MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 52.54,-105.5 Latitude: 52.54 Longitude: -105.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 535 SFC 948 554 24.4 13.8 52 10.6 17.5 357 10 302.2 304.1 292.6 333.4 10.53 3 900 1007 21.7 10.9 50 10.8 14.8 350 18 303.8 305.5 292.0 331.1 9.12 4 850 1500 18.3 8.3 52 9.9 12.2 316 15 305.3 306.8 291.6 329.8 8.13 5 800 2016 14.3 6.1 58 8.3 9.5 289 22 306.4 307.8 291.4 328.8 7.39 6 750 2557 9.8 3.5 65 6.3 6.3 278 26 307.2 308.5 291.0 327.3 6.58 7 700 3125 4.7 0.0 72 4.6 2.3 285 31 307.7 308.7 290.2 324.6 5.49 8 650 3725 -0.0 -4.3 73 4.3 -2.0 287 35 309.0 309.8 289.5 322.3 4.28 9 600 4361 -4.4 -9.2 69 4.8 -6.4 287 36 311.0 311.6 289.0 321.1 3.17 10 550 5040 -9.2 -14.8 64 5.6 -11.1 290 37 313.2 313.6 288.9 320.4 2.21 11 500 5770 -14.1 -20.3 59 6.2 -15.8 290 39 315.9 316.2 289.0 321.0 1.53 12 450 6562 -19.4 -26.6 53 7.2 -21.0 291 43 318.8 319.0 289.4 322.2 0.96 13 400 7426 -26.0 -29.3 74 3.3 -26.6 285 50 321.2 321.4 290.0 324.2 0.85 14 350 8380 -31.9 -31.9 100 0.0 -31.9 296 43 325.7 325.9 291.3 328.4 0.75 15 300 9453 -39.3 -39.9 94 0.6 -39.3 293 39 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.5 0.40 16 250 10673 -49.8 -50.6 91 0.8 -49.8 284 51 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.15 17 200 12095 -57.5 -62.1 56 4.6 -57.5 286 54 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 13943 -52.3 -79.9 2 27.7 -52.8 290 35 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16545 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 296 22 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.91 m Freezing level: 650.06 mb = 3723.92 m = 12217.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.58 mb = 3436.50 m = 11274.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.88 mb = 1901.00 m = 6236.81 ft T: 15.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 12.96 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.47 mb = 2774.45 m = 9102.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 36.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 596.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.95 mb = 2358.82 m = 7738.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.95 mb = 3207.29 m = 10522.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.95 mb = 9384.97 m = 30790.22 ft B at Equ Level: 596.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.95 mb = 12667.34 m = 41559.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.6 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 321.6 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.4 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.8 neg: -20.4 tot: 65.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 6.43 Bulk Shear: 92.75 m/s