MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 49.37,-96.38 Latitude: 49.37 Longitude: -96.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 973 306 33.3 21.0 48 12.4 24.3 114 6 308.9 312.0 298.4 358.3 16.27 2 950 513 29.5 20.3 58 9.2 22.8 129 9 307.1 310.1 297.7 355.3 15.98 3 900 993 24.8 19.4 72 5.4 20.9 144 12 307.1 310.0 297.7 355.2 15.98 4 850 1492 20.2 18.4 89 1.8 18.9 155 14 307.3 310.3 297.7 355.2 15.86 5 800 2014 16.5 15.5 94 1.0 15.8 174 17 308.7 311.3 296.8 351.0 13.95 6 750 2564 16.4 7.4 55 9.0 10.8 197 34 314.4 316.1 294.7 341.4 8.65 7 700 3149 13.6 -0.8 37 14.3 5.8 206 39 317.5 318.5 292.8 334.1 5.17 8 650 3768 9.4 -4.5 37 13.9 2.4 218 44 319.7 320.5 292.6 333.4 4.23 9 600 4427 4.6 -1.8 63 6.4 1.1 228 50 321.4 322.5 294.2 339.5 5.58 10 550 5129 -1.0 -6.0 69 4.9 -3.4 239 52 322.9 323.8 293.7 337.6 4.46 11 500 5881 -7.6 -8.8 91 1.2 -8.1 242 52 323.8 324.6 293.5 336.8 3.93 12 450 6692 -13.3 -20.7 54 7.3 -15.6 242 52 326.5 326.8 292.3 332.2 1.64 13 400 7577 -19.9 -26.9 54 7.0 -21.6 243 55 329.1 329.3 292.5 332.9 1.05 14 350 8553 -27.0 -33.6 54 6.6 -28.1 251 62 332.3 332.5 293.0 334.7 0.64 15 300 9645 -35.6 -41.5 55 5.9 -36.2 255 65 335.2 335.3 293.4 336.5 0.33 16 250 10887 -45.0 -46.5 84 1.6 -45.0 264 62 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.2 0.23 17 200 12342 -55.6 -56.7 88 1.1 -55.6 269 53 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.09 18 150 14144 -61.9 -75.9 14 13.9 -62.1 243 54 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16639 -60.2 -84.3 3 24.1 -60.5 246 24 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.22 m Freezing level: 559.04 mb = 5001.97 m = 16410.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.44 mb = 4597.26 m = 15082.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.72 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.16 mb = 1862.71 m = 6111.17 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 24.93 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1802.09 m = 5912.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.55 C = 90.59 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.80 C Cross Totals Index: 25.99 C K Index: 31.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2694.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.06 mb = 1696.37 m = 5565.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.06 mb = 1959.44 m = 6428.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.06 mb = 2174.51 m = 7134.12 ft B at Equ Level: 5.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 765.06 mb = 2394.67 m = 7856.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 340.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.34 Bulk Rich Number: 15.14 Bulk Shear: 177.97 m/s