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: 50.11,-96.74 Latitude: 50.11 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -10 SFC 972 243 26.5 20.9 71 5.6 22.5 95 12 302.1 305.1 296.6 350.0 16.20 2 950 439 25.6 19.9 71 5.7 21.6 102 23 303.2 306.1 296.5 349.5 15.60 3 900 913 22.6 19.2 81 3.3 20.2 124 27 304.8 307.7 297.0 351.9 15.78 4 850 1411 20.0 18.0 88 2.0 18.6 161 29 307.1 310.0 297.4 353.7 15.47 5 800 1933 16.7 15.5 93 1.1 15.9 181 32 308.9 311.6 297.0 351.5 14.02 6 750 2481 13.6 13.5 99 0.1 13.5 187 32 311.3 313.8 296.9 351.3 13.05 7 700 3063 13.5 0.7 42 12.8 6.3 206 28 317.5 318.6 293.3 335.9 5.77 8 650 3683 10.2 -9.5 24 19.7 1.1 210 32 320.5 321.1 291.7 330.0 2.86 9 600 4342 4.6 -12.5 28 17.1 -2.6 211 38 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.7 2.44 10 550 5043 -1.6 -11.9 45 10.3 -5.9 211 46 322.2 322.8 292.2 331.6 2.80 11 500 5792 -8.0 -11.3 77 3.3 -9.4 208 53 323.2 323.9 292.8 334.0 3.21 12 450 6601 -14.2 -17.5 76 3.3 -15.3 206 54 325.4 325.8 292.4 332.7 2.16 13 400 7484 -20.6 -26.3 60 5.7 -21.9 209 53 328.3 328.5 292.3 332.3 1.12 14 350 8459 -27.2 -34.2 51 7.0 -28.3 212 49 332.1 332.2 292.9 334.4 0.60 15 300 9551 -35.1 -46.1 32 11.0 -36.1 211 48 335.9 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.20 16 250 10795 -45.1 -52.9 42 7.7 -45.5 204 41 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.4 0.11 17 200 12244 -57.4 -60.5 68 3.1 -57.5 204 41 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.06 18 150 14038 -57.4 -76.5 7 19.1 -57.7 230 36 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16611 -57.2 -84.1 2 27.0 -57.6 244 14 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.92 m Freezing level: 562.64 mb = 4865.44 m = 15962.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.89 mb = 3876.81 m = 12719.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.43 C = 90.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.49 mb = 957.16 m = 3140.26 ft T: 22.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 24.01 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.87 mb = 1784.71 m = 5855.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.70 C = 90.87 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 26.05 C K Index: 33.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2059.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.60 mb = 1262.54 m = 4142.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.60 mb = 4347.17 m = 14262.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.60 mb = 12914.66 m = 42370.41 ft B at Equ Level: 2041.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.60 mb = 16029.53 m = 52589.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.2 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 225.2 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 405.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.05 Bulk Rich Number: 9.07 Bulk Shear: 227.18 m/s