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: 49.54,-96.49 Latitude: 49.54 Longitude: -96.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -19 SFC 965 291 28.4 21.1 65 7.3 23.1 263 18 304.6 307.7 297.5 354.0 16.54 2 950 429 26.4 20.4 69 6.0 22.1 264 27 304.0 307.0 297.0 351.9 16.08 3 900 904 22.0 19.4 85 2.7 20.1 267 27 304.2 307.2 297.0 351.6 15.91 4 850 1401 20.2 17.7 85 2.6 18.4 235 12 307.4 310.2 297.3 353.0 15.14 5 800 1924 17.9 14.6 81 3.3 15.6 176 20 310.2 312.7 296.7 350.4 13.16 6 750 2474 15.1 9.0 67 6.1 11.3 192 30 313.0 314.8 295.0 342.9 9.67 7 700 3058 13.2 -1.5 36 14.7 5.3 217 38 317.1 318.0 292.4 332.7 4.88 8 650 3676 8.6 -8.3 29 17.0 0.7 210 40 318.7 319.3 291.5 329.0 3.13 9 600 4331 3.5 -11.7 32 15.2 -3.0 204 45 320.2 320.7 291.4 328.8 2.59 10 550 5029 -2.3 -12.4 46 10.1 -6.4 200 49 321.3 321.9 291.8 330.3 2.69 11 500 5777 -9.0 -13.6 69 4.6 -10.8 200 53 322.1 322.6 292.0 331.0 2.67 12 450 6582 -15.2 -18.6 75 3.4 -16.3 209 64 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.8 1.96 13 400 7462 -20.9 -26.4 61 5.5 -22.2 214 69 327.9 328.1 292.2 331.8 1.11 14 350 8437 -26.8 -35.6 43 8.8 -28.2 211 69 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.6 0.53 15 300 9529 -35.5 -41.4 54 6.0 -36.1 212 61 335.4 335.5 293.5 336.7 0.34 16 250 10769 -46.4 -49.7 69 3.3 -46.6 200 63 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.16 17 200 12215 -55.1 -57.0 79 1.9 -55.2 210 53 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.09 18 150 14041 -54.5 -79.0 3 24.5 -54.9 233 53 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.01 19 100 16625 -58.0 -84.8 2 26.8 -58.4 211 11 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.65 m Freezing level: 569.83 mb = 4752.30 m = 15591.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.21 mb = 3799.81 m = 12466.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.51 % Est. max temperature: 33.07 C = 91.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.11 mb = 1217.35 m = 3993.87 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 24.18 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.28 mb = 2049.63 m = 6724.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.58 C = 94.24 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -6.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.01 C Showalter Index: -7.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.93 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 26.68 C K Index: 32.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2301.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.55 mb = 1283.25 m = 4210.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.55 mb = 3846.70 m = 12620.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.55 mb = 12656.94 m = 41524.90 ft B at Equ Level: 2291.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.55 mb = 16220.83 m = 53217.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.5 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 238.5 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 5.8 tot: 10.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.9 neg: -30.9 tot: 210.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.07 Bulk Rich Number: 17.84 Bulk Shear: 129.00 m/s