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: 54.12,-108.68 Latitude: 54.12 Longitude: -108.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 521 SFC 946 558 23.3 14.3 57 9.0 17.4 353 7 301.2 303.1 292.6 333.2 10.86 3 900 990 19.2 12.4 65 6.7 14.8 337 7 301.3 303.1 292.0 331.1 10.12 4 850 1479 15.3 11.1 76 4.2 12.6 255 5 302.2 304.0 292.0 331.2 9.80 5 800 1990 11.4 9.0 85 2.4 9.9 229 11 303.3 305.0 291.8 330.3 9.04 6 750 2527 8.5 2.6 66 5.9 5.3 248 15 305.8 306.9 290.1 324.5 6.16 7 700 3094 4.2 -0.1 73 4.3 2.0 259 20 307.1 308.1 289.9 323.7 5.41 8 650 3692 -0.2 -0.4 99 0.2 -0.3 252 28 308.7 309.8 290.7 326.4 5.73 9 600 4329 -4.1 -4.7 96 0.6 -4.4 258 31 311.4 312.2 290.4 325.5 4.50 10 550 5009 -9.3 -10.6 90 1.4 -9.8 263 31 313.1 313.6 289.6 323.0 3.09 11 500 5740 -13.5 -18.5 66 5.0 -15.0 259 30 316.6 316.9 289.5 322.5 1.78 12 450 6534 -18.5 -24.5 60 5.9 -20.0 259 30 319.9 320.2 290.0 324.0 1.17 13 400 7401 -25.3 -33.1 48 7.9 -26.5 255 31 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.3 0.59 14 350 8354 -33.3 -39.4 54 6.1 -34.0 252 38 323.9 323.9 290.3 325.2 0.36 15 300 9416 -42.6 -45.9 70 3.3 -42.8 249 40 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.2 0.21 16 250 10619 -52.3 -52.7 95 0.4 -52.3 252 41 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.12 17 200 12048 -53.5 -67.6 16 14.1 -53.8 259 31 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 13914 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 273 24 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16535 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 288 18 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.58 m Freezing level: 652.61 mb = 3660.66 m = 12009.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.26 mb = 3602.28 m = 11818.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.49 % Est. max temperature: 25.60 C = 78.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.69 mb = 1692.71 m = 5553.45 ft T: 13.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 7.47 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.42 mb = 2174.79 m = 7135.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.24 C = 79.24 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 840.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.73 mb = 1856.74 m = 6091.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.73 mb = 2888.38 m = 9476.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.73 mb = 10941.46 m = 35896.75 ft B at Equ Level: 828.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.73 mb = 12813.60 m = 42038.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.4 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 288.4 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 12.72 Bulk Shear: 66.05 m/s