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: 49.39,-95.72 Latitude: 49.39 Longitude: -95.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 SFC 964 333 27.8 20.5 65 7.3 22.6 111 14 304.2 307.1 297.0 351.7 15.96 2 950 456 25.3 20.0 72 5.3 21.5 115 27 302.9 305.8 296.5 349.2 15.66 3 900 929 20.9 19.2 90 1.7 19.7 122 35 303.0 306.0 296.6 349.8 15.77 4 850 1423 17.9 17.7 99 0.2 17.7 137 40 304.9 307.7 296.6 350.0 15.13 5 800 1943 18.7 11.6 63 7.2 14.0 170 40 311.1 313.2 295.3 344.2 10.77 6 750 2499 19.7 2.3 31 17.4 9.6 194 40 318.0 319.2 293.6 337.2 6.02 7 700 3090 17.0 -4.8 22 21.8 5.6 213 39 321.3 322.1 292.7 333.9 3.82 8 650 3715 12.1 -8.2 23 20.3 2.3 233 39 322.6 323.3 292.6 333.2 3.17 9 600 4378 6.0 -9.5 32 15.5 -1.2 232 39 323.0 323.6 292.6 333.4 3.10 10 550 5081 -0.7 -10.6 47 9.9 -5.0 230 41 323.3 323.9 292.7 333.6 3.10 11 500 5833 -8.0 -11.9 74 3.9 -9.5 230 42 323.3 323.9 292.7 333.6 3.08 12 450 6641 -14.6 -19.1 68 4.5 -16.0 230 39 324.9 325.3 292.1 331.3 1.87 13 400 7522 -20.3 -28.3 49 7.9 -22.1 236 45 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.9 0.93 14 350 8498 -27.3 -38.9 33 11.5 -28.9 236 45 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.4 0.38 15 300 9589 -35.4 -41.2 56 5.8 -36.0 224 36 335.4 335.5 293.5 336.8 0.35 16 250 10832 -44.9 -52.5 42 7.6 -45.3 224 39 339.3 339.4 294.3 339.8 0.12 17 200 12286 -56.4 -58.4 79 1.9 -56.5 210 49 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.07 18 150 14063 -62.7 -70.0 37 7.3 -62.9 239 48 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.02 19 100 16620 -57.5 -85.0 2 27.4 -57.9 236 14 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.69 m Freezing level: 555.13 mb = 5009.15 m = 16434.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4150.96 m = 13618.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.96 C = 91.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.69 mb = 1254.75 m = 4116.58 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.10 C/km ThetaE index: 16.81 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.20 mb = 1339.75 m = 4395.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.19 C = 82.73 F Cap Strength: 6.58 C Lifted Index: -4.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.43 C Showalter Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.83 C Cross Totals Index: 25.64 C K Index: 21.69 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 533.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1800.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 446.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.86 mb = 1183.70 m = 3883.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.86 mb = 4808.75 m = 15776.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.86 mb = 12976.21 m = 42572.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1790.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.86 mb = 16085.25 m = 52772.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.3 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 234.3 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 733.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 733.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 244.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 11.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.28 Bulk Rich Number: 6.24 Bulk Shear: 288.79 m/s