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: 49.53,-98.02 Latitude: 49.53 Longitude: -98.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -4 SFC 969 271 32.7 20.6 49 12.1 23.9 181 16 308.6 311.6 298.1 356.9 15.95 2 950 450 31.3 19.9 51 11.3 23.0 183 26 308.9 311.8 298.0 356.3 15.60 3 900 933 26.7 18.9 62 7.9 21.1 189 31 309.1 312.0 297.8 355.8 15.41 4 850 1435 22.3 17.6 75 4.7 18.9 200 32 309.5 312.3 297.7 355.2 15.02 5 800 1960 17.9 15.5 86 2.4 16.3 213 34 310.3 312.9 297.3 352.9 13.97 6 750 2510 14.6 11.7 82 3.0 12.7 227 35 312.5 314.7 296.2 348.2 11.58 7 700 3094 14.0 1.2 42 12.9 6.7 223 41 318.0 319.1 293.6 337.0 5.95 8 650 3715 9.8 -5.3 34 15.1 2.2 223 41 320.1 320.8 292.5 333.0 3.97 9 600 4372 4.0 -8.6 39 12.7 -1.8 224 42 320.8 321.4 292.2 331.7 3.32 10 550 5071 -2.4 -9.8 57 7.4 -5.6 222 43 321.3 321.9 292.3 332.2 3.32 11 500 5819 -9.0 -11.6 82 2.6 -10.0 221 40 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.6 3.16 12 450 6624 -15.3 -24.3 46 9.0 -17.6 226 39 324.0 324.3 291.2 328.2 1.19 13 400 7503 -22.0 -22.8 93 0.8 -22.2 237 52 326.4 326.7 292.2 331.8 1.53 14 350 8473 -27.1 -44.9 17 17.9 -29.1 237 50 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.20 15 300 9564 -35.6 -37.6 82 2.0 -35.8 251 52 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.2 0.50 16 250 10812 -43.8 -43.8 100 -0.0 -43.7 275 41 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.3 0.32 17 200 12270 -55.4 -55.4 99 0.1 -55.4 308 39 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14063 -58.8 -68.1 29 9.3 -59.0 294 37 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.03 19 100 16630 -57.7 -84.6 2 26.8 -58.1 247 15 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.76 m Freezing level: 568.57 mb = 4811.71 m = 15786.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.22 mb = 4073.52 m = 13364.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.95 % Est. max temperature: 34.08 C = 93.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.28 mb = 1806.59 m = 5927.06 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.44 C/km ThetaE index: 25.18 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.05 mb = 2164.24 m = 7100.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.18 C = 95.33 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -8.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: -7.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.29 C Cross Totals Index: 26.55 C K Index: 35.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 563.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2871.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.31 mb = 1913.28 m = 6277.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.31 mb = 3850.90 m = 12634.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.31 mb = 13308.06 m = 43661.09 ft B at Equ Level: 2842.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.2 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 247.2 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 212.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.47 Bulk Rich Number: 46.99 Bulk Shear: 61.11 m/s