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: 49.64,-98.08 Latitude: 49.64 Longitude: -98.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 SFC 968 280 32.0 20.3 50 11.6 23.5 190 14 308.0 310.9 297.8 355.5 15.71 2 950 450 30.8 19.6 51 11.2 22.7 191 22 308.4 311.3 297.6 354.7 15.26 3 900 931 26.5 18.3 61 8.2 20.7 196 27 308.8 311.6 297.5 354.0 14.90 4 850 1434 22.2 17.1 73 5.1 18.7 202 30 309.4 312.2 297.4 353.8 14.62 5 800 1958 17.9 15.4 85 2.5 16.2 210 32 310.2 312.9 297.2 352.7 13.91 6 750 2509 14.5 12.2 86 2.2 13.0 223 33 312.3 314.6 296.5 349.3 12.03 7 700 3092 12.9 5.0 59 7.9 8.1 224 39 316.7 318.3 294.7 341.4 7.82 8 650 3710 9.0 -2.7 44 11.6 2.9 225 41 319.1 320.1 293.0 334.7 4.84 9 600 4367 3.7 -7.5 44 11.3 -1.6 224 42 320.4 321.2 292.3 332.3 3.62 10 550 5066 -2.4 -9.5 58 7.1 -5.5 220 43 321.2 321.8 292.3 332.3 3.37 11 500 5813 -9.0 -11.6 81 2.6 -10.1 219 42 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.5 3.14 12 450 6619 -15.3 -22.4 54 7.1 -17.3 223 41 324.0 324.3 291.4 328.8 1.40 13 400 7497 -21.9 -23.5 87 1.5 -22.3 233 51 326.5 326.8 292.2 331.5 1.44 14 350 8467 -27.1 -38.8 32 11.7 -28.7 236 52 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.38 15 300 9560 -35.0 -36.4 87 1.4 -35.1 251 55 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.2 0.57 16 250 10810 -43.5 -43.5 100 -0.0 -43.5 270 42 341.4 341.5 295.0 342.7 0.33 17 200 12270 -55.0 -55.1 99 0.1 -55.0 304 38 345.6 345.7 295.7 346.1 0.11 18 150 14065 -60.3 -66.4 45 6.1 -60.4 296 37 366.1 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.03 19 100 16629 -57.3 -84.6 2 27.2 -57.8 248 15 417.0 417.0 307.3 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.30 m Freezing level: 569.74 mb = 4789.77 m = 15714.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.54 mb = 4130.38 m = 13550.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.81 % Est. max temperature: 33.95 C = 93.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.63 mb = 1759.09 m = 5771.23 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 23.14 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.44 mb = 2246.31 m = 7369.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.33 C = 95.60 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -7.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: -7.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.20 C Cross Totals Index: 26.13 C K Index: 40.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 534.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2548.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.73 mb = 1928.85 m = 6328.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.73 mb = 3738.93 m = 12266.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.73 mb = 13367.84 m = 43857.21 ft B at Equ Level: 2508.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 177.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.32 Bulk Rich Number: 51.51 Bulk Shear: 49.48 m/s