MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.16,-96.5 Latitude: 48.16 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 SFC 967 302 31.5 22.2 58 9.2 24.6 163 15 307.6 310.9 299.0 361.2 17.73 2 950 454 30.4 21.3 58 9.1 23.8 167 25 308.0 311.2 298.6 359.6 17.05 3 900 936 25.9 20.0 70 5.9 21.6 174 30 308.2 311.3 298.4 358.5 16.59 4 850 1437 21.8 18.6 82 3.3 19.5 192 32 309.0 312.0 298.2 357.8 16.05 5 800 1962 18.4 16.3 88 2.1 17.0 214 35 310.8 313.6 297.9 356.0 14.77 6 750 2515 17.6 7.2 51 10.3 11.1 225 37 315.6 317.3 294.9 342.4 8.54 7 700 3103 16.5 -11.2 14 27.8 3.8 222 39 320.8 321.3 291.3 328.6 2.32 8 650 3727 11.2 -12.4 18 23.6 0.8 216 40 321.6 322.1 291.5 329.3 2.27 9 600 4387 5.2 -14.3 23 19.5 -2.8 216 39 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.3 2.10 10 550 5089 -1.0 -18.1 26 17.1 -7.2 221 42 322.9 323.2 291.3 328.6 1.66 11 500 5840 -7.3 -23.8 25 16.5 -12.2 229 45 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.1 1.12 12 450 6651 -13.1 -29.3 24 16.2 -16.9 243 42 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.5 0.75 13 400 7538 -19.0 -33.8 26 14.8 -21.8 250 44 330.3 330.5 292.4 332.4 0.55 14 350 8518 -26.2 -34.2 47 8.1 -27.5 244 42 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.7 0.60 15 300 9614 -34.7 -43.4 41 8.7 -35.6 254 39 336.4 336.5 293.7 337.5 0.27 16 250 10860 -44.3 -54.1 33 9.8 -44.7 266 34 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.7 0.10 17 200 12318 -55.5 -59.4 62 3.9 -55.6 294 9 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.06 18 150 14104 -64.9 -67.6 69 2.7 -64.9 302 19 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.03 19 100 16633 -58.3 -84.6 2 26.2 -58.7 242 13 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.00 m Freezing level: 558.05 mb = 4975.85 m = 16324.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3875.00 m = 12713.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.48 % Est. max temperature: 34.04 C = 93.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.09 mb = 1477.35 m = 4846.88 ft T: 21.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.70 C/km ThetaE index: 32.61 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.80 mb = 3154.07 m = 10347.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.62 C = 112.31 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.63 C Showalter Index: -6.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.84 C K Index: 19.92 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3176.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.41 mb = 1660.19 m = 5446.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.41 mb = 3940.21 m = 12927.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.41 mb = 14383.87 m = 47190.61 ft B at Equ Level: 3113.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.6 neg: -3.9 tot: 264.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.13 Bulk Rich Number: 32.28 Bulk Shear: 98.40 m/s