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: 49.60,-97.42 Latitude: 49.60 Longitude: -97.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 SFC 975 240 31.6 21.7 56 9.9 24.3 134 11 307.0 310.2 298.4 358.3 17.03 2 950 467 28.5 20.7 63 7.8 22.8 140 17 306.1 309.2 297.7 355.3 16.37 3 900 945 24.1 19.6 76 4.5 20.9 149 19 306.4 309.4 297.7 355.0 16.19 4 850 1444 20.0 18.3 90 1.7 18.8 164 23 307.1 310.0 297.6 354.6 15.77 5 800 1966 16.6 16.1 97 0.5 16.3 178 27 308.9 311.6 297.3 353.0 14.55 6 750 2516 15.1 9.8 70 5.3 11.7 191 25 313.0 314.9 295.4 344.4 10.17 7 700 3098 12.1 3.1 54 8.9 6.9 211 23 315.9 317.2 293.7 337.5 6.87 8 650 3714 7.5 -2.5 49 10.0 2.3 218 26 317.5 318.4 292.6 333.2 4.91 9 600 4369 3.1 -5.0 55 8.1 -0.9 219 38 319.7 320.6 292.8 334.1 4.40 10 550 5066 -3.4 -6.7 78 3.3 -5.0 220 40 320.0 320.9 292.7 333.8 4.21 11 500 5812 -8.9 -9.7 94 0.8 -9.2 225 43 322.2 322.9 292.9 334.3 3.67 12 450 6619 -15.0 -19.5 68 4.6 -16.4 232 52 324.4 324.8 291.9 330.6 1.81 13 400 7500 -19.7 -26.5 55 6.8 -21.3 238 44 329.4 329.6 292.6 333.3 1.09 14 350 8480 -26.0 -29.7 71 3.7 -26.8 240 42 333.7 333.9 293.6 337.1 0.93 15 300 9577 -34.5 -38.0 70 3.6 -34.9 247 41 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.6 0.48 16 250 10822 -45.4 -48.5 70 3.1 -45.6 241 40 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.4 0.19 17 200 12269 -57.3 -58.6 85 1.3 -57.3 234 36 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.3 0.07 18 150 14066 -59.0 -73.0 15 14.0 -59.2 247 40 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16641 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 250 12 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.33 m Freezing level: 576.05 mb = 4702.63 m = 15428.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.58 mb = 4185.71 m = 13732.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.96 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.10 mb = 1493.55 m = 4900.05 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 25.11 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.56 mb = 1684.41 m = 5526.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -7.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -7.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.89 C Cross Totals Index: 27.24 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 585.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2896.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.53 mb = 1499.36 m = 4919.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.53 mb = 1863.62 m = 6114.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 779.53 mb = 2186.50 m = 7173.47 ft B at Equ Level: 3.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 749.53 mb = 2521.00 m = 8270.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.8 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 235.8 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 180.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.05 Bulk Rich Number: 29.27 Bulk Shear: 98.95 m/s