MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 49.24,-93.89 Latitude: 49.24 Longitude: -93.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 960 363 33.2 20.6 48 12.6 24.0 147 12 310.0 313.0 298.5 359.1 16.12 2 950 456 31.8 19.7 49 12.1 23.0 152 20 309.5 312.4 298.0 356.2 15.36 3 900 939 27.0 18.4 59 8.6 20.9 159 27 309.3 312.2 297.7 354.9 14.99 4 850 1441 22.4 17.3 73 5.1 18.8 168 28 309.6 312.4 297.6 354.6 14.79 5 800 1966 17.7 16.1 90 1.6 16.6 176 29 310.0 312.7 297.5 354.4 14.55 6 750 2517 15.6 11.4 76 4.2 12.8 196 36 313.5 315.7 296.3 348.6 11.36 7 700 3104 15.9 -0.5 33 16.4 6.8 217 44 320.0 321.1 293.6 337.1 5.27 8 650 3728 11.7 -4.6 32 16.3 3.2 220 36 322.1 323.0 293.3 335.9 4.18 9 600 4390 5.8 -7.8 37 13.6 -0.7 228 34 322.9 323.5 293.0 334.6 3.55 10 550 5094 -0.6 -10.0 49 9.4 -4.8 234 36 323.3 324.0 292.8 334.1 3.24 11 500 5846 -7.6 -11.9 71 4.3 -9.4 235 37 323.7 324.3 292.8 334.0 3.06 12 450 6655 -14.2 -16.5 83 2.3 -15.0 231 39 325.4 325.8 292.6 333.3 2.34 13 400 7536 -20.9 -29.1 48 8.2 -22.7 240 41 327.9 328.0 292.0 331.0 0.86 14 350 8511 -27.0 -36.8 39 9.8 -28.5 234 32 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.1 0.47 15 300 9604 -35.1 -47.4 28 12.3 -36.1 213 35 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.6 0.18 16 250 10849 -44.9 -53.0 40 8.1 -45.3 223 43 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.7 0.11 17 200 12300 -56.6 -59.8 67 3.2 -56.7 215 49 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 14082 -60.7 -71.4 23 10.7 -60.8 247 37 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.02 19 100 16628 -58.4 -84.8 2 26.4 -58.7 245 15 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.35 m Freezing level: 554.90 mb = 5024.80 m = 16485.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.70 mb = 4270.89 m = 14011.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.01 % Est. max temperature: 33.18 C = 91.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.60 mb = 1959.70 m = 6429.37 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 28.14 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.86 mb = 2450.62 m = 8039.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.27 C = 97.29 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: -6.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.83 C Showalter Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 30.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 561.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2700.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.95 mb = 2020.29 m = 6628.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.95 mb = 4390.74 m = 14405.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.95 mb = 13308.93 m = 43663.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2695.30 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.6 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 240.6 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 378.2 neg: -2.9 tot: 375.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.21 Bulk Rich Number: 25.54 Bulk Shear: 105.73 m/s