MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 49.17,-95.79 Latitude: 49.17 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -24 SFC 960 331 32.1 19.9 49 12.1 23.3 224 8 308.8 311.7 297.8 355.6 15.43 2 950 427 31.9 18.8 46 13.2 22.5 226 14 309.6 312.3 297.4 353.7 14.50 3 900 910 27.5 17.3 54 10.2 20.3 225 19 309.9 312.5 297.1 352.4 13.96 4 850 1414 23.2 15.8 63 7.4 18.0 214 20 310.4 313.0 296.9 351.3 13.38 5 800 1940 18.7 14.1 75 4.6 15.5 206 22 311.1 313.5 296.7 350.1 12.74 6 750 2490 13.8 12.3 91 1.5 12.9 206 24 311.6 313.9 296.4 348.8 12.10 7 700 3071 13.5 -0.6 38 14.1 5.8 208 32 317.4 318.4 292.9 334.2 5.24 8 650 3692 10.1 -8.1 27 18.2 1.5 204 39 320.4 321.0 292.0 330.9 3.20 9 600 4350 4.4 -7.5 42 11.9 -1.2 202 45 321.3 322.0 292.6 333.2 3.64 10 550 5051 -1.9 -7.8 64 5.8 -4.6 203 51 321.8 322.6 292.9 334.6 3.88 11 500 5800 -8.3 -11.7 76 3.4 -9.7 209 57 322.9 323.6 292.6 333.3 3.12 12 450 6608 -14.6 -15.3 94 0.7 -14.8 214 64 324.9 325.4 292.7 333.7 2.59 13 400 7488 -21.1 -25.1 70 4.0 -22.0 219 64 327.6 327.9 292.3 332.0 1.25 14 350 8462 -27.1 -33.3 56 6.2 -28.2 219 61 332.2 332.4 293.0 334.7 0.66 15 300 9554 -35.5 -39.7 66 4.2 -36.0 216 61 335.3 335.4 293.6 336.9 0.41 16 250 10795 -45.8 -50.7 57 4.9 -46.0 203 59 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.15 17 200 12242 -56.4 -60.0 63 3.7 -56.5 209 50 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.8 0.06 18 150 14057 -55.7 -78.0 5 22.3 -56.0 235 56 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.2 0.01 19 100 16633 -57.7 -84.7 2 27.0 -58.1 247 15 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.42 m Freezing level: 565.06 mb = 4839.62 m = 15877.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.46 mb = 4047.88 m = 13280.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.56 % Est. max temperature: 34.22 C = 93.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.05 mb = 1874.20 m = 6148.88 ft T: 19.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 24.63 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.96 mb = 2377.77 m = 7800.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.78 C = 94.60 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -6.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.46 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 33.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2376.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.27 mb = 2174.62 m = 7134.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.27 mb = 4170.27 m = 13681.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.27 mb = 12793.52 m = 41972.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2374.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.4 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 237.4 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 81.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 34.98 Bulk Shear: 67.95 m/s