MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F000.gfs Searching the city database file for: CXEC ... Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 27 AUG 25 Station: CXEC Latitude: 53.57 Longitude: -113.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 1 950 568 SFC 937 685 15.9 8.0 59 7.9 11.3 160 4 294.4 295.7 287.1 315.2 7.17 3 900 1033 21.7 6.1 36 15.6 12.6 163 10 303.9 305.1 289.9 323.7 6.58 4 850 1527 19.8 4.5 36 15.3 11.0 162 9 306.9 308.1 290.5 325.9 6.23 5 800 2045 15.4 1.1 38 14.3 7.7 157 6 307.6 308.6 289.9 323.6 5.19 6 750 2588 10.6 0.7 50 10.0 5.3 196 5 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.6 5.35 7 700 3157 5.6 -1.1 62 6.7 2.2 249 5 308.7 309.6 290.0 324.3 5.03 8 650 3758 0.8 -7.4 54 8.2 -2.8 253 5 309.9 310.5 288.9 320.6 3.38 9 600 4397 -2.3 -21.0 22 18.7 -8.1 271 6 313.5 313.7 287.9 317.5 1.20 10 550 5082 -7.0 -26.4 20 19.4 -12.1 289 9 315.8 316.0 288.3 318.6 0.81 11 500 5817 -12.8 -27.5 28 14.7 -16.3 298 11 317.4 317.5 288.8 320.2 0.80 12 450 6611 -18.6 -35.0 22 16.4 -21.4 300 13 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.4 0.43 13 400 7476 -26.0 -38.1 31 12.1 -27.6 297 13 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.5 0.36 14 350 8427 -33.8 -46.7 26 12.9 -34.8 299 10 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.8 0.16 15 300 9487 -42.3 -50.8 39 8.5 -42.8 326 4 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.2 0.12 16 250 10700 -48.9 -58.5 32 9.6 -49.2 160 4 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.06 17 200 12158 -50.6 -71.1 7 20.5 -51.0 285 16 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14024 -53.3 -80.1 2 26.7 -53.8 296 17 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16604 -57.6 -85.2 2 27.6 -58.0 308 14 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.28 m Freezing level: 636.78 mb = 3927.08 m = 12883.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.07 mb = 3415.35 m = 11205.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.38 mb = 1706.28 m = 5597.95 ft T: 18.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 7.16 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.32 mb = 3667.32 m = 12031.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.92 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.67 C Cross Totals Index: 17.36 C K Index: 30.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7674.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.79 mb = 2950.07 m = 9678.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.0 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 286.0 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.3 neg: -6.8 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.85 Bulk Shear: 17.04 m/s