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: 53.55,-108.55 Latitude: 53.55 Longitude: -108.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 509 SFC 933 666 21.6 14.0 62 7.6 16.6 14 12 300.6 302.6 292.4 332.5 10.83 3 900 977 19.3 13.0 67 6.3 15.3 15 21 301.4 303.3 292.4 332.5 10.54 4 850 1467 17.0 10.3 65 6.6 12.9 11 7 303.9 305.7 292.2 331.8 9.32 5 800 1982 13.7 7.0 64 6.6 9.7 228 5 305.7 307.2 291.6 329.6 7.90 6 750 2522 9.1 5.2 77 3.9 6.8 222 12 306.4 307.8 291.4 328.9 7.40 7 700 3090 4.5 2.8 89 1.7 3.5 229 17 307.5 308.7 291.1 327.9 6.70 8 650 3689 0.4 -2.2 83 2.6 -0.9 236 20 309.5 310.4 290.3 325.0 5.02 9 600 4327 -3.6 -7.5 74 3.9 -5.3 246 24 311.9 312.6 289.8 323.5 3.63 10 550 5010 -7.9 -14.6 58 6.7 -10.3 247 26 314.7 315.2 289.4 322.1 2.24 11 500 5743 -12.8 -22.7 43 9.9 -15.5 245 27 317.4 317.7 289.2 321.6 1.23 12 450 6538 -18.7 -29.1 39 10.4 -20.8 253 27 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.5 0.77 13 400 7403 -25.8 -32.8 52 7.0 -26.9 255 28 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.7 0.61 14 350 8355 -33.6 -36.0 79 2.4 -33.9 251 44 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.3 0.51 15 300 9417 -42.1 -43.3 88 1.2 -42.2 240 52 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.28 16 250 10624 -51.6 -51.9 96 0.3 -51.6 241 55 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.13 17 200 12055 -53.6 -68.2 15 14.7 -53.8 271 33 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 13924 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 267 31 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16545 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.5 291 20 423.6 423.6 308.2 423.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.49 m Freezing level: 644.67 mb = 3757.36 m = 12327.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.78 mb = 3568.59 m = 11707.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.72 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.55 mb = 1622.70 m = 5323.75 ft T: 15.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 10.90 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.35 mb = 2451.22 m = 8041.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 38.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 836.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.25 mb = 1989.63 m = 6527.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.25 mb = 2923.64 m = 9591.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.25 mb = 11041.17 m = 36223.86 ft B at Equ Level: 812.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.25 mb = 12950.34 m = 42487.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.1 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 278.1 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.1 neg: -36.5 tot: 84.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 5.89 Bulk Shear: 142.05 m/s