MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 49.33,-96.43 Latitude: 49.33 Longitude: -96.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 304 32.5 21.1 51 11.4 24.1 167 16 308.6 311.7 298.4 358.6 16.47 2 950 455 31.0 20.2 53 10.8 23.2 168 27 308.6 311.6 298.1 356.8 15.89 3 900 937 26.4 18.9 64 7.5 21.1 170 34 308.7 311.6 297.8 355.7 15.49 4 850 1440 23.1 16.4 66 6.7 18.4 181 36 310.3 312.9 297.3 352.8 13.93 5 800 1968 22.5 8.6 41 13.8 13.6 188 38 315.1 316.8 295.0 342.7 8.83 6 750 2526 19.6 0.7 28 18.9 8.9 200 36 317.9 318.9 293.1 335.1 5.36 7 700 3115 15.0 -3.4 28 18.4 5.4 209 34 319.1 319.9 292.5 332.9 4.25 8 650 3735 9.4 -5.1 36 14.5 2.1 217 34 319.6 320.4 292.4 332.8 4.04 9 600 4392 3.3 -6.6 48 9.9 -1.4 225 37 319.9 320.7 292.4 332.6 3.89 10 550 5089 -3.2 -8.7 66 5.5 -5.6 233 40 320.3 321.0 292.3 332.2 3.61 11 500 5834 -9.8 -10.7 93 1.0 -10.2 240 40 321.1 321.8 292.3 332.3 3.37 12 450 6642 -14.1 -17.5 75 3.4 -15.2 243 35 325.5 325.9 292.5 332.9 2.15 13 400 7524 -20.7 -27.6 54 6.9 -22.2 242 33 328.1 328.3 292.2 331.7 0.99 14 350 8495 -28.3 -30.8 79 2.6 -28.7 244 41 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.7 0.84 15 300 9583 -36.4 -45.0 41 8.6 -37.1 254 40 334.1 334.2 293.0 335.0 0.23 16 250 10820 -46.0 -47.3 87 1.3 -46.1 278 40 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.5 0.21 17 200 12272 -56.0 -56.4 95 0.5 -56.0 293 44 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.5 0.09 18 150 14074 -57.6 -73.6 11 16.0 -57.8 279 36 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16640 -58.1 -84.5 2 26.5 -58.5 266 13 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.16 m Freezing level: 574.48 mb = 4747.81 m = 15576.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.22 mb = 4120.13 m = 13517.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.62 % Est. max temperature: 37.30 C = 99.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.86 mb = 1754.23 m = 5755.29 ft T: 22.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.11 C/km ThetaE index: 26.40 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.90 mb = 3116.05 m = 10223.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.87 C = 109.16 F Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lifted Index: -8.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Showalter Index: -7.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.96 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.81 C Cross Totals Index: 26.15 C K Index: 30.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 640.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3081.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 277.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.18 mb = 1900.88 m = 6236.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.18 mb = 3847.53 m = 12622.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.18 mb = 13246.57 m = 43459.36 ft B at Equ Level: 3053.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.7 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 240.7 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 263.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 263.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.65 Bulk Rich Number: 39.78 Bulk Shear: 77.47 m/s