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: 50.48,-95.56 Latitude: 50.48 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 SFC 967 310 35.1 19.7 41 15.4 23.9 155 11 311.2 314.1 298.2 357.6 15.13 2 950 463 33.2 19.1 44 14.1 23.0 160 21 310.9 313.7 298.0 356.2 14.82 3 900 949 28.2 18.3 55 9.9 21.1 165 26 310.6 313.4 297.9 355.9 14.83 4 850 1453 23.3 17.3 69 6.0 19.1 170 26 310.5 313.3 297.8 355.7 14.78 5 800 1979 18.5 15.9 85 2.6 16.7 174 22 310.9 313.6 297.7 354.8 14.37 6 750 2530 14.1 13.6 97 0.5 13.7 176 18 311.9 314.4 297.1 352.2 13.15 7 700 3111 11.6 6.4 70 5.2 8.4 199 29 315.3 317.0 294.8 342.3 8.62 8 650 3727 7.3 1.8 68 5.5 4.2 206 36 317.2 318.5 294.0 338.5 6.72 9 600 4381 2.5 -6.5 51 9.0 -1.8 208 35 319.0 319.8 292.2 331.8 3.92 10 550 5078 -3.0 -11.1 53 8.1 -6.4 213 33 320.6 321.2 291.8 330.5 2.98 11 500 5823 -9.6 -13.5 73 3.8 -11.1 221 35 321.3 321.8 291.8 330.3 2.71 12 450 6627 -15.5 -18.2 79 2.7 -16.3 223 35 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.7 2.03 13 400 7507 -20.6 -28.4 50 7.8 -22.3 240 34 328.3 328.5 292.2 331.6 0.92 14 350 8480 -28.1 -39.9 31 11.8 -29.6 231 30 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.34 15 300 9565 -37.5 -42.5 60 5.0 -37.9 235 28 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.30 16 250 10796 -47.1 -50.9 64 3.9 -47.3 260 20 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.14 17 200 12244 -55.5 -55.6 98 0.2 -55.5 292 53 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.10 18 150 14054 -56.6 -75.8 7 19.2 -56.9 288 36 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.6 0.01 19 100 16632 -57.0 -84.7 2 27.8 -57.4 252 14 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.80 m Freezing level: 577.10 mb = 4699.91 m = 15419.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.03 mb = 4178.72 m = 13709.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.37 % Est. max temperature: 34.62 C = 94.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.15 mb = 2248.75 m = 7377.69 ft T: 16.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 27.27 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.24 mb = 2314.14 m = 7592.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.32 C = 95.58 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -8.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -8.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.89 C Cross Totals Index: 26.92 C K Index: 44.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 632.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3297.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.73 mb = 2220.37 m = 7284.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.73 mb = 2386.69 m = 7830.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.73 mb = 13166.24 m = 43195.81 ft B at Equ Level: 3267.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.5 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 228.5 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.2 neg: -29.3 tot: 137.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.98 Bulk Rich Number: 77.76 Bulk Shear: 42.40 m/s