MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 52.47,-110.70 Latitude: 52.47 Longitude: -110.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 1 950 573 SFC 937 691 26.4 9.4 34 16.9 15.8 217 15 305.1 306.6 291.5 329.0 7.93 3 900 1046 22.4 7.8 39 14.6 13.6 222 23 304.6 305.9 290.8 326.9 7.40 4 850 1539 18.4 6.8 47 11.6 11.4 234 15 305.4 306.7 291.0 327.4 7.30 5 800 2055 14.1 5.3 55 8.8 9.0 250 6 306.2 307.5 291.0 327.4 6.99 6 750 2595 9.5 3.5 66 6.0 6.1 11 2 306.9 308.1 290.8 326.8 6.55 7 700 3163 4.4 1.3 80 3.2 2.8 48 9 307.4 308.5 290.5 325.8 6.00 8 650 3762 -0.1 -4.6 71 4.5 -2.2 85 17 308.9 309.7 289.3 321.9 4.17 9 600 4398 -4.6 -10.9 61 6.3 -7.1 106 19 310.8 311.3 288.6 319.7 2.77 10 550 5076 -9.4 -17.3 53 7.9 -11.9 99 17 313.0 313.3 288.4 318.9 1.80 11 500 5806 -14.6 -22.3 52 7.7 -16.6 83 18 315.3 315.5 288.6 319.6 1.28 12 450 6595 -19.7 -19.9 98 0.2 -19.7 99 23 318.5 318.8 290.1 324.4 1.75 13 400 7461 -24.8 -24.8 100 0.0 -24.8 141 13 322.7 323.0 290.9 327.1 1.27 14 350 8417 -33.0 -33.4 96 0.4 -33.0 137 15 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.66 15 300 9481 -40.9 -50.1 36 9.2 -41.4 187 21 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.13 16 250 10702 -47.8 -60.6 22 12.8 -48.2 183 14 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.04 17 200 12160 -50.5 -68.5 10 18.0 -51.0 136 2 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.02 18 150 14029 -52.8 -80.4 2 27.7 -53.2 301 8 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16614 -57.4 -84.7 2 27.3 -57.8 300 9 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.62 m Freezing level: 650.85 mb = 3751.75 m = 12308.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.15 mb = 3491.03 m = 11453.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.70 mb = 2809.70 m = 9218.05 ft T: 7.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 8.54 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.36 mb = 3193.45 m = 10477.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 36.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.02 mb = 2908.04 m = 9540.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.02 mb = 3675.07 m = 12057.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.02 mb = 8886.04 m = 29153.32 ft B at Equ Level: 206.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.02 mb = 10780.16 m = 35367.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 106.0 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 136.0 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.0 neg: -13.2 tot: 162.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 1.79 Bulk Shear: 116.47 m/s