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: 49.39,-97.55 Latitude: 49.39 Longitude: -97.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 243 24.1 19.7 76 4.4 21.1 44 15 299.4 302.1 295.1 343.1 14.98 2 950 477 22.6 17.7 74 4.9 19.2 49 28 300.1 302.6 294.2 339.6 13.49 3 900 951 23.1 19.1 78 4.0 20.2 102 23 305.3 308.2 297.1 352.1 15.64 4 850 1449 20.1 17.8 86 2.3 18.5 132 24 307.2 310.1 297.3 353.3 15.27 5 800 1971 16.7 16.0 96 0.7 16.3 154 28 308.9 311.7 297.3 352.9 14.47 6 750 2520 13.9 13.1 95 0.8 13.3 168 32 311.6 314.1 296.8 350.7 12.72 7 700 3101 11.4 7.8 79 3.6 9.1 186 39 315.1 316.9 295.4 344.8 9.52 8 650 3718 8.5 1.7 62 6.8 4.6 201 47 318.6 319.9 294.3 339.9 6.68 9 600 4375 3.8 -4.6 54 8.4 -0.4 210 46 320.6 321.4 293.2 335.4 4.54 10 550 5074 -2.1 -11.0 51 8.9 -5.8 217 45 321.6 322.2 292.2 331.6 3.01 11 500 5822 -9.1 -13.1 73 4.0 -10.6 223 47 322.0 322.5 292.0 331.3 2.79 12 450 6627 -15.3 -15.3 100 0.0 -15.3 231 51 324.0 324.6 292.4 332.8 2.59 13 400 7506 -20.8 -24.0 75 3.2 -21.6 237 52 328.0 328.3 292.5 332.8 1.37 14 350 8483 -26.3 -28.7 80 2.4 -26.8 248 49 333.3 333.5 293.6 337.0 1.02 15 300 9579 -34.1 -39.1 60 5.0 -34.7 254 43 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.0 0.43 16 250 10829 -43.6 -44.8 88 1.2 -43.7 274 30 341.3 341.3 294.9 342.4 0.28 17 200 12289 -55.5 -55.7 97 0.2 -55.5 294 23 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.10 18 150 14071 -65.1 -68.4 63 3.3 -65.1 234 20 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.03 19 100 16625 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 248 18 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.29 m Freezing level: 567.57 mb = 4828.33 m = 15840.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.90 mb = 4321.53 m = 14178.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.94 mb = 806.69 m = 2646.60 ft T: 22.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 22.02 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2083.63 m = 6835.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.19 C = 93.55 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: -7.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.22 C Cross Totals Index: 26.89 C K Index: 43.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1157.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 232.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.61 mb = 1260.17 m = 4134.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 583.61 mb = 4597.32 m = 15082.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.61 mb = 12490.18 m = 40977.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1154.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.61 mb = 15289.94 m = 50163.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.4 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 223.4 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 667.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 667.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 222.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.84 Bulk Rich Number: 2.64 Bulk Shear: 437.75 m/s