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: 49.80,-97.39 Latitude: 49.80 Longitude: -97.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 241 27.6 22.8 75 4.9 24.0 258 7 303.2 306.6 298.2 357.3 18.23 2 950 447 28.2 20.3 62 7.9 22.5 246 16 305.8 308.8 297.4 353.7 15.99 3 900 926 24.6 18.5 69 6.1 20.3 233 20 306.9 309.7 297.1 352.2 15.05 4 850 1425 21.0 16.7 77 4.2 18.0 228 24 308.1 310.8 296.9 351.1 14.23 5 800 1948 17.0 15.2 89 1.8 15.8 221 28 309.3 311.9 296.8 351.0 13.71 6 750 2496 13.3 12.9 98 0.3 13.1 221 29 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.6 12.61 7 700 3077 11.7 4.8 63 6.9 7.6 225 27 315.4 316.9 294.3 339.7 7.73 8 650 3693 8.2 -3.1 45 11.3 2.4 229 33 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.3 4.68 9 600 4348 3.2 -7.4 46 10.6 -1.7 224 39 319.9 320.6 292.2 331.8 3.66 10 550 5046 -2.7 -8.9 62 6.3 -5.4 218 44 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.5 3.54 11 500 5794 -8.6 -13.6 67 5.0 -10.5 221 50 322.6 323.1 292.2 331.5 2.67 12 450 6602 -13.4 -20.0 58 6.6 -15.5 235 50 326.3 326.7 292.3 332.3 1.73 13 400 7492 -17.5 -22.5 65 5.0 -19.0 241 48 332.3 332.6 293.8 337.8 1.57 14 350 8479 -24.5 -28.1 72 3.6 -25.3 249 43 335.8 336.0 294.3 339.7 1.08 15 300 9581 -33.5 -36.7 72 3.3 -33.9 253 40 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.3 0.55 16 250 10832 -44.0 -47.3 69 3.3 -44.2 258 37 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.5 0.21 17 200 12289 -55.5 -55.9 96 0.4 -55.5 258 18 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.10 18 150 14083 -63.8 -68.0 56 4.3 -63.8 274 6 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.03 19 100 16639 -56.7 -84.2 2 27.5 -57.1 218 17 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.55 m Freezing level: 572.66 mb = 4729.93 m = 15517.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.19 mb = 4064.34 m = 13334.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.63 % Est. max temperature: 33.15 C = 91.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.37 mb = 863.07 m = 2831.57 ft T: 25.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 25.48 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.00 mb = 1904.65 m = 6248.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.58 C = 92.45 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -6.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.53 C Cross Totals Index: 25.30 C K Index: 39.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2083.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.85 mb = 1538.86 m = 5048.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.85 mb = 2230.30 m = 7317.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 703.85 mb = 3030.61 m = 9942.84 ft B at Equ Level: 19.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.7 neg: -4.4 tot: 49.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 39.42 Bulk Shear: 52.86 m/s