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: 50.16,-95.42 Latitude: 50.16 Longitude: -95.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -21 SFC 961 323 25.2 20.8 77 4.4 22.1 99 10 301.8 304.8 296.6 349.8 16.29 2 950 425 25.7 20.0 71 5.7 21.6 106 19 303.3 306.2 296.6 349.8 15.68 3 900 904 27.0 17.8 57 9.2 20.4 159 26 309.3 312.0 297.3 352.9 14.35 4 850 1407 23.0 16.4 66 6.6 18.4 177 28 310.3 312.9 297.3 352.9 13.98 5 800 1933 18.3 15.1 82 3.2 16.1 184 30 310.7 313.3 297.1 352.3 13.63 6 750 2483 13.7 13.4 98 0.3 13.5 187 31 311.4 313.9 296.9 351.2 12.98 7 700 3063 11.4 4.9 64 6.5 7.5 193 31 315.1 316.6 294.2 339.5 7.78 8 650 3683 10.6 -9.3 24 20.0 1.3 201 38 321.0 321.6 291.9 330.6 2.89 9 600 4342 4.5 -8.0 40 12.6 -1.3 204 47 321.4 322.1 292.5 332.9 3.48 10 550 5043 -1.7 -8.9 58 7.2 -4.9 208 55 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.8 3.56 11 500 5793 -7.7 -12.5 69 4.8 -9.6 212 59 323.7 324.2 292.7 333.5 2.94 12 450 6603 -14.0 -16.9 79 2.9 -15.0 211 61 325.6 326.1 292.6 333.3 2.26 13 400 7485 -21.0 -24.5 73 3.5 -21.9 211 57 327.7 327.9 292.3 332.3 1.31 14 350 8458 -27.5 -30.8 73 3.3 -28.1 211 55 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.7 0.84 15 300 9550 -35.4 -39.3 68 3.9 -35.9 211 54 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.0 0.42 16 250 10791 -45.8 -48.3 76 2.5 -45.9 199 51 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.19 17 200 12238 -57.3 -60.4 68 3.1 -57.3 195 48 342.0 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.06 18 150 14047 -54.7 -79.1 3 24.5 -55.0 237 42 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.01 19 100 16623 -57.1 -84.5 2 27.4 -57.5 220 15 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.72 m Freezing level: 563.63 mb = 4851.56 m = 15916.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.90 mb = 4007.02 m = 13146.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.89 % Est. max temperature: 33.94 C = 93.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.30 mb = 891.03 m = 2923.29 ft T: 26.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 22.33 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.05 mb = 2225.11 m = 7300.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.42 C = 93.95 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.14 C K Index: 40.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 529.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2275.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.64 mb = 1764.98 m = 5790.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.64 mb = 4333.15 m = 14216.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.64 mb = 12878.34 m = 42251.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2254.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.64 mb = 15980.93 m = 52430.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.7 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 227.7 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 356.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 356.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.70 Bulk Rich Number: 11.69 Bulk Shear: 194.70 m/s