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: 49.46,-96.49 Latitude: 49.46 Longitude: -96.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 971 295 26.8 22.5 77 4.3 23.6 34 11 302.5 305.8 297.8 355.5 17.93 2 950 487 27.2 20.2 66 7.0 22.2 51 14 304.8 307.7 297.1 352.1 15.85 3 900 964 23.5 18.7 75 4.7 20.1 95 12 305.7 308.6 297.0 351.5 15.30 4 850 1462 19.4 17.3 88 2.1 17.9 127 13 306.4 309.2 296.8 350.7 14.73 5 800 1982 16.2 15.8 98 0.4 15.9 150 17 308.4 311.1 297.0 351.5 14.24 6 750 2531 13.7 12.6 93 1.1 13.0 170 24 311.4 313.8 296.4 349.2 12.31 7 700 3111 11.0 7.4 78 3.6 8.8 186 32 314.7 316.5 295.2 343.6 9.27 8 650 3727 7.0 1.9 70 5.1 4.1 199 39 316.9 318.2 293.9 338.4 6.78 9 600 4380 2.4 -0.2 83 2.6 1.0 211 46 318.9 320.1 294.1 339.0 6.29 10 550 5077 -2.8 -6.3 77 3.5 -4.5 222 49 320.7 321.6 293.0 334.9 4.34 11 500 5824 -9.3 -14.3 67 5.0 -11.1 227 51 321.8 322.2 291.8 330.2 2.54 12 450 6629 -15.7 -17.1 89 1.4 -16.2 234 55 323.5 323.9 292.0 331.0 2.22 13 400 7508 -20.6 -24.1 73 3.5 -21.5 248 53 328.3 328.5 292.6 333.1 1.37 14 350 8484 -26.7 -27.6 92 0.9 -26.9 253 47 332.8 333.0 293.6 336.9 1.13 15 300 9578 -34.9 -35.3 96 0.5 -35.0 264 43 336.2 336.3 294.0 338.6 0.63 16 250 10825 -44.1 -44.5 96 0.4 -44.1 306 32 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.7 0.29 17 200 12281 -56.2 -56.2 99 0.1 -56.2 309 39 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.2 0.09 18 150 14059 -64.7 -67.6 68 2.9 -64.8 267 16 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.7 0.03 19 100 16624 -57.2 -84.6 2 27.4 -57.6 244 18 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.37 m Freezing level: 577.17 mb = 4698.55 m = 15415.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.22 mb = 4498.29 m = 14758.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.83 C = 89.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.14 mb = 846.17 m = 2776.13 ft T: 24.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 13.09 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1719.95 m = 5642.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -7.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.63 C Cross Totals Index: 26.51 C K Index: 42.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2341.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.25 mb = 1438.65 m = 4719.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.25 mb = 2449.10 m = 8035.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.25 mb = 13386.71 m = 43919.12 ft B at Equ Level: 2330.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.3 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 233.3 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 388.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 388.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.92 Bulk Rich Number: 8.89 Bulk Shear: 263.22 m/s