MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 49.57,-97.76 Latitude: 49.57 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 SFC 973 252 31.2 21.9 58 9.3 24.3 143 9 306.7 309.9 298.4 358.6 17.24 2 950 466 28.0 20.9 65 7.1 22.9 146 13 305.6 308.7 297.8 355.5 16.63 3 900 944 23.6 19.8 79 3.8 20.9 154 16 305.9 308.9 297.7 355.0 16.39 4 850 1442 19.9 18.3 91 1.6 18.8 166 22 307.0 309.9 297.5 354.4 15.74 5 800 1963 16.5 16.2 98 0.4 16.3 174 28 308.8 311.5 297.3 353.2 14.63 6 750 2513 15.0 10.1 72 4.9 11.8 189 23 312.8 314.8 295.5 344.9 10.38 7 700 3095 11.4 4.3 62 7.1 7.2 208 20 315.2 316.6 294.0 338.6 7.47 8 650 3710 7.3 -1.4 54 8.7 2.7 216 26 317.2 318.2 292.9 334.2 5.32 9 600 4364 3.1 -4.3 58 7.4 -0.6 218 38 319.7 320.6 293.0 334.7 4.63 10 550 5062 -3.2 -7.4 72 4.2 -5.1 217 39 320.3 321.1 292.6 333.4 3.98 11 500 5808 -8.8 -9.9 92 1.1 -9.3 223 46 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.2 3.61 12 450 6615 -14.9 -19.2 70 4.3 -16.3 232 52 324.5 324.9 291.9 330.9 1.86 13 400 7497 -19.6 -25.4 60 5.9 -21.0 237 46 329.6 329.8 292.7 333.9 1.21 14 350 8477 -26.0 -28.8 77 2.8 -26.6 237 44 333.7 333.9 293.7 337.4 1.01 15 300 9574 -34.3 -36.8 78 2.5 -34.7 245 41 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.1 0.54 16 250 10820 -45.1 -46.8 83 1.7 -45.2 245 39 339.1 339.1 294.3 340.0 0.23 17 200 12269 -56.9 -58.1 86 1.2 -56.9 247 35 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.08 18 150 14065 -59.8 -71.0 22 11.2 -59.9 248 36 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.02 19 100 16639 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -56.0 250 13 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.38 m Freezing level: 575.26 mb = 4709.30 m = 15450.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.52 mb = 4235.52 m = 13895.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.41 C = 90.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.35 mb = 1428.07 m = 4685.20 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 24.36 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.42 mb = 1621.63 m = 5320.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.08 C = 89.75 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -7.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -7.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.79 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 27.10 C K Index: 39.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 576.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2867.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.26 mb = 1418.66 m = 4654.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.26 mb = 1885.66 m = 6186.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 767.26 mb = 2319.30 m = 7609.16 ft B at Equ Level: 4.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.6 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 235.6 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.3 neg: -2.8 tot: 148.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.64 Bulk Rich Number: 34.45 Bulk Shear: 83.24 m/s