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: 49.24,-95.96 Latitude: 49.24 Longitude: -95.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 967 331 30.5 22.4 62 8.1 24.5 119 6 306.6 309.9 298.8 360.5 17.91 2 950 489 29.5 20.2 57 9.3 22.8 124 11 307.2 310.1 297.7 355.1 15.92 3 900 969 25.0 19.1 70 5.9 20.8 140 13 307.3 310.2 297.6 354.6 15.69 4 850 1468 20.5 17.8 85 2.7 18.5 154 14 307.6 310.4 297.4 353.5 15.22 5 800 1990 16.7 15.6 93 1.2 16.0 164 15 309.0 311.6 297.0 351.7 14.07 6 750 2540 15.0 10.2 73 4.8 11.9 181 21 312.8 314.8 295.6 345.2 10.48 7 700 3121 11.5 5.8 68 5.7 8.0 194 28 315.2 316.8 294.6 341.2 8.31 8 650 3737 7.5 0.6 62 6.9 3.7 204 36 317.4 318.6 293.6 337.1 6.17 9 600 4391 2.5 -1.4 75 4.0 0.4 214 42 319.0 320.2 293.7 337.5 5.75 10 550 5088 -2.8 -6.8 74 4.0 -4.6 223 45 320.8 321.6 292.9 334.5 4.20 11 500 5835 -9.3 -12.9 74 3.7 -10.7 229 48 321.8 322.3 292.0 331.2 2.82 12 450 6639 -15.7 -16.2 96 0.4 -15.9 233 49 323.5 323.9 292.2 331.6 2.41 13 400 7516 -21.0 -23.3 81 2.3 -21.6 244 50 327.7 328.0 292.5 332.8 1.46 14 350 8493 -26.2 -29.5 74 3.3 -26.8 251 44 333.4 333.6 293.6 336.9 0.95 15 300 9588 -34.7 -37.1 78 2.4 -35.0 260 41 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.5 0.53 16 250 10833 -44.8 -46.1 86 1.3 -44.9 271 38 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.5 0.24 17 200 12286 -56.3 -56.4 99 0.1 -56.3 292 36 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.0 0.09 18 150 14066 -63.6 -67.5 59 3.9 -63.7 282 28 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.03 19 100 16630 -57.1 -84.7 2 27.5 -57.5 238 17 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.94 m Freezing level: 576.05 mb = 4724.95 m = 15501.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.73 mb = 4448.05 m = 14593.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.21 mb = 1363.86 m = 4474.55 ft T: 21.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 23.44 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.28 mb = 1848.50 m = 6064.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.53 C = 90.56 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -8.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -7.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.71 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.71 C Cross Totals Index: 27.01 C K Index: 41.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2899.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.75 mb = 1675.90 m = 5498.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.75 mb = 2945.61 m = 9663.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.75 mb = 13485.87 m = 44244.46 ft B at Equ Level: 2898.87 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.9 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 236.9 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 191.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.06 Bulk Rich Number: 23.88 Bulk Shear: 121.43 m/s