MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 49.84,-115.87 Latitude: 49.84 Longitude: -115.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 549 2 900 1015 3 850 1512 SFC 837 1649 26.3 0.8 19 25.4 11.8 133 4 315.1 316.0 291.9 330.5 4.86 5 800 2038 20.5 -1.6 23 22.1 8.7 142 5 313.0 313.8 290.7 326.5 4.26 6 750 2589 15.0 -2.6 30 17.6 5.9 147 6 312.9 313.7 290.6 326.3 4.23 7 700 3166 9.5 -3.5 40 13.0 2.9 149 5 313.0 313.8 290.7 326.3 4.21 8 650 3774 3.7 -4.5 55 8.3 -0.3 145 4 313.2 314.0 290.7 326.5 4.20 9 600 4418 -2.2 -5.3 79 3.2 -3.6 134 2 313.6 314.4 290.9 327.2 4.28 10 550 5102 -7.4 -11.2 74 3.8 -8.9 308 1 315.3 315.8 290.2 324.8 2.94 11 500 5838 -11.5 -18.1 58 6.5 -13.6 266 1 319.0 319.3 290.3 325.2 1.84 12 450 6638 -16.6 -19.7 77 3.1 -17.5 242 2 322.4 322.7 291.3 328.4 1.79 13 400 7513 -22.8 -24.6 85 1.9 -23.2 261 8 325.4 325.6 291.7 329.9 1.30 14 350 8478 -29.2 -32.1 76 2.9 -29.7 263 19 329.3 329.5 292.3 332.0 0.74 15 300 9560 -37.9 -42.3 63 4.4 -38.4 250 28 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.31 16 250 10788 -48.2 -49.2 89 1.0 -48.2 240 38 334.4 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.17 17 200 12228 -53.4 -62.6 32 9.2 -53.6 236 28 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.04 18 150 14091 -53.6 -80.6 2 27.0 -54.1 253 20 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16656 -59.3 -84.2 3 24.9 -59.6 294 8 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.08 m Freezing level: 618.36 mb = 4181.43 m = 13718.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.24 mb = 3721.11 m = 12208.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.08 % Est. max temperature: 24.35 C = 75.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 574.41 mb = 4760.54 m = 15618.39 ft T: -4.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 4.22 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 563.28 mb = 4914.44 m = 16123.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6788.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 574.72 mb = 4756.35 m = 15604.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.4 at 3.5 knts Storm direction: 211.4 at 2.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: -2.8 tot: -0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.39 Bulk Shear: 1.34 m/s