MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 49.03,-96.99 Latitude: 49.03 Longitude: -96.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 981 255 28.8 17.9 52 10.8 21.2 198 13 303.6 306.1 295.1 343.1 13.30 2 950 536 24.8 16.1 58 8.7 18.9 210 20 302.3 304.6 293.9 338.4 12.19 3 900 1007 20.3 14.9 71 5.4 16.7 221 22 302.5 304.7 293.7 337.7 11.91 4 850 1498 15.9 13.6 86 2.4 14.4 229 24 302.8 304.9 293.6 337.1 11.56 5 800 2010 12.0 10.7 91 1.3 11.2 240 27 304.0 305.8 292.9 334.2 10.14 6 750 2549 9.2 4.9 74 4.3 6.8 252 30 306.6 308.0 291.3 328.7 7.26 7 700 3118 6.1 -1.1 60 7.2 2.4 250 30 309.3 310.2 290.2 324.9 5.04 8 650 3722 3.2 -7.7 44 10.9 -1.7 239 30 312.6 313.2 289.7 323.1 3.29 9 600 4367 -0.3 -14.6 33 14.2 -5.7 237 31 315.7 316.1 289.5 322.5 2.06 10 550 5057 -4.9 -20.7 28 15.8 -9.9 236 31 318.3 318.5 289.6 322.8 1.34 11 500 5798 -10.0 -25.3 27 15.3 -14.1 245 29 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.2 0.98 12 450 6601 -16.0 -33.2 21 17.3 -19.4 248 32 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.0 0.52 13 400 7477 -22.4 -34.0 34 11.6 -24.4 250 36 325.9 326.0 291.1 327.8 0.54 14 350 8443 -29.5 -39.2 39 9.7 -30.7 249 37 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.37 15 300 9524 -37.5 -46.5 39 9.0 -38.2 241 45 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.20 16 250 10754 -47.8 -52.1 62 4.2 -48.0 235 45 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.12 17 200 12194 -54.7 -61.8 41 7.1 -54.9 238 45 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 14058 -52.7 -80.3 2 27.6 -53.2 227 21 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16655 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 202 10 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.68 m Freezing level: 604.68 mb = 4306.47 m = 14128.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.47 mb = 3469.53 m = 11382.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.85 mb = 1619.32 m = 5312.66 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 20.56 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.02 mb = 1759.99 m = 5774.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 32.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 844.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.82 mb = 1660.07 m = 5446.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.82 mb = 1917.48 m = 6290.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.82 mb = 11325.29 m = 37156.01 ft B at Equ Level: 834.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.82 mb = 13687.75 m = 44906.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.6 neg: -6.1 tot: 108.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 27.84 Bulk Shear: 30.34 m/s