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: 50.57,-98.82 Latitude: 50.57 Longitude: -98.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 SFC 971 265 16.8 15.6 93 1.2 16.1 317 30 292.4 294.5 290.3 325.3 11.57 2 950 453 15.4 13.9 91 1.5 14.5 317 48 292.8 294.7 289.6 322.9 10.57 3 900 914 16.6 11.7 73 4.9 13.5 313 44 298.6 300.3 290.8 326.7 9.63 4 850 1402 16.0 11.1 73 4.9 12.9 294 32 302.9 304.7 292.3 332.0 9.80 5 800 1916 13.1 9.6 79 3.5 11.0 273 28 305.1 306.9 292.6 333.5 9.44 6 750 2457 10.2 7.6 83 2.7 8.6 250 28 307.7 309.3 292.9 334.3 8.74 7 700 3029 7.6 4.8 83 2.8 6.0 228 35 310.9 312.4 293.0 334.8 7.74 8 650 3638 5.0 1.4 77 3.6 3.0 227 41 314.7 315.9 293.1 335.2 6.53 9 600 4290 2.7 -2.7 68 5.4 -0.1 223 43 319.2 320.2 293.3 336.1 5.24 10 550 4988 -2.1 -7.4 67 5.3 -4.6 217 46 321.6 322.4 293.0 334.7 4.00 11 500 5735 -8.5 -10.8 83 2.3 -9.4 221 49 322.7 323.4 292.7 333.9 3.37 12 450 6543 -13.3 -13.9 96 0.5 -13.5 228 43 326.5 327.0 293.4 336.3 2.91 13 400 7429 -18.4 -18.5 99 0.1 -18.4 224 33 331.1 331.6 294.0 338.9 2.22 14 350 8410 -24.5 -24.5 100 0.0 -24.5 216 27 335.7 336.0 294.6 341.1 1.50 15 300 9514 -31.8 -31.8 100 0.0 -31.8 190 26 340.6 340.8 295.3 343.9 0.89 16 250 10777 -40.7 -40.7 100 0.0 -40.6 170 38 345.6 345.7 296.0 347.4 0.44 17 200 12259 -52.6 -52.6 100 0.0 -52.6 165 50 349.5 349.5 296.7 350.1 0.15 18 150 14057 -65.3 -65.6 97 0.3 -65.3 168 52 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.04 19 100 16628 -55.9 -78.2 5 22.3 -56.4 249 16 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.25 m Freezing level: 572.03 mb = 4680.41 m = 15355.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.57 mb = 4268.92 m = 14005.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.74 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.20 mb = 415.38 m = 1362.79 ft T: 15.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 2.37 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.57 mb = 2629.26 m = 8626.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.30 F Cap Strength: 7.01 C Lifted Index: 4.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.88 C Showalter Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8293.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.51 mb = 1149.14 m = 3770.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 8.2 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.8 neg: -99.8 tot: -67.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 325.43 m/s