MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 49.21,-96.22 Latitude: 49.21 Longitude: -96.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 968 318 30.6 22.4 62 8.2 24.5 112 7 306.6 309.9 298.8 360.4 17.87 2 950 485 29.6 20.2 57 9.4 22.8 119 12 307.2 310.2 297.7 355.2 15.91 3 900 965 25.2 19.1 69 6.1 20.8 136 14 307.5 310.4 297.6 354.5 15.60 4 850 1465 20.7 17.7 83 3.0 18.6 148 15 307.8 310.7 297.4 353.7 15.20 5 800 1987 16.8 16.0 95 0.7 16.3 158 17 309.0 311.7 297.3 352.9 14.47 6 750 2537 14.9 10.8 77 4.1 12.2 178 24 312.7 314.8 295.8 346.4 10.92 7 700 3119 11.8 5.8 67 6.0 8.1 193 31 315.5 317.1 294.7 341.5 8.29 8 650 3735 7.7 0.7 61 7.0 3.8 203 38 317.7 318.9 293.7 337.4 6.19 9 600 4389 2.7 -1.5 74 4.2 0.5 213 44 319.3 320.4 293.7 337.7 5.73 10 550 5087 -2.7 -7.1 71 4.4 -4.7 222 45 320.9 321.7 292.9 334.3 4.09 11 500 5835 -9.2 -13.9 69 4.7 -10.9 229 48 321.9 322.4 291.9 330.6 2.62 12 450 6639 -15.8 -16.4 95 0.7 -16.0 233 50 323.4 323.9 292.1 331.4 2.36 13 400 7516 -21.0 -24.2 75 3.2 -21.8 245 51 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.5 1.35 14 350 8492 -26.3 -29.8 72 3.6 -27.0 251 45 333.3 333.5 293.5 336.7 0.92 15 300 9587 -34.8 -37.9 73 3.1 -35.2 262 42 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.2 0.48 16 250 10833 -44.7 -46.9 78 2.2 -44.9 277 35 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.22 17 200 12287 -56.2 -56.3 99 0.1 -56.2 297 34 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.09 18 150 14065 -63.9 -67.5 61 3.6 -64.0 283 25 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.1 0.03 19 100 16629 -57.2 -84.7 2 27.4 -57.6 241 16 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.08 m Freezing level: 574.55 mb = 4744.63 m = 15566.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.32 mb = 4452.33 m = 14607.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.49 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.78 mb = 1364.93 m = 4478.05 ft T: 21.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 23.01 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.52 mb = 1864.15 m = 6115.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.73 C = 90.92 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -8.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: -7.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.74 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.85 C Cross Totals Index: 26.89 C K Index: 41.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2891.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.84 mb = 1692.66 m = 5553.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.84 mb = 2965.50 m = 9729.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.84 mb = 13557.74 m = 44480.25 ft B at Equ Level: 2887.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.6 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 234.6 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 243.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.63 Bulk Rich Number: 20.97 Bulk Shear: 137.90 m/s