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: 50.00,-97.04 Latitude: 50.00 Longitude: -97.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -14 SFC 972 239 35.1 19.3 40 15.8 23.7 155 18 310.8 313.6 297.8 355.7 14.69 2 950 442 32.6 18.9 44 13.7 22.8 158 29 310.3 313.1 297.7 354.9 14.62 3 900 926 27.8 18.0 55 9.8 20.8 162 33 310.2 312.9 297.6 354.7 14.59 4 850 1430 23.0 17.0 69 6.0 18.8 166 32 310.3 313.0 297.6 354.5 14.50 5 800 1956 18.3 15.7 85 2.6 16.5 172 32 310.6 313.3 297.5 353.9 14.18 6 750 2507 15.9 10.1 68 5.8 12.1 189 39 313.8 315.8 295.7 346.1 10.40 7 700 3093 14.3 -0.7 36 15.0 6.1 198 43 318.3 319.3 293.0 335.0 5.19 8 650 3712 8.5 -3.3 43 11.8 2.4 203 40 318.6 319.5 292.7 333.5 4.62 9 600 4367 2.8 -5.2 55 8.0 -1.2 214 43 319.4 320.2 292.6 333.4 4.32 10 550 5064 -2.9 -8.6 65 5.7 -5.4 224 49 320.7 321.4 292.4 332.6 3.64 11 500 5811 -9.0 -11.8 80 2.8 -10.1 223 52 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.4 3.10 12 450 6618 -14.6 -17.9 76 3.3 -15.7 225 48 324.8 325.3 292.2 331.9 2.07 13 400 7501 -20.2 -23.5 75 3.2 -21.1 226 42 328.7 329.0 292.7 333.8 1.44 14 350 8473 -28.4 -31.1 78 2.7 -28.9 236 42 330.4 330.6 292.6 333.4 0.82 15 300 9562 -35.4 -35.9 95 0.5 -35.4 262 38 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.7 0.60 16 250 10806 -44.0 -44.3 97 0.3 -44.0 287 39 340.7 340.7 294.8 341.9 0.30 17 200 12266 -55.4 -55.4 99 0.1 -55.4 298 65 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14062 -60.4 -67.5 39 7.1 -60.5 299 38 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.03 19 100 16632 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 252 12 417.9 417.9 307.4 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.86 m Freezing level: 575.39 mb = 4710.29 m = 15453.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.12 mb = 4150.21 m = 13616.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.30 % Est. max temperature: 34.81 C = 94.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.60 mb = 2231.44 m = 7320.92 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 23.79 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.66 mb = 3121.16 m = 10239.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.62 C = 108.71 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -7.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.43 C Showalter Index: -7.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.02 C Cross Totals Index: 26.00 C K Index: 34.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 631.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2715.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.42 mb = 2178.50 m = 7147.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.42 mb = 3655.71 m = 11993.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.42 mb = 13120.69 m = 43046.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2711.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.8 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 230.8 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 285.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.27 Bulk Rich Number: 27.66 Bulk Shear: 98.18 m/s