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: 49.51,-97.97 Latitude: 49.51 Longitude: -97.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 262 27.1 21.5 71 5.7 23.0 31 11 302.4 305.5 297.0 351.9 16.74 2 950 495 24.7 20.7 78 4.0 21.8 42 14 302.2 305.2 296.8 350.6 16.38 3 900 967 20.7 19.7 94 1.0 20.0 73 11 302.8 305.8 296.8 351.0 16.25 4 850 1461 18.1 17.9 99 0.1 17.9 120 12 305.1 307.9 296.8 351.0 15.38 5 800 1981 16.9 11.9 73 4.9 13.6 136 15 309.1 311.2 295.0 342.7 11.03 6 750 2529 13.4 10.4 82 3.0 11.4 160 20 311.1 313.1 295.2 343.6 10.60 7 700 3108 10.2 10.0 98 0.2 10.0 180 31 313.8 315.9 296.2 348.0 11.06 8 650 3722 6.1 4.3 88 1.8 5.0 198 37 315.8 317.4 294.6 341.1 8.02 9 600 4374 2.5 -4.5 60 7.0 -1.0 220 48 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.8 4.57 10 550 5070 -3.7 -9.8 63 6.1 -6.3 229 50 319.7 320.4 291.9 330.6 3.31 11 500 5813 -10.3 -11.5 91 1.2 -10.8 229 53 320.5 321.1 292.0 330.9 3.16 12 450 6617 -15.8 -17.5 87 1.6 -16.4 234 56 323.3 323.8 291.9 330.6 2.15 13 400 7496 -20.6 -22.2 87 1.6 -21.0 245 56 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.9 1.62 14 350 8473 -26.7 -28.9 82 2.2 -27.2 252 46 332.7 332.9 293.4 336.3 1.00 15 300 9566 -35.4 -36.7 88 1.3 -35.6 259 44 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.5 0.55 16 250 10807 -45.4 -45.4 100 -0.0 -45.4 278 41 338.6 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.26 17 200 12255 -57.6 -57.6 99 0.1 -57.6 294 43 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.08 18 150 14033 -58.3 -72.3 15 14.0 -58.5 251 31 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16612 -57.2 -84.9 2 27.7 -57.6 239 18 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.51 m Freezing level: 579.68 mb = 4657.09 m = 15278.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.17 mb = 4263.84 m = 13988.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.87 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.61 mb = 980.73 m = 3217.59 ft T: 20.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km ThetaE index: 8.33 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1234.01 m = 4048.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.74 C = 83.74 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -7.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -7.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.37 C Cross Totals Index: 28.23 C K Index: 46.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 443.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2367.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.90 mb = 1064.94 m = 3493.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.90 mb = 2586.23 m = 8484.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.90 mb = 13083.65 m = 42924.85 ft B at Equ Level: 2331.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.3 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 237.3 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 387.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 387.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.46 Bulk Rich Number: 8.91 Bulk Shear: 265.81 m/s