MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 49.21,-97.76 Latitude: 49.21 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -5 SFC 968 279 27.8 21.3 68 6.4 23.1 136 9 303.7 306.8 297.4 353.4 16.71 2 950 443 25.6 20.6 74 4.9 22.1 139 15 303.1 306.1 297.0 351.6 16.34 3 900 917 21.4 19.6 89 1.8 20.1 145 21 303.6 306.6 297.0 351.6 16.16 4 850 1412 18.5 18.0 97 0.5 18.2 154 28 305.5 308.4 297.0 351.8 15.46 5 800 1931 16.1 14.1 88 2.0 14.8 175 29 308.4 310.8 296.0 347.0 12.77 6 750 2484 18.3 1.8 33 16.5 8.9 203 32 316.4 317.6 293.0 335.0 5.83 7 700 3071 15.5 -4.3 25 19.8 5.2 222 28 319.7 320.5 292.4 332.6 3.97 8 650 3694 11.1 -10.0 22 21.1 1.4 214 31 321.5 322.1 291.9 330.7 2.75 9 600 4355 5.5 -12.8 25 18.3 -2.3 212 38 322.5 323.0 291.9 330.5 2.39 10 550 5057 -0.9 -11.5 44 10.6 -5.4 210 46 323.1 323.6 292.4 332.7 2.88 11 500 5808 -8.0 -10.9 80 2.9 -9.2 209 53 323.3 323.9 292.9 334.3 3.33 12 450 6617 -14.6 -18.4 72 3.9 -15.8 208 48 324.9 325.3 292.2 331.7 1.99 13 400 7498 -20.6 -30.5 41 9.9 -22.7 212 46 328.2 328.3 292.0 330.9 0.75 14 350 8472 -27.7 -31.0 73 3.3 -28.3 221 46 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.5 0.82 15 300 9563 -35.3 -45.3 35 10.0 -36.2 220 44 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.5 0.22 16 250 10806 -45.3 -56.1 29 10.8 -45.8 219 44 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.08 17 200 12257 -56.1 -62.8 42 6.8 -56.2 197 47 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.04 18 150 14049 -59.4 -73.5 14 14.1 -59.6 231 44 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16613 -57.0 -84.8 2 27.8 -57.4 240 11 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.23 m Freezing level: 556.79 mb = 4962.01 m = 16279.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.18 mb = 3936.61 m = 12915.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.77 mb = 1094.24 m = 3589.99 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 21.30 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1358.32 m = 4456.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.43 C Showalter Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 26.02 C K Index: 24.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2142.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 261.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.32 mb = 1147.97 m = 3766.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.32 mb = 4472.38 m = 14672.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.32 mb = 12867.61 m = 42216.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2137.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.32 mb = 15934.95 m = 52279.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.4 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 230.4 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 281.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.43 Bulk Rich Number: 18.14 Bulk Shear: 118.11 m/s