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: 53.70,-110.24 Latitude: 53.70 Longitude: -110.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 519 SFC 939 621 25.4 12.6 45 12.8 17.1 342 8 304.0 305.8 292.6 333.3 9.83 3 900 990 20.7 11.2 54 9.6 14.7 339 10 302.9 304.6 291.9 330.5 9.30 4 850 1481 16.2 10.0 66 6.3 12.3 321 6 303.1 304.8 291.7 330.2 9.08 5 800 1993 12.6 6.7 67 5.9 9.1 282 6 304.6 306.0 291.1 327.8 7.72 6 750 2531 8.4 4.3 75 4.1 6.1 254 9 305.7 307.0 290.8 326.8 6.96 7 700 3099 4.8 1.4 79 3.4 2.9 239 19 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.3 6.04 8 650 3699 0.4 -0.2 96 0.6 0.1 241 22 309.4 310.5 291.0 327.4 5.81 9 600 4336 -4.3 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 244 23 311.1 312.0 290.3 325.2 4.48 10 550 5016 -9.1 -14.1 67 5.1 -10.8 243 27 313.3 313.8 289.0 320.9 2.33 11 500 5747 -13.7 -24.2 41 10.5 -16.4 244 27 316.3 316.6 288.8 320.0 1.08 12 450 6540 -18.7 -32.6 28 13.9 -21.3 257 28 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.7 0.55 13 400 7405 -25.6 -36.8 34 11.2 -27.2 255 31 321.7 321.7 289.7 323.1 0.41 14 350 8357 -33.7 -39.6 55 5.9 -34.4 247 37 323.3 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.35 15 300 9417 -42.7 -45.2 76 2.5 -42.8 237 41 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.23 16 250 10621 -51.8 -52.9 88 1.1 -51.9 243 41 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.4 0.11 17 200 12056 -52.5 -68.3 13 15.8 -52.8 260 29 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13925 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 273 22 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16544 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -55.0 289 18 422.6 422.6 308.0 422.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.81 m Freezing level: 645.97 mb = 3750.00 m = 12302.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.15 mb = 3709.00 m = 12168.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.23 C = 79.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.29 mb = 2222.65 m = 7292.06 ft T: 10.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 7.06 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.07 mb = 2519.44 m = 8265.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.65 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 733.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.58 mb = 2230.25 m = 7317.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.58 mb = 3184.96 m = 10449.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.58 mb = 10815.20 m = 35482.50 ft B at Equ Level: 723.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.58 mb = 12647.91 m = 41495.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.9 neg: -4.5 tot: 46.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 13.18 Bulk Shear: 55.66 m/s