MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 49.48,-101.55 Latitude: 49.48 Longitude: -101.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 493 SFC 945 545 31.3 14.3 36 17.0 19.8 154 7 309.5 311.5 295.0 342.7 10.90 3 900 976 28.0 11.1 35 16.9 17.0 147 15 310.3 312.1 294.0 338.7 9.26 4 850 1479 23.4 9.8 42 13.6 14.7 144 15 310.7 312.4 293.9 338.3 9.00 5 800 2004 18.9 8.2 50 10.7 12.2 153 13 311.3 312.9 293.7 337.7 8.55 6 750 2554 15.2 6.5 56 8.7 9.9 196 14 313.1 314.6 293.9 338.2 8.11 7 700 3135 10.9 3.7 61 7.2 6.7 231 19 314.6 315.9 293.6 336.9 7.14 8 650 3748 5.6 -0.7 64 6.4 2.2 243 21 315.3 316.4 292.6 333.1 5.59 9 600 4397 0.8 -5.4 63 6.2 -2.1 247 27 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.8 4.28 10 550 5090 -4.6 -8.8 72 4.2 -6.4 246 32 318.6 319.3 291.8 330.3 3.56 11 500 5832 -10.6 -12.9 83 2.3 -11.5 248 36 320.1 320.7 291.6 329.5 2.84 12 450 6633 -16.7 -17.6 93 0.9 -17.0 249 39 322.2 322.7 291.6 329.5 2.14 13 400 7509 -22.3 -23.0 93 0.8 -22.4 253 43 326.1 326.4 292.0 331.3 1.50 14 350 8478 -28.6 -29.1 95 0.6 -28.7 257 44 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.8 0.98 15 300 9565 -36.2 -36.3 98 0.2 -36.2 257 33 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.5 0.57 16 250 10803 -46.2 -46.4 98 0.2 -46.2 249 28 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.24 17 200 12246 -58.0 -58.1 98 0.1 -58.0 247 34 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.07 18 150 14043 -56.3 -77.9 5 21.6 -56.6 249 28 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.01 19 100 16622 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 263 11 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.88 m Freezing level: 592.43 mb = 4502.16 m = 14770.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.44 mb = 4073.43 m = 13364.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.38 % Est. max temperature: 33.30 C = 91.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.66 mb = 2694.07 m = 8838.72 ft T: 14.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 8.76 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.50 mb = 3590.52 m = 11779.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.90 C = 98.42 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.38 C Showalter Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.99 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 36.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 710.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.36 mb = 3035.26 m = 9958.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.36 mb = 4352.02 m = 14278.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.36 mb = 11531.98 m = 37834.12 ft B at Equ Level: 708.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.36 mb = 13904.62 m = 45618.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.8 neg: -4.2 tot: 96.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 8.97 Bulk Shear: 79.25 m/s