MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 49.14,-97.18 Latitude: 49.14 Longitude: -97.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 979 249 31.3 13.8 34 17.5 19.6 207 8 306.4 308.3 293.6 337.0 10.18 2 950 513 30.5 10.9 30 19.7 17.8 221 16 308.2 309.8 292.9 334.4 8.62 3 900 993 26.2 9.1 34 17.1 15.5 237 16 308.6 310.1 292.6 333.3 8.11 4 850 1493 21.7 7.6 40 14.1 13.1 254 14 308.9 310.4 292.4 332.6 7.73 5 800 2014 16.9 6.2 49 10.7 10.5 272 14 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.1 7.46 6 750 2560 11.8 4.9 63 6.9 7.8 286 16 309.4 310.8 292.2 331.8 7.28 7 700 3132 6.5 3.6 82 2.9 4.8 296 19 309.7 311.0 292.1 331.5 7.08 8 650 3735 1.5 0.4 92 1.1 0.9 306 28 310.7 311.8 291.6 329.5 6.06 9 600 4377 -1.3 -10.2 51 8.8 -5.0 299 38 314.6 315.1 290.0 324.1 2.94 10 550 5066 -4.6 -18.9 32 14.3 -9.4 285 35 318.6 318.9 289.9 323.9 1.56 11 500 5809 -9.5 -22.5 34 13.0 -13.3 283 34 321.5 321.8 290.5 325.9 1.26 12 450 6614 -15.1 -24.6 44 9.4 -17.6 284 31 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.3 1.16 13 400 7493 -21.6 -29.5 49 7.9 -23.2 284 27 326.9 327.0 291.7 329.9 0.83 14 350 8461 -29.3 -37.2 46 7.9 -30.4 283 24 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.9 0.45 15 300 9542 -38.3 -45.5 47 7.2 -38.9 283 26 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.22 16 250 10768 -48.2 -54.3 49 6.1 -48.4 292 32 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 17 200 12207 -56.0 -63.2 40 7.2 -56.1 298 36 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 18 150 14046 -53.9 -79.1 3 25.2 -54.4 266 22 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.01 19 100 16637 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 266 11 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.33 m Freezing level: 623.35 mb = 4077.32 m = 13376.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.41 mb = 3829.49 m = 12563.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.07 % Est. max temperature: 33.99 C = 93.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.93 mb = 2459.53 m = 8069.22 ft T: 12.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 13.16 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.07 mb = 3166.21 m = 10387.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.68 C = 94.42 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.18 C Cross Totals Index: 17.06 C K Index: 35.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 161.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.93 mb = 2980.18 m = 9777.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.93 mb = 3392.83 m = 11131.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 547.93 mb = 5095.39 m = 16716.96 ft B at Equ Level: 40.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.93 mb = 11956.18 m = 39225.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.1 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 314.1 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 83.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 63.98 m/s