MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 49.69,-78.26 Latitude: 49.69 Longitude: -78.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 980 276 9.1 8.8 98 0.3 8.9 351 4 283.9 285.1 283.0 304.0 7.28 2 950 534 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 349 7 285.0 286.2 283.0 304.1 6.86 3 900 979 6.4 6.2 99 0.2 6.3 270 8 288.1 289.2 284.1 306.7 6.61 4 850 1447 4.1 4.0 100 0.0 4.1 245 12 290.4 291.5 284.4 307.6 6.02 5 800 1938 1.2 1.2 100 0.0 1.2 245 15 292.4 293.4 284.4 307.5 5.21 6 750 2455 -1.6 -1.7 99 0.1 -1.6 262 13 294.8 295.6 284.6 308.1 4.51 7 700 3002 -4.5 -4.7 98 0.2 -4.6 255 13 297.5 298.2 284.9 309.1 3.85 8 650 3582 -7.4 -7.9 97 0.5 -7.6 248 15 300.6 301.2 285.5 310.5 3.25 9 600 4202 -10.8 -11.1 98 0.3 -10.9 259 15 303.6 304.1 286.1 312.0 2.72 10 550 4866 -15.4 -15.6 98 0.2 -15.5 254 16 305.8 306.2 286.2 312.3 2.06 11 500 5577 -20.8 -26.8 59 6.0 -22.0 254 19 307.6 307.8 285.5 310.5 0.85 12 450 6346 -26.7 -37.6 35 10.9 -28.0 264 26 309.6 309.7 285.6 310.8 0.33 13 400 7186 -32.3 -39.2 50 6.9 -33.0 247 41 313.0 313.0 286.8 314.1 0.32 14 350 8115 -38.5 -41.8 71 3.3 -38.8 250 49 316.8 316.9 288.1 317.9 0.28 15 300 9157 -46.1 -47.1 90 0.9 -46.2 250 54 320.3 320.4 289.0 321.0 0.18 16 250 10346 -53.0 -55.5 74 2.5 -53.1 256 46 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.08 17 200 11806 -47.8 -76.5 2 28.7 -48.4 283 21 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 18 150 13708 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.3 297 14 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.01 19 100 16373 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -50.1 296 9 433.0 433.0 309.1 433.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5468.44 m Freezing level: 778.58 mb = 2159.52 m = 7084.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.82 mb = 2153.07 m = 7063.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.66 % Est. max temperature: 16.37 C = 61.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.98 mb = 310.64 m = 1019.16 ft T: 8.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 0.09 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.62 mb = 837.65 m = 2748.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.30 C = 54.15 F Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lifted Index: 4.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Showalter Index: 2.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.89 C K Index: 28.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12657.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.88 mb = 745.93 m = 2447.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.3 neg: -12.5 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 29.37 m/s