MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 50,-98.55 Latitude: 50.00 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -14 SFC 968 278 37.1 17.6 32 19.5 23.2 107 10 313.2 315.7 297.5 353.9 13.20 2 950 441 33.9 17.0 36 17.0 21.9 117 14 311.6 314.1 296.9 351.2 12.91 3 900 927 29.3 16.1 45 13.2 20.1 133 16 311.7 314.1 296.9 351.2 12.88 4 850 1433 24.8 15.0 54 9.8 18.0 152 19 312.1 314.5 296.9 351.2 12.71 5 800 1963 21.6 12.4 56 9.1 15.4 174 30 314.1 316.3 296.5 349.5 11.40 6 750 2519 18.0 7.0 49 10.9 11.2 185 39 316.1 317.7 295.0 342.6 8.44 7 700 3108 15.4 -6.2 22 21.7 4.6 205 40 319.6 320.3 291.9 330.8 3.43 8 650 3728 9.3 -5.9 34 15.2 1.8 213 39 319.5 320.2 292.2 331.8 3.78 9 600 4384 3.2 -5.8 52 9.0 -1.2 225 38 319.8 320.6 292.6 333.3 4.14 10 550 5082 -2.4 -7.6 67 5.2 -4.8 242 40 321.2 322.0 292.8 334.1 3.92 11 500 5831 -8.8 -11.2 83 2.3 -9.8 249 43 322.3 322.9 292.6 333.1 3.26 12 450 6637 -14.8 -20.1 64 5.3 -16.4 234 47 324.6 324.9 291.9 330.5 1.72 13 400 7518 -20.6 -39.6 17 18.9 -23.5 237 40 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.31 14 350 8493 -27.0 -45.4 16 18.3 -29.1 240 35 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.19 15 300 9584 -35.3 -55.6 11 20.4 -36.5 246 44 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 16 250 10829 -44.6 -56.4 26 11.8 -45.1 253 45 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.07 17 200 12286 -55.4 -62.1 43 6.7 -55.5 254 50 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14085 -61.7 -75.7 14 14.1 -61.8 253 63 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16610 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.1 240 39 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.47 m Freezing level: 571.52 mb = 4781.86 m = 15688.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.66 mb = 4119.94 m = 13516.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.45 % Est. max temperature: 37.32 C = 99.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.75 mb = 2729.18 m = 8953.91 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.91 C/km ThetaE index: 23.11 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.63 mb = 3504.12 m = 11496.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.40 C = 110.11 F Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lifted Index: -6.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.47 C Showalter Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 26.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 578.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2100.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 232.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.64 mb = 2614.79 m = 8578.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.64 mb = 4028.22 m = 13215.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.64 mb = 13063.22 m = 42857.80 ft B at Equ Level: 2081.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.64 mb = 16210.13 m = 53182.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.0 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 242.0 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 437.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 437.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 145.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.03 Bulk Rich Number: 11.64 Bulk Shear: 180.54 m/s