MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 49.90,-81.14 Latitude: 49.90 Longitude: -81.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 977 240 24.8 20.2 76 4.6 21.6 225 12 299.9 302.8 295.6 345.2 15.46 2 950 484 23.4 18.2 72 5.3 19.8 228 27 301.0 303.5 294.8 341.9 13.95 3 900 954 19.3 16.5 84 2.8 17.4 231 35 301.4 303.9 294.4 340.5 13.26 4 850 1445 16.6 12.6 77 4.0 14.0 247 40 303.5 305.5 293.2 335.7 10.82 5 800 1959 13.7 8.8 72 4.9 10.7 256 41 305.8 307.4 292.4 332.6 8.90 6 750 2500 10.1 5.7 74 4.5 7.5 258 45 307.6 309.0 292.0 330.9 7.66 7 700 3071 6.2 1.7 73 4.5 3.8 262 49 309.4 310.5 291.3 328.5 6.20 8 650 3675 3.0 -3.4 63 6.4 -0.2 268 46 312.3 313.2 290.8 326.8 4.59 9 600 4320 -0.5 -11.1 44 10.7 -4.8 273 36 315.6 316.1 290.1 324.5 2.72 10 550 5009 -5.5 -13.9 52 8.4 -8.7 269 37 317.6 318.0 290.4 325.4 2.38 11 500 5749 -10.8 -18.0 55 7.2 -13.2 263 40 319.8 320.2 290.6 326.1 1.85 12 450 6550 -16.4 -24.4 50 8.0 -18.4 259 42 322.6 322.9 290.7 326.7 1.17 13 400 7427 -21.5 -27.0 61 5.5 -22.7 260 44 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.8 1.05 14 350 8398 -27.9 -28.3 97 0.4 -28.0 250 51 331.1 331.3 293.0 334.9 1.06 15 300 9486 -36.5 -36.8 97 0.3 -36.5 251 51 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.0 0.54 16 250 10721 -46.9 -47.6 92 0.8 -46.9 250 53 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.21 17 200 12158 -59.3 -59.4 99 0.1 -59.3 235 58 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.06 18 150 13933 -62.0 -74.4 18 12.4 -62.1 258 41 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16465 -59.4 -84.0 3 24.6 -59.7 259 33 412.9 412.9 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.47 m Freezing level: 606.69 mb = 4233.68 m = 13889.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.99 mb = 3650.39 m = 11976.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.02 mb = 819.93 m = 2690.04 ft T: 20.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 20.71 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.89 mb = 1566.48 m = 5139.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 35.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1213.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.98 mb = 1215.82 m = 3988.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.98 mb = 2193.36 m = 7195.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.98 mb = 12540.62 m = 41143.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1187.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.98 mb = 14924.25 m = 48963.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.9 at 39.7 knts Storm direction: 288.9 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 341.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.22 Bulk Rich Number: 18.32 Bulk Shear: 66.23 m/s