MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 49.78,-100.54 Latitude: 49.78 Longitude: -100.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 965 451 31.0 9.2 26 21.8 17.3 182 9 307.3 308.7 291.8 330.4 7.59 2 950 590 28.1 8.6 29 19.5 16.0 185 10 305.7 307.1 291.2 328.0 7.39 3 900 1065 23.3 7.7 37 15.6 13.8 191 9 305.5 306.9 291.0 327.7 7.33 4 850 1559 18.5 6.6 46 11.9 11.4 199 8 305.5 306.9 291.0 327.4 7.23 5 800 2075 13.6 5.5 58 8.1 8.9 207 6 305.7 307.0 290.9 327.2 7.12 6 750 2614 8.5 4.2 74 4.3 6.1 214 5 305.9 307.1 290.8 326.9 6.93 7 700 3180 3.3 2.0 91 1.4 2.6 228 4 306.2 307.4 290.4 325.4 6.32 8 650 3776 -0.8 -6.1 67 5.3 -3.1 206 2 308.1 308.8 288.6 319.7 3.72 9 600 4413 -3.2 -18.0 31 14.8 -8.1 164 4 312.4 312.7 287.9 317.5 1.55 10 550 5095 -8.0 -21.3 33 13.4 -11.9 181 7 314.6 314.9 288.4 318.9 1.26 11 500 5828 -13.4 -27.5 29 14.1 -16.7 202 7 316.7 316.8 288.6 319.4 0.80 12 450 6619 -19.9 -30.9 37 11.0 -22.0 180 6 318.2 318.4 288.9 320.5 0.65 13 400 7481 -26.5 -36.6 38 10.0 -27.9 119 7 320.5 320.6 289.3 322.0 0.42 14 350 8431 -33.7 -39.0 59 5.3 -34.3 69 2 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.7 0.37 15 300 9490 -42.8 -45.9 72 3.1 -43.0 151 0 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.8 0.21 16 250 10698 -49.4 -59.1 31 9.8 -49.7 331 9 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05 17 200 12151 -52.1 -67.0 15 14.9 -52.4 326 15 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14008 -54.4 -79.7 3 25.3 -54.8 289 17 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16577 -58.1 -84.7 2 26.5 -58.5 315 10 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.20 m Freezing level: 659.58 mb = 3661.74 m = 12013.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.38 mb = 3443.96 m = 11298.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.42 C = 84.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 702.43 mb = 3151.20 m = 10338.46 ft T: 3.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 12.83 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.59 mb = 3079.53 m = 10103.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.91 C = 85.83 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.07 C K Index: 37.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 324.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.03 mb = 3028.34 m = 9935.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.03 mb = 3202.27 m = 10506.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 598.03 mb = 4438.37 m = 14561.42 ft B at Equ Level: 31.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.03 mb = 11588.88 m = 38020.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.0 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 225.0 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 148.91 Bulk Shear: 2.18 m/s