MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 54.62,-95.98 Latitude: 54.62 Longitude: -95.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 988 220 24.7 5.7 30 18.9 13.8 348 5 298.9 299.9 287.5 316.1 5.83 2 950 558 21.0 4.4 34 16.7 11.7 342 10 298.5 299.5 287.1 314.9 5.51 3 900 1021 16.5 3.6 42 12.9 9.5 337 11 298.6 299.6 287.1 314.9 5.51 4 850 1504 11.9 2.8 54 9.1 7.1 332 12 298.6 299.6 287.1 314.9 5.51 5 800 2007 7.0 1.9 70 5.1 4.4 329 12 298.6 299.6 287.1 315.0 5.51 6 750 2533 2.0 1.0 93 1.0 1.5 325 13 298.7 299.7 287.1 315.0 5.49 7 700 3087 1.1 -6.1 58 7.2 -2.1 325 14 303.7 304.3 286.8 314.3 3.45 8 650 3683 -0.6 -12.5 40 11.9 -5.1 315 14 308.3 308.7 287.2 315.5 2.25 9 600 4318 -3.9 -19.5 29 15.6 -8.8 310 16 311.6 311.8 287.5 316.1 1.36 10 550 4999 -7.9 -24.9 24 17.0 -12.4 307 16 314.7 314.9 288.1 317.9 0.92 11 500 5732 -13.2 -29.9 23 16.7 -16.9 300 17 316.9 317.1 288.5 319.2 0.64 12 450 6525 -19.4 -35.9 22 16.5 -22.1 299 16 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.3 0.40 13 400 7388 -25.8 -39.9 25 14.1 -27.6 314 16 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.6 0.30 14 350 8341 -33.0 -45.2 29 12.1 -34.1 321 14 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.9 0.19 15 300 9405 -41.8 -49.9 41 8.1 -42.3 323 12 326.4 326.5 290.9 326.9 0.13 16 250 10614 -51.2 -55.8 58 4.6 -51.3 327 12 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.08 17 200 12039 -55.5 -67.2 22 11.7 -55.7 273 19 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13898 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 250 35 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16532 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.2 254 21 428.3 428.3 308.7 428.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.90 m Freezing level: 667.83 mb = 3470.50 m = 11386.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.23 mb = 2758.74 m = 9050.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.84 % Est. max temperature: 24.41 C = 75.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.59 mb = 2569.77 m = 8430.89 ft T: 1.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 1.26 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.51 mb = 3737.81 m = 12263.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.33 C = 93.80 F Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lifted Index: 5.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: 6.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 16.00 C K Index: 20.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10711.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.02 mb = 2619.03 m = 8592.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.2 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 347.2 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 7.01 m/s