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: 49.14,-96.89 Latitude: 49.14 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -7 SFC 970 264 31.0 22.2 60 8.8 24.5 196 9 306.8 310.1 298.7 359.9 17.62 2 950 446 31.0 20.5 54 10.5 23.3 201 18 308.7 311.7 298.2 357.7 16.18 3 900 929 27.0 19.1 62 7.8 21.3 203 24 309.3 312.2 298.1 356.9 15.67 4 850 1432 22.7 17.5 72 5.2 19.0 214 28 310.0 312.8 297.8 355.5 14.96 5 800 1957 18.0 16.1 89 1.9 16.7 218 30 310.3 313.0 297.6 354.6 14.52 6 750 2508 14.5 14.5 100 0.0 14.5 223 32 312.3 315.0 297.7 355.2 13.94 7 700 3089 12.7 2.9 51 9.8 7.0 228 31 316.5 317.8 293.8 337.8 6.74 8 650 3709 9.3 -3.0 42 12.2 2.9 226 33 319.5 320.4 293.0 334.8 4.73 9 600 4366 4.0 -5.7 49 9.7 -0.8 222 37 320.7 321.5 292.9 334.3 4.16 10 550 5066 -1.8 -9.2 57 7.4 -5.1 214 42 322.0 322.7 292.7 333.5 3.48 11 500 5815 -8.4 -13.1 69 4.6 -10.2 219 45 322.7 323.3 292.3 332.1 2.80 12 450 6623 -13.7 -27.2 31 13.5 -17.1 240 47 326.0 326.2 291.5 329.3 0.91 13 400 7512 -17.6 -30.2 32 12.6 -20.4 239 44 332.2 332.3 293.0 335.0 0.78 14 350 8497 -24.8 -30.2 61 5.4 -25.9 247 40 335.3 335.5 294.0 338.6 0.89 15 300 9598 -33.9 -38.6 63 4.7 -34.5 258 37 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.4 0.46 16 250 10846 -44.5 -48.7 63 4.2 -44.7 268 37 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.18 17 200 12300 -56.3 -58.7 75 2.4 -56.4 279 25 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.07 18 150 14092 -61.3 -70.1 30 8.8 -61.4 287 19 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.02 19 100 16651 -58.0 -84.6 2 26.6 -58.4 233 20 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.11 m Freezing level: 565.33 mb = 4851.35 m = 15916.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.84 mb = 4218.76 m = 13840.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.47 % Est. max temperature: 34.32 C = 93.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.38 mb = 1386.70 m = 4549.49 ft T: 23.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 25.92 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.21 mb = 2051.68 m = 6731.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.79 C = 94.62 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -8.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.18 C Cross Totals Index: 25.94 C K Index: 38.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 509.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2841.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.01 mb = 1838.95 m = 6033.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.01 mb = 2327.85 m = 7637.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 706.01 mb = 3017.36 m = 9899.35 ft B at Equ Level: 13.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.10 Bulk Rich Number: 71.04 Bulk Shear: 40.00 m/s