MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 49.48,-98.05 Latitude: 49.48 Longitude: -98.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 973 283 26.9 21.5 72 5.4 23.0 34 11 302.4 305.5 297.1 352.1 16.83 2 950 494 24.6 20.8 80 3.8 21.9 44 14 302.1 305.2 296.8 350.8 16.48 3 900 967 20.7 19.8 95 0.9 20.1 77 11 302.8 305.9 296.9 351.3 16.37 4 850 1461 18.2 18.0 99 0.2 18.0 122 13 305.2 308.1 296.9 351.3 15.42 5 800 1981 17.0 12.2 73 4.8 13.8 139 17 309.3 311.4 295.1 343.4 11.22 6 750 2529 13.5 10.8 84 2.7 11.7 161 22 311.2 313.3 295.4 344.6 10.89 7 700 3108 10.3 9.9 97 0.4 10.0 180 31 313.9 316.0 296.2 348.0 11.00 8 650 3722 6.2 4.1 86 2.1 4.9 198 37 316.0 317.5 294.6 340.9 7.93 9 600 4375 2.6 -4.4 60 7.0 -0.9 220 47 319.1 320.0 292.8 334.0 4.60 10 550 5071 -3.6 -9.6 63 6.0 -6.2 228 49 319.8 320.4 291.9 330.8 3.36 11 500 5814 -10.3 -11.5 91 1.2 -10.8 229 52 320.5 321.2 292.0 331.1 3.18 12 450 6618 -15.8 -17.4 88 1.6 -16.3 233 56 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.7 2.17 13 400 7497 -20.6 -22.1 88 1.4 -21.0 245 56 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.9 1.63 14 350 8474 -26.7 -28.9 82 2.2 -27.2 252 45 332.7 333.0 293.4 336.4 1.00 15 300 9566 -35.4 -36.8 87 1.4 -35.6 258 43 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.5 0.54 16 250 10808 -45.4 -45.6 98 0.2 -45.4 278 41 338.6 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.26 17 200 12256 -57.5 -57.6 98 0.1 -57.5 294 42 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.08 18 150 14033 -58.7 -72.1 16 13.4 -58.9 251 30 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16611 -57.3 -84.9 2 27.6 -57.7 240 18 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.45 m Freezing level: 579.14 mb = 4665.22 m = 15305.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.41 mb = 4274.66 m = 14024.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.12 mb = 965.48 m = 3167.54 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 7.89 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1229.45 m = 4033.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.59 C = 83.46 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -7.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -7.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 28.21 C K Index: 45.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2400.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.91 mb = 1054.40 m = 3459.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.91 mb = 2574.83 m = 8447.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.91 mb = 13048.70 m = 42810.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2374.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.91 mb = 16246.37 m = 53301.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.4 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 236.4 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 395.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 395.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.72 Bulk Rich Number: 9.05 Bulk Shear: 265.14 m/s