MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.29,-96.58 Latitude: 48.29 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 967 298 32.3 22.5 56 9.8 25.0 176 14 308.3 311.7 299.2 362.8 17.97 2 950 457 31.0 21.5 57 9.6 24.0 181 22 308.7 311.9 298.9 360.8 17.19 3 900 940 26.5 20.2 68 6.4 21.9 188 27 308.9 312.0 298.7 359.8 16.76 4 850 1443 22.4 18.7 80 3.7 19.7 203 28 309.6 312.6 298.5 358.8 16.17 5 800 1968 18.3 16.8 91 1.5 17.3 222 29 310.7 313.6 298.2 357.3 15.25 6 750 2520 16.2 10.1 67 6.2 12.3 228 33 314.2 316.2 295.8 346.5 10.40 7 700 3107 15.1 -1.2 33 16.3 6.2 225 33 319.2 320.2 293.2 335.4 5.02 8 650 3729 9.9 -3.0 40 12.9 3.1 222 34 320.2 321.1 293.2 335.5 4.72 9 600 4387 4.5 -5.9 47 10.3 -0.6 220 34 321.3 322.1 293.0 334.8 4.11 10 550 5088 -1.5 -10.1 52 8.6 -5.3 220 33 322.3 322.9 292.5 333.0 3.23 11 500 5838 -8.2 -14.6 60 6.4 -10.6 222 38 323.1 323.6 292.1 331.4 2.47 12 450 6647 -13.4 -29.7 24 16.3 -17.2 246 37 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.0 0.72 13 400 7534 -18.8 -31.7 31 12.8 -21.5 245 35 330.5 330.6 292.5 333.0 0.68 14 350 8515 -25.7 -34.0 46 8.3 -27.2 242 37 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.4 0.62 15 300 9612 -34.5 -38.8 65 4.3 -35.0 261 32 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.5 0.44 16 250 10858 -45.1 -48.7 67 3.6 -45.3 278 35 339.0 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.18 17 200 12307 -57.3 -59.0 80 1.8 -57.3 285 28 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.07 18 150 14101 -58.5 -75.7 9 17.2 -58.7 271 25 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.4 0.01 19 100 16661 -58.7 -84.5 2 25.8 -59.0 238 17 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.16 m Freezing level: 562.68 mb = 4910.74 m = 16111.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.33 mb = 4273.97 m = 14022.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.82 % Est. max temperature: 34.20 C = 93.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.98 mb = 1545.51 m = 5070.52 ft T: 21.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.52 C/km ThetaE index: 27.40 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.44 mb = 1941.91 m = 6371.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.16 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -8.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: -8.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.52 C Cross Totals Index: 26.87 C K Index: 32.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 551.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3454.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.11 mb = 1721.46 m = 5647.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.11 mb = 3624.97 m = 11892.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.11 mb = 13772.97 m = 45186.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3409.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.4 neg: -7.0 tot: 162.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.51 Bulk Rich Number: 71.10 Bulk Shear: 48.58 m/s