MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 54.64,-95.48 Latitude: 54.64 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 988 208 16.1 8.6 61 7.5 11.8 206 6 290.3 291.5 285.5 310.5 7.11 2 950 540 20.2 8.3 46 11.9 13.2 246 25 297.7 299.0 288.4 318.9 7.24 3 900 1005 18.2 6.6 47 11.6 11.4 254 22 300.3 301.5 288.9 320.4 6.79 4 850 1491 14.0 5.3 56 8.7 9.1 251 16 300.8 302.0 288.9 320.4 6.60 5 800 1999 9.3 4.2 70 5.1 6.5 247 13 301.1 302.3 288.9 320.4 6.48 6 750 2530 4.6 2.5 86 2.1 3.5 250 12 301.6 302.7 288.7 319.9 6.13 7 700 3088 0.6 -2.4 80 3.0 -0.8 255 12 303.1 304.0 287.8 317.1 4.59 8 650 3681 -1.5 -11.4 47 9.8 -5.3 265 14 307.3 307.7 287.1 315.1 2.47 9 600 4314 -4.8 -14.2 48 9.4 -8.2 273 20 310.5 310.9 287.9 317.4 2.12 10 550 4993 -9.6 -10.6 92 1.1 -10.0 282 26 312.7 313.3 289.6 322.7 3.09 11 500 5726 -12.6 -12.7 98 0.2 -12.6 291 24 317.7 318.3 290.9 327.1 2.87 12 450 6524 -16.7 -17.5 94 0.8 -17.0 309 32 322.2 322.6 291.6 329.4 2.15 13 400 7401 -21.5 -21.9 97 0.3 -21.6 309 35 327.0 327.3 292.4 332.8 1.66 14 350 8374 -27.1 -27.1 100 0.0 -27.1 321 44 332.2 332.5 293.4 336.5 1.19 15 300 9470 -34.2 -34.2 100 -0.0 -34.2 329 62 337.1 337.3 294.3 339.8 0.70 16 250 10719 -44.3 -46.0 84 1.6 -44.5 335 63 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.2 0.25 17 200 12178 -54.2 -56.8 73 2.6 -54.3 332 63 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.09 18 150 13996 -57.6 -76.7 7 19.2 -57.8 337 55 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16579 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 314 29 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.03 m Freezing level: 685.89 mb = 3255.28 m = 10679.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.36 mb = 2980.56 m = 9778.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.33 % Est. max temperature: 26.66 C = 79.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.67 mb = 1170.48 m = 3840.11 ft T: 16.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 5.36 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.85 mb = 2552.94 m = 8375.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 4.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: 3.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 17.90 C K Index: 28.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9987.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.78 mb = 2052.45 m = 6733.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.2 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 298.2 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.9 neg: -30.4 tot: 77.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.10 Bulk Shear: 9.10 m/s