MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 49.71,-96.26 Latitude: 49.71 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 975 293 27.4 12.0 38 15.4 17.5 181 12 302.7 304.4 291.6 329.7 9.05 2 950 516 25.8 10.4 38 15.4 16.1 185 22 303.3 304.9 291.2 328.2 8.33 3 900 988 21.3 9.2 46 12.1 13.8 190 27 303.4 304.9 291.1 327.8 8.15 4 850 1479 16.8 8.3 57 8.5 11.6 197 28 303.7 305.2 291.2 328.0 8.10 5 800 1993 13.9 7.8 66 6.2 10.2 212 25 306.0 307.6 292.0 331.1 8.30 6 750 2540 15.5 3.1 43 12.4 8.3 234 19 313.4 314.6 292.6 333.4 6.39 7 700 3121 11.5 -1.4 41 12.8 4.6 249 19 315.2 316.1 292.0 330.9 4.95 8 650 3735 6.5 -3.0 51 9.4 1.7 253 23 316.3 317.2 292.1 331.4 4.73 9 600 4385 0.9 -5.9 61 6.7 -2.3 264 24 317.1 317.9 291.8 330.4 4.12 10 550 5078 -3.7 -13.7 46 10.0 -7.5 270 28 319.7 320.2 291.1 327.8 2.42 11 500 5824 -8.3 -25.5 24 17.2 -13.0 269 31 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.4 0.96 12 450 6633 -13.8 -35.1 15 21.3 -18.0 272 31 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.5 0.43 13 400 7517 -20.0 -38.8 17 18.7 -23.1 274 29 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.2 0.33 14 350 8492 -27.5 -42.9 22 15.4 -29.3 276 34 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.25 15 300 9582 -35.3 -52.5 16 17.2 -36.5 278 30 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 16 250 10829 -44.0 -53.2 35 9.2 -44.5 291 26 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.11 17 200 12295 -52.4 -63.7 24 11.4 -52.7 279 35 349.8 349.8 296.6 350.0 0.04 18 150 14127 -57.8 -77.3 7 19.5 -58.0 276 30 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16664 -59.7 -84.5 3 24.8 -60.0 270 19 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.80 m Freezing level: 590.53 mb = 4516.37 m = 14817.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.16 mb = 3999.60 m = 13121.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.23 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.92 mb = 2230.00 m = 7316.19 ft T: 14.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 2.50 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.66 mb = 3980.25 m = 13058.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.12 C = 106.01 F Cap Strength: 8.93 C Lifted Index: 3.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.82 C Showalter Index: 3.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 16.54 C K Index: 20.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7263.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.17 mb = 2459.36 m = 8068.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 146.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 62.14 m/s