MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 49.24,-99.14 Latitude: 49.24 Longitude: -99.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 962 450 27.6 12.0 38 15.6 17.5 281 10 304.1 305.8 292.2 331.7 9.21 2 950 560 26.4 11.0 38 15.4 16.6 280 14 303.9 305.6 291.7 330.0 8.71 3 900 1033 21.8 9.9 47 11.9 14.4 279 16 304.0 305.5 291.6 329.6 8.56 4 850 1525 17.1 9.0 59 8.1 12.1 275 15 304.0 305.6 291.6 329.5 8.50 5 800 2038 12.2 7.9 75 4.3 9.6 272 16 304.2 305.7 291.5 329.3 8.38 6 750 2575 7.5 6.3 92 1.2 6.8 268 16 304.7 306.2 291.3 328.7 7.99 7 700 3140 3.3 2.9 97 0.4 3.1 264 18 306.1 307.4 290.7 326.6 6.73 8 650 3738 0.1 -3.9 74 4.0 -1.8 261 18 309.1 309.9 289.6 322.8 4.41 9 600 4374 -4.2 -11.0 59 6.9 -6.9 268 17 311.3 311.8 288.8 320.1 2.74 10 550 5055 -8.2 -21.3 34 13.1 -12.0 284 17 314.4 314.7 288.3 318.7 1.27 11 500 5788 -12.7 -26.2 31 13.5 -16.0 297 18 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.6 0.90 12 450 6584 -18.3 -28.0 42 9.7 -20.4 303 18 320.2 320.4 289.8 323.2 0.85 13 400 7450 -25.4 -32.0 54 6.6 -26.5 305 17 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.3 0.65 14 350 8403 -33.5 -38.9 58 5.4 -34.1 299 15 323.6 323.6 290.3 325.0 0.38 15 300 9465 -42.0 -47.2 57 5.2 -42.3 313 15 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.18 16 250 10677 -49.8 -56.6 45 6.7 -50.0 335 21 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.07 17 200 12115 -54.7 -64.5 29 9.8 -54.9 325 20 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 13961 -53.9 -79.4 3 25.5 -54.3 307 23 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16540 -57.2 -84.8 2 27.5 -57.6 313 18 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.42 m Freezing level: 649.04 mb = 3749.96 m = 12302.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.47 mb = 3511.69 m = 11521.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.64 C = 81.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.78 mb = 2401.89 m = 7880.12 ft T: 8.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 12.97 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.63 mb = 2590.06 m = 8497.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 38.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 442.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.49 mb = 2503.36 m = 8213.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.49 mb = 2779.64 m = 9119.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.49 mb = 10128.44 m = 33229.37 ft B at Equ Level: 439.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.49 mb = 12066.87 m = 39588.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.7 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 306.7 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: -2.7 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 403.28 Bulk Shear: 1.10 m/s