MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 49.94,-101.84 Latitude: 49.94 Longitude: -101.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 546 SFC 944 604 24.7 18.0 66 6.7 20.1 156 12 302.8 305.4 295.3 343.9 13.88 3 900 1015 19.3 16.1 82 3.1 17.2 162 16 301.4 303.7 294.1 339.4 12.93 4 850 1505 15.9 13.9 88 2.0 14.6 173 18 302.8 304.9 293.7 337.8 11.82 5 800 2020 14.1 9.6 74 4.5 11.3 180 22 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.5 9.41 6 750 2562 9.9 7.7 86 2.2 8.6 176 19 307.3 309.0 292.8 334.1 8.83 7 700 3132 5.6 4.5 93 1.1 5.0 164 15 308.7 310.1 292.2 331.9 7.58 8 650 3735 1.7 -0.7 84 2.4 0.4 156 14 310.9 311.9 291.2 328.3 5.59 9 600 4376 -2.2 -7.1 69 4.8 -4.4 160 14 313.5 314.2 290.4 325.5 3.75 10 550 5061 -6.4 -12.2 63 5.8 -8.6 159 16 316.5 317.1 290.4 325.5 2.73 11 500 5801 -10.4 -15.4 67 4.9 -12.2 156 16 320.3 320.8 291.2 328.1 2.32 12 450 6604 -15.7 -17.9 83 2.3 -16.4 160 12 323.5 324.0 291.9 330.6 2.07 13 400 7483 -21.3 -21.9 95 0.6 -21.5 186 13 327.3 327.6 292.6 333.0 1.66 14 350 8455 -27.9 -30.6 78 2.7 -28.4 181 11 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.3 0.85 15 300 9542 -36.7 -38.8 81 2.1 -37.0 209 14 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.3 0.44 16 250 10775 -47.6 -49.8 78 2.2 -47.7 235 23 335.3 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.16 17 200 12211 -58.1 -59.9 79 1.8 -58.1 234 35 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.06 18 150 14043 -51.7 -79.2 2 27.4 -52.2 176 15 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.01 19 100 16652 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 184 15 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.78 m Freezing level: 628.62 mb = 4008.73 m = 13151.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.53 mb = 3789.94 m = 12434.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.30 mb = 1451.95 m = 4763.57 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 18.47 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.34 mb = 1995.46 m = 6546.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.82 C = 82.07 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.31 C K Index: 39.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1005.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.62 mb = 1529.04 m = 5016.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.62 mb = 2421.95 m = 7945.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.62 mb = 12126.88 m = 39785.88 ft B at Equ Level: 990.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.62 mb = 13933.14 m = 45711.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 164.6 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 194.6 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -20.4 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 2018.56 Bulk Shear: 0.50 m/s