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: 53.92,-107.42 Latitude: 53.92 Longitude: -107.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 515 SFC 947 538 20.6 15.8 74 4.8 17.4 1 8 298.3 300.5 292.6 333.2 11.98 3 900 980 17.3 13.3 77 4.0 14.8 15 17 299.4 301.3 291.9 330.8 10.75 4 850 1467 15.5 10.8 73 4.7 12.5 19 5 302.4 304.1 291.9 330.8 9.59 5 800 1980 12.9 8.4 74 4.5 10.2 250 8 304.9 306.5 292.0 330.9 8.68 6 750 2520 8.8 6.0 82 2.9 7.2 239 17 306.2 307.6 291.7 329.8 7.82 7 700 3087 4.3 3.5 94 0.8 3.8 241 22 307.2 308.6 291.3 328.7 7.04 8 650 3687 0.3 -0.2 96 0.5 0.0 251 28 309.3 310.4 290.9 327.2 5.79 9 600 4324 -4.2 -5.1 93 0.9 -4.6 254 32 311.3 312.1 290.3 325.0 4.36 10 550 5004 -8.8 -14.8 62 5.9 -10.9 256 33 313.6 314.0 289.0 320.8 2.21 11 500 5737 -13.2 -24.4 39 11.1 -16.1 257 32 316.9 317.1 288.9 320.5 1.06 12 450 6530 -19.0 -28.3 44 9.3 -21.0 258 30 319.4 319.6 289.5 322.3 0.83 13 400 7395 -25.7 -32.6 52 6.9 -26.8 260 32 321.6 321.8 289.9 323.9 0.62 14 350 8348 -33.0 -37.6 64 4.5 -33.6 261 45 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.8 0.43 15 300 9413 -41.3 -43.0 84 1.6 -41.5 245 58 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.2 0.29 16 250 10621 -51.8 -52.0 97 0.3 -51.8 249 60 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.13 17 200 12043 -54.3 -67.5 18 13.1 -54.6 260 36 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13915 -50.6 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.2 267 32 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16537 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 289 22 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.36 m Freezing level: 646.70 mb = 3728.70 m = 12233.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.79 mb = 3689.20 m = 12103.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.10 C = 80.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.47 mb = 1147.84 m = 3765.82 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 10.38 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.15 mb = 2222.52 m = 7291.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 38.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 726.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.99 mb = 1567.65 m = 5143.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.99 mb = 2912.62 m = 9555.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.99 mb = 11015.92 m = 36141.03 ft B at Equ Level: 703.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.99 mb = 12912.17 m = 42362.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.3 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 287.3 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 5.2 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.5 neg: -27.9 tot: 116.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 5.72 Bulk Shear: 127.01 m/s