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,-112.53 Latitude: 52.07 Longitude: -112.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 512 SFC 916 832 22.8 13.0 54 9.8 16.4 2 19 303.5 305.4 292.9 334.2 10.32 3 900 981 20.8 12.1 57 8.7 15.2 5 28 302.9 304.7 292.3 332.3 9.88 4 850 1472 16.8 10.6 67 6.2 12.9 13 26 303.7 305.4 292.2 331.9 9.47 5 800 1987 13.9 8.3 69 5.6 10.5 30 11 306.0 307.6 292.3 332.0 8.63 6 750 2528 10.3 5.6 73 4.6 7.6 110 4 307.7 309.2 292.0 331.0 7.64 7 700 3098 5.3 3.4 87 2.0 4.2 158 6 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.8 6.99 8 650 3700 1.6 -8.1 48 9.7 -2.6 211 13 310.7 311.3 289.0 320.9 3.18 9 600 4339 -2.8 -15.6 36 12.9 -7.4 239 22 312.9 313.3 288.5 319.1 1.88 10 550 5022 -7.5 -23.5 27 16.0 -12.0 242 27 315.2 315.4 288.3 318.8 1.05 11 500 5756 -12.7 -28.8 25 16.1 -16.3 245 27 317.6 317.7 288.8 320.1 0.71 12 450 6551 -18.5 -33.8 25 15.3 -21.2 247 28 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.8 0.49 13 400 7418 -25.1 -37.2 31 12.2 -26.8 249 34 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.8 0.39 14 350 8372 -33.1 -38.5 58 5.5 -33.7 256 31 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.6 0.39 15 300 9436 -41.6 -46.8 57 5.2 -41.9 260 22 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.19 16 250 10649 -49.7 -55.3 52 5.6 -49.9 290 22 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 17 200 12093 -52.1 -66.9 15 14.8 -52.5 281 21 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 13964 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 273 24 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16571 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 297 20 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.80 m Freezing level: 631.97 mb = 3930.20 m = 12894.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.09 mb = 3464.76 m = 11367.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.37 C = 79.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.66 mb = 2063.85 m = 6771.09 ft T: 13.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 13.25 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.45 mb = 2735.16 m = 8973.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 38.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 641.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.63 mb = 2235.38 m = 7333.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.63 mb = 3433.97 m = 11266.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.63 mb = 10605.59 m = 34794.81 ft B at Equ Level: 636.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.63 mb = 12370.67 m = 40585.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.4 neg: -26.4 tot: 245.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 3.26 Bulk Shear: 196.72 m/s