MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 50.34,-123.56 Latitude: 50.34 Longitude: -123.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 572 2 900 1036 SFC 858 1446 20.7 12.9 61 7.8 15.5 222 5 306.9 309.0 294.3 340.0 10.96 4 850 1529 19.5 12.3 63 7.1 14.8 226 4 306.5 308.5 294.0 338.7 10.66 5 800 2047 15.0 10.2 73 4.8 11.9 236 4 307.1 308.9 293.5 336.8 9.82 6 750 2591 11.6 6.3 70 5.3 8.4 252 0 309.1 310.6 292.7 333.6 7.99 7 700 3165 8.0 1.9 66 6.0 4.6 58 6 311.3 312.5 292.0 330.9 6.30 8 650 3771 2.9 -0.7 77 3.6 1.0 58 13 312.3 313.3 291.6 329.8 5.60 9 600 4414 -2.6 -4.5 86 1.9 -3.5 53 20 313.2 314.0 291.0 327.6 4.57 10 550 5098 -7.4 -12.0 70 4.6 -9.2 51 21 315.3 315.8 290.0 324.2 2.76 11 500 5835 -11.7 -27.0 27 15.3 -15.4 71 22 318.8 319.0 289.3 321.8 0.84 12 450 6633 -16.7 -37.8 14 21.2 -20.3 70 18 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.5 0.33 13 400 7507 -23.2 -38.8 23 15.6 -25.5 67 12 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.33 14 350 8470 -30.1 -39.5 39 9.4 -31.3 63 7 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.35 15 300 9547 -39.1 -42.0 74 2.9 -39.3 357 5 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.32 16 250 10768 -49.7 -50.0 96 0.3 -49.7 182 3 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 17 200 12211 -50.3 -71.7 6 21.4 -50.8 100 2 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14086 -52.0 -81.0 2 29.0 -52.5 239 6 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16668 -58.9 -84.4 2 25.5 -59.2 73 7 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.56 m Freezing level: 623.35 mb = 4113.57 m = 13495.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.74 mb = 3911.49 m = 12832.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.96 % Est. max temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.16 mb = 2421.99 m = 7946.07 ft T: 12.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 18.25 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.32 mb = 3125.34 m = 10253.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.70 C = 76.46 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 37.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 895.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.15 mb = 2678.15 m = 8786.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.15 mb = 3681.73 m = 12079.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.15 mb = 11109.11 m = 36446.77 ft B at Equ Level: 889.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.15 mb = 13380.27 m = 43897.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 62.2 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 92.2 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 21.54 Bulk Shear: 41.59 m/s