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: 52.99,-110.94 Latitude: 52.99 Longitude: -110.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 524 SFC 934 672 18.9 14.6 76 4.3 16.1 350 20 297.8 299.9 291.9 330.5 11.27 3 900 987 15.7 13.4 86 2.3 14.2 356 33 297.7 299.6 291.5 329.0 10.80 4 850 1472 15.0 10.8 76 4.2 12.4 13 22 301.9 303.6 291.8 330.4 9.64 5 800 1984 12.3 8.6 78 3.7 10.1 11 8 304.3 305.9 291.9 330.7 8.83 6 750 2523 8.7 6.4 85 2.3 7.3 195 5 306.1 307.6 291.9 330.5 8.08 7 700 3091 5.4 3.1 85 2.3 4.1 205 15 308.5 309.7 291.6 329.4 6.84 8 650 3692 1.2 -4.3 67 5.5 -1.4 218 22 310.3 311.1 289.9 323.8 4.29 9 600 4332 -2.7 -12.1 48 9.4 -6.4 239 27 313.0 313.4 289.1 321.1 2.52 10 550 5015 -7.9 -19.1 40 11.2 -11.5 245 29 314.7 315.0 288.6 319.8 1.53 11 500 5748 -13.1 -25.1 36 12.1 -16.1 249 29 317.1 317.3 288.9 320.6 0.99 12 450 6542 -19.0 -28.8 42 9.8 -21.1 255 30 319.3 319.5 289.4 322.1 0.79 13 400 7406 -26.0 -33.6 49 7.6 -27.2 256 30 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.2 0.56 14 350 8357 -34.0 -37.7 69 3.7 -34.4 251 30 322.9 323.0 290.1 324.4 0.42 15 300 9416 -42.4 -43.9 85 1.5 -42.5 247 27 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.26 16 250 10625 -50.6 -53.3 73 2.6 -50.7 251 21 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.11 17 200 12069 -51.8 -67.3 14 15.5 -52.1 275 25 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 13943 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 275 28 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16558 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 293 22 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.99 m Freezing level: 634.60 mb = 3889.49 m = 12760.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.59 mb = 3536.75 m = 11603.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.59 mb = 1210.40 m = 3971.08 ft T: 15.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 10.93 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.61 mb = 2253.17 m = 7392.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 36.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 489.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.17 mb = 1580.12 m = 5184.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.17 mb = 4016.61 m = 13177.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.17 mb = 10259.56 m = 33659.55 ft B at Equ Level: 488.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.17 mb = 12261.70 m = 40228.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.8 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 284.8 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 277.9 neg: -40.2 tot: 237.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 2.40 Bulk Shear: 203.74 m/s