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: 52.07,-111.93 Latitude: 52.07 Longitude: -111.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 502 SFC 918 805 25.4 11.8 42 13.7 16.6 1 12 306.0 307.8 292.9 334.6 9.48 3 900 974 23.6 10.6 44 13.0 15.3 3 19 305.8 307.4 292.4 332.7 8.93 4 850 1469 19.1 9.2 53 9.9 12.9 10 16 306.1 307.7 292.3 332.1 8.61 5 800 1987 15.1 7.2 59 7.9 10.3 25 6 307.2 308.7 292.2 331.6 8.01 6 750 2530 10.5 5.3 70 5.3 7.5 122 1 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.8 7.45 7 700 3100 5.3 3.5 88 1.8 4.3 208 3 308.4 309.7 291.7 330.0 7.06 8 650 3701 0.6 -1.3 87 1.9 -0.3 230 8 309.6 310.7 290.6 326.3 5.37 9 600 4339 -3.4 -10.1 60 6.7 -6.1 231 22 312.2 312.8 289.3 321.7 2.96 10 550 5022 -7.7 -18.0 43 10.3 -11.1 232 29 314.9 315.3 288.9 320.6 1.69 11 500 5756 -12.3 -28.9 24 16.7 -16.1 241 30 318.1 318.2 288.9 320.5 0.70 12 450 6552 -18.1 -33.8 24 15.7 -21.0 247 31 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.3 0.49 13 400 7420 -25.1 -37.3 31 12.2 -26.9 254 35 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.8 0.39 14 350 8373 -33.2 -38.9 57 5.7 -33.8 249 40 324.0 324.1 290.4 325.4 0.38 15 300 9436 -42.0 -44.7 74 2.7 -42.2 246 38 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.1 0.24 16 250 10646 -50.2 -54.0 64 3.8 -50.4 245 36 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12091 -51.6 -68.1 12 16.4 -52.0 275 25 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 13963 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -51.9 269 24 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 19 100 16569 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 296 20 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.08 m Freezing level: 642.50 mb = 3796.70 m = 12456.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.58 mb = 3656.35 m = 11995.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.52 mb = 2524.01 m = 8280.78 ft T: 10.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 14.05 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.87 mb = 2937.81 m = 9638.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.65 C = 81.77 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.35 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 38.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 726.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.77 mb = 2688.13 m = 8819.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.77 mb = 3207.58 m = 10523.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.77 mb = 10889.79 m = 35727.22 ft B at Equ Level: 705.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.77 mb = 12749.20 m = 41827.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.3 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 276.3 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.7 neg: -17.7 tot: 104.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 6.17 Bulk Shear: 117.74 m/s