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: 52.50,-111.56 Latitude: 52.50 Longitude: -111.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 512 SFC 928 713 23.2 13.0 53 10.2 16.5 358 19 302.7 304.6 292.5 333.0 10.20 3 900 981 20.0 12.0 60 8.0 14.9 360 31 302.1 303.9 292.1 331.4 9.86 4 850 1471 16.4 10.1 66 6.4 12.4 7 26 303.3 305.0 291.9 330.6 9.14 5 800 1984 13.2 8.3 72 4.8 10.2 17 12 305.2 306.8 292.0 331.1 8.63 6 750 2525 9.8 6.3 79 3.5 7.7 163 2 307.2 308.7 292.1 331.4 7.99 7 700 3094 5.3 3.4 87 1.9 4.2 202 10 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.8 6.99 8 650 3695 0.7 -1.8 83 2.5 -0.5 215 18 309.8 310.7 290.5 325.8 5.17 9 600 4335 -2.5 -13.0 44 10.5 -6.5 240 26 313.3 313.7 289.0 320.9 2.35 10 550 5018 -7.6 -20.6 35 13.0 -11.5 248 28 315.1 315.3 288.6 319.6 1.35 11 500 5752 -13.2 -25.1 36 11.8 -16.2 246 28 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.3 1.00 12 450 6545 -18.7 -29.8 37 11.1 -21.0 245 29 319.7 319.8 289.4 322.2 0.72 13 400 7411 -25.4 -34.6 42 9.2 -26.8 250 34 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.8 0.51 14 350 8364 -33.5 -39.2 57 5.6 -34.1 252 36 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.9 0.37 15 300 9426 -42.0 -45.7 67 3.7 -42.2 252 34 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.21 16 250 10637 -49.9 -54.8 56 4.9 -50.1 258 31 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.09 17 200 12082 -51.8 -67.3 14 15.5 -52.2 278 25 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 13953 -51.2 -80.3 2 29.1 -51.7 270 25 381.9 381.9 302.6 381.9 0.00 19 100 16563 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 295 22 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.59 m Freezing level: 638.76 mb = 3839.02 m = 12595.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.35 mb = 3628.88 m = 11905.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.07 % Est. max temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.15 mb = 1993.34 m = 6539.74 ft T: 13.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 11.83 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.04 mb = 2680.03 m = 8792.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 37.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 589.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.48 mb = 2137.88 m = 7013.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.48 mb = 3323.73 m = 10904.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.48 mb = 10364.58 m = 34004.10 ft B at Equ Level: 588.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.48 mb = 12399.22 m = 40679.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 287.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 295.2 neg: -42.6 tot: 252.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 3.13 Bulk Shear: 188.60 m/s