0 64 3.8 -51.3 248 22 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 17 200 12071 -51.2 -69.3 10 18.1 -51.6 267 25 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 13943 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 276 21 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16558 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.6 -55.2 286 15 422.0 422.0 308.0 422.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.80 m Freezing level: 637.50 mb = 3861.39 m = 12668.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.29 mb = 3550.07 m = 11647.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.56 % Est. max temperature: 25.28 C = 77.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.22 mb = 2455.84 m = 8057.13 ft T: 8.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 12.69 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.98 mb = 2436.43 m = 7993.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.63 C = 78.13 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 39.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 922.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.45 mb = 2365.83 m = 7761.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.45 mb = 2530.65 m = 8302.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.45 mb = 10875.83 m = 35681.43 ft B at Equ Level: 906.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.45 mb = 12740.47 m = 41798.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.3 neg: -2.7 tot: 66.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 15.41 Bulk Shear: 59.86 m/s