MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 49.96,-99.24 Latitude: 49.96 Longitude: -99.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 SFC 960 362 31.3 19.4 49 11.9 22.7 54 15 308.0 310.8 297.3 353.1 14.90 2 950 452 30.2 18.4 49 11.8 21.8 59 20 307.8 310.5 296.8 350.6 14.15 3 900 932 26.4 17.3 57 9.1 20.0 87 22 308.7 311.3 296.8 351.1 13.96 4 850 1435 22.9 16.4 67 6.5 18.4 116 25 310.1 312.8 297.2 352.6 13.91 5 800 1961 18.6 15.4 82 3.2 16.4 132 27 310.9 313.6 297.4 353.3 13.86 6 750 2512 14.4 13.3 93 1.1 13.6 145 30 312.2 314.7 297.0 351.8 12.89 7 700 3093 11.1 6.5 73 4.7 8.3 161 34 314.8 316.5 294.8 342.0 8.69 8 650 3710 9.0 -4.9 37 13.8 2.0 181 44 319.1 319.9 292.4 332.4 4.09 9 600 4367 3.6 -6.6 47 10.1 -1.3 195 49 320.3 321.0 292.5 333.0 3.90 10 550 5065 -2.7 -10.1 57 7.4 -5.8 197 47 320.9 321.5 292.2 331.6 3.24 11 500 5811 -9.6 -12.7 78 3.1 -10.8 197 45 321.4 321.9 292.0 331.0 2.89 12 450 6617 -14.8 -16.4 87 1.7 -15.3 211 45 324.7 325.1 292.4 332.6 2.35 13 400 7497 -21.3 -23.4 83 2.1 -21.8 218 45 327.3 327.6 292.4 332.4 1.45 14 350 8467 -28.9 -32.9 68 4.1 -29.6 227 39 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.3 0.68 15 300 9550 -37.0 -40.4 70 3.5 -37.3 239 35 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.7 0.37 16 250 10787 -46.1 -47.7 84 1.6 -46.2 266 32 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.20 17 200 12232 -56.7 -57.3 92 0.6 -56.7 277 43 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.08 18 150 14039 -56.5 -74.8 8 18.3 -56.8 248 35 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.01 19 100 16629 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 244 20 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.34 m Freezing level: 571.48 mb = 4765.06 m = 15633.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.34 mb = 4106.56 m = 13472.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.19 % Est. max temperature: 34.02 C = 93.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.86 mb = 1876.16 m = 6155.29 ft T: 19.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 20.95 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.83 mb = 2480.05 m = 8136.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.35 C = 95.62 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -7.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.93 C K Index: 44.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 478.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2414.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.33 mb = 2064.88 m = 6774.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.33 mb = 4027.66 m = 13213.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.33 mb = 13059.34 m = 42845.09 ft B at Equ Level: 2362.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.33 mb = 16297.71 m = 53469.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.2 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 204.2 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 470.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 470.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.37 Bulk Rich Number: 8.54 Bulk Shear: 282.59 m/s