MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 51.59,-113.52 Latitude: 51.59 Longitude: -113.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 515 SFC 907 919 22.5 13.3 56 9.3 16.4 353 20 304.1 306.1 293.3 335.8 10.61 3 900 983 21.3 12.6 58 8.7 15.6 355 27 303.4 305.3 292.7 333.8 10.22 4 850 1475 16.4 11.3 72 5.1 13.2 0 32 303.4 305.2 292.6 333.1 9.97 5 800 1988 12.8 9.8 82 3.0 10.9 12 23 304.8 306.5 292.6 333.3 9.53 6 750 2528 9.4 6.8 84 2.6 7.9 31 12 306.8 308.3 292.2 331.9 8.30 7 700 3097 5.2 2.9 85 2.3 3.9 52 6 308.3 309.5 291.5 329.0 6.76 8 650 3699 2.1 -7.2 50 9.3 -2.1 253 10 311.3 312.0 289.4 322.2 3.42 9 600 4340 -2.6 -11.1 52 8.5 -6.0 251 18 313.1 313.7 289.3 322.0 2.73 10 550 5024 -6.9 -20.4 33 13.5 -11.1 246 22 315.9 316.2 288.9 320.5 1.38 11 500 5760 -12.0 -25.5 32 13.5 -15.4 241 22 318.5 318.6 289.3 321.8 0.96 12 450 6557 -17.7 -28.3 39 10.6 -20.0 242 25 321.0 321.1 289.9 323.9 0.82 13 400 7426 -24.6 -29.1 66 4.5 -25.4 239 31 323.1 323.2 290.6 326.1 0.86 14 350 8383 -32.4 -35.7 72 3.3 -32.8 247 25 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.0 0.52 15 300 9449 -41.5 -41.9 96 0.4 -41.5 292 15 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.32 16 250 10661 -49.8 -51.3 85 1.4 -49.9 304 18 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.14 17 200 12104 -52.0 -67.4 14 15.4 -52.4 292 14 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 13974 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 274 22 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16579 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 303 20 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.93 m Freezing level: 627.72 mb = 3984.67 m = 13072.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.31 mb = 3485.67 m = 11435.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.25 % Est. max temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.67 mb = 2086.15 m = 6844.26 ft T: 12.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 12.78 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.95 mb = 2506.16 m = 8222.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.06 C = 77.11 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 37.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 694.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.44 mb = 2152.36 m = 7061.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.44 mb = 2986.49 m = 9798.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.44 mb = 10940.25 m = 35892.77 ft B at Equ Level: 674.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.44 mb = 12808.97 m = 42023.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.5 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 310.5 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.9 neg: -24.1 tot: 151.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 5.65 Bulk Shear: 122.96 m/s