MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 49.62,-91.93 Latitude: 49.62 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 962 430 25.0 20.1 74 4.9 21.5 210 8 301.5 304.3 296.1 347.4 15.60 2 950 537 24.9 18.7 68 6.2 20.5 212 16 302.5 305.1 295.6 345.1 14.41 3 900 1010 21.2 16.6 75 4.6 18.1 217 26 303.4 305.9 295.0 343.0 13.33 4 850 1503 17.3 14.0 81 3.3 15.1 225 32 304.3 306.5 294.3 339.7 11.90 5 800 2018 14.2 8.7 69 5.5 10.8 238 33 306.3 307.9 292.5 333.0 8.83 6 750 2561 11.2 1.0 49 10.3 5.7 257 32 308.7 309.8 290.5 325.6 5.47 7 700 3133 7.9 -6.5 35 14.5 1.3 263 37 311.3 311.9 289.3 321.9 3.35 8 650 3740 4.4 -9.5 36 13.9 -1.6 262 48 314.0 314.5 289.8 323.3 2.87 9 600 4386 -0.1 -10.6 45 10.5 -4.5 257 50 316.0 316.6 290.3 325.2 2.83 10 550 5077 -5.0 -16.1 41 11.1 -8.9 253 48 318.2 318.5 290.2 324.8 1.98 11 500 5819 -9.7 -26.0 25 16.3 -14.0 253 46 321.2 321.4 290.1 324.4 0.91 12 450 6623 -15.0 -33.9 18 18.9 -18.8 248 43 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.2 0.48 13 400 7503 -21.1 -36.0 25 14.9 -23.7 250 46 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.2 0.44 14 350 8473 -28.6 -39.2 36 10.6 -30.0 245 50 330.2 330.2 292.2 331.5 0.37 15 300 9557 -37.5 -45.9 41 8.3 -38.2 244 51 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.21 16 250 10791 -45.4 -56.6 27 11.3 -45.9 240 64 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.07 17 200 12250 -54.4 -62.7 35 8.3 -54.6 238 67 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14093 -52.6 -79.5 3 26.8 -53.1 240 41 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16686 -57.4 -84.5 2 27.2 -57.8 219 13 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.26 m Freezing level: 601.06 mb = 4372.70 m = 14345.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.23 mb = 3391.97 m = 11128.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.05 mb = 1047.65 m = 3437.11 ft T: 20.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 25.44 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.34 mb = 1815.27 m = 5955.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 26.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1255.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.37 mb = 1529.16 m = 5016.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.37 mb = 2423.32 m = 7950.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.37 mb = 11556.97 m = 37916.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1253.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.37 mb = 14426.87 m = 47331.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 270.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.86 Bulk Rich Number: 13.44 Bulk Shear: 93.39 m/s