MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 53.26,-108.07 Latitude: 53.26 Longitude: -108.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 560 SFC 941 644 23.1 14.6 59 8.5 17.5 328 13 301.5 303.5 292.9 334.4 11.17 3 900 1028 18.6 11.9 65 6.7 14.4 332 21 300.6 302.4 291.6 329.4 9.78 4 850 1515 14.4 10.5 77 4.0 12.0 334 17 301.3 303.0 291.5 329.0 9.40 5 800 2025 10.5 8.7 89 1.8 9.4 337 14 302.3 304.0 291.3 328.7 8.86 6 750 2560 7.0 5.9 93 1.1 6.3 334 12 304.1 305.6 291.0 327.6 7.80 7 700 3124 3.1 1.9 91 1.3 2.5 329 14 306.0 307.1 290.3 325.0 6.26 8 650 3721 0.1 -2.1 85 2.2 -1.0 318 16 309.1 310.0 290.2 324.7 5.05 9 600 4360 -2.8 -5.9 79 3.2 -4.2 299 17 312.9 313.7 290.5 325.9 4.10 10 550 5045 -6.9 -11.7 69 4.8 -8.8 292 22 315.9 316.5 290.3 325.2 2.84 11 500 5782 -12.1 -16.3 71 4.2 -13.5 294 23 318.3 318.7 290.4 325.4 2.14 12 450 6579 -17.6 -21.8 69 4.2 -18.7 287 22 321.2 321.5 290.6 326.3 1.49 13 400 7449 -24.5 -29.3 64 4.8 -25.4 277 22 323.2 323.3 290.6 326.2 0.85 14 350 8406 -32.4 -37.1 63 4.6 -33.0 274 23 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.7 0.45 15 300 9471 -41.7 -42.6 91 0.9 -41.8 276 25 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.30 16 250 10679 -51.2 -53.7 74 2.6 -51.2 276 21 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.10 17 200 12119 -52.2 -66.9 15 14.7 -52.5 271 27 350.1 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 13987 -52.4 -79.5 2 27.1 -52.9 274 23 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16574 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 292 14 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.43 m Freezing level: 648.55 mb = 3739.98 m = 12270.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.12 mb = 3548.10 m = 11640.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.43 % Est. max temperature: 24.28 C = 75.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.12 mb = 1713.89 m = 5622.92 ft T: 12.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 9.69 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.27 mb = 2052.93 m = 6735.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.05 C = 75.30 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 35.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 341.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.34 mb = 1885.54 m = 6186.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.34 mb = 2359.26 m = 7740.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.34 mb = 10721.68 m = 35175.70 ft B at Equ Level: 331.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.34 mb = 11855.57 m = 38895.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.3 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 340.3 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: -1.9 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 62.46 Bulk Shear: 5.46 m/s