MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 49.57,-92.88 Latitude: 49.57 Longitude: -92.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -8 SFC 954 398 28.4 21.7 67 6.7 23.5 155 11 305.6 308.8 298.2 357.6 17.37 2 950 439 28.5 20.8 63 7.7 22.9 159 16 306.1 309.2 297.8 355.6 16.49 3 900 918 24.4 19.0 72 5.4 20.6 167 29 306.7 309.6 297.4 353.5 15.55 4 850 1417 20.2 17.4 84 2.8 18.2 176 34 307.3 310.1 297.1 352.1 14.85 5 800 1938 16.2 15.3 94 0.9 15.6 186 36 308.4 311.0 296.7 350.2 13.79 6 750 2486 13.1 12.5 96 0.6 12.7 196 37 310.8 313.1 296.3 348.2 12.22 7 700 3066 12.3 3.6 55 8.7 7.2 202 38 316.1 317.5 294.0 338.5 7.09 8 650 3684 8.8 -1.4 48 10.3 3.3 206 46 318.9 320.0 293.3 336.0 5.30 9 600 4341 3.4 -3.5 61 6.8 -0.1 210 46 320.0 321.0 293.3 336.1 4.94 10 550 5039 -2.6 -5.7 79 3.1 -4.1 217 44 321.0 321.9 293.3 335.8 4.53 11 500 5787 -8.7 -10.6 86 1.9 -9.5 219 45 322.4 323.1 292.7 333.7 3.40 12 450 6595 -14.0 -20.4 58 6.4 -15.9 215 55 325.7 326.0 292.1 331.5 1.68 13 400 7480 -19.1 -27.2 49 8.1 -21.0 218 50 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.8 1.03 14 350 8459 -26.7 -33.9 51 7.2 -27.9 217 51 332.8 332.9 293.1 335.1 0.62 15 300 9551 -36.0 -43.5 46 7.5 -36.7 217 51 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.7 0.27 16 250 10788 -46.2 -53.9 41 7.7 -46.6 216 48 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.10 17 200 12238 -55.7 -61.9 46 6.1 -55.9 182 62 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 14047 -60.0 -74.1 14 14.1 -60.2 236 34 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16609 -56.7 -84.7 2 28.0 -57.2 244 18 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.69 m Freezing level: 571.82 mb = 4734.17 m = 15531.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.43 mb = 4320.96 m = 14176.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.42 mb = 1249.65 m = 4099.84 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 21.64 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1751.12 m = 5745.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.43 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -7.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.93 C Cross Totals Index: 26.11 C K Index: 37.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2572.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.02 mb = 1579.89 m = 5183.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.02 mb = 1948.51 m = 6392.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 719.02 mb = 2840.53 m = 9319.22 ft B at Equ Level: 23.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.0 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 233.0 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 317.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.40 Bulk Rich Number: 26.87 Bulk Shear: 95.74 m/s