MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 51.33,-94.85 Latitude: 51.33 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 966 362 19.6 18.9 96 0.7 19.2 163 5 295.7 298.3 293.6 337.1 14.40 2 950 507 18.7 18.3 98 0.4 18.4 171 11 296.1 298.7 293.5 336.6 14.07 3 900 970 16.4 16.2 99 0.2 16.3 200 17 298.4 300.8 293.4 336.3 13.01 4 850 1457 14.4 13.8 96 0.6 14.0 213 17 301.2 303.4 293.3 335.9 11.78 5 800 1968 11.9 11.1 94 0.9 11.4 219 16 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.9 10.42 6 750 2507 9.3 7.8 91 1.5 8.4 226 15 306.7 308.3 292.7 333.6 8.91 7 700 3078 6.9 3.9 81 3.0 5.2 236 16 310.1 311.5 292.3 332.4 7.24 8 650 3684 3.6 -0.6 74 4.2 1.4 241 13 313.1 314.1 291.9 330.8 5.65 9 600 4331 0.2 -4.1 73 4.3 -1.9 246 9 316.4 317.3 292.1 331.4 4.71 10 550 5024 -3.9 -9.5 65 5.5 -6.3 260 5 319.4 320.1 291.9 330.6 3.39 11 500 5769 -8.6 -17.5 48 9.0 -11.6 276 5 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.2 1.93 12 450 6578 -14.1 -22.5 49 8.4 -16.5 274 6 325.5 325.8 291.8 330.4 1.40 13 400 7461 -19.8 -22.1 82 2.3 -20.5 254 10 329.2 329.5 293.0 334.9 1.62 14 350 8438 -26.8 -27.9 91 1.1 -27.1 265 12 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.5 1.10 15 300 9531 -35.5 -35.7 98 0.2 -35.5 259 13 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.7 0.61 16 250 10773 -44.9 -47.3 77 2.3 -45.1 238 11 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.1 0.22 17 200 12234 -53.5 -59.2 50 5.7 -53.7 233 9 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.07 18 150 14077 -52.9 -72.3 8 19.4 -53.3 218 11 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.01 19 100 16676 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 194 8 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.55 m Freezing level: 597.39 mb = 4366.72 m = 14326.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.65 mb = 3953.98 m = 12972.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.41 mb = 448.93 m = 1472.86 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 6.31 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 911.10 m = 2989.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.07 C = 71.73 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 33.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.95 mb = 866.77 m = 2843.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.95 mb = 2441.20 m = 8009.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 745.95 mb = 2551.97 m = 8372.52 ft B at Equ Level: 18.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 275.95 mb = 10100.57 m = 33137.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 74.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.70 Bulk Shear: 11.84 m/s