MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 49.44,-94.98 Latitude: 49.44 Longitude: -94.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 972 335 26.2 19.3 66 6.9 21.3 175 10 301.7 304.4 295.5 345.0 14.67 2 950 538 24.8 18.0 66 6.8 20.1 184 23 302.4 304.9 295.1 343.1 13.78 3 900 1011 21.5 16.1 71 5.4 17.8 198 31 303.7 306.0 294.8 341.9 12.87 4 850 1504 17.7 14.2 80 3.5 15.4 208 31 304.7 307.0 294.5 340.8 12.08 5 800 2022 14.8 11.8 82 3.0 12.9 240 34 306.9 309.0 294.3 339.8 10.91 6 750 2565 10.5 8.3 86 2.2 9.2 253 36 308.0 309.8 293.3 336.0 9.23 7 700 3137 7.3 -1.1 55 8.4 2.9 256 40 310.6 311.5 290.6 326.3 5.04 8 650 3744 4.3 -11.6 30 15.9 -2.3 254 48 313.8 314.3 289.3 321.7 2.42 9 600 4389 -0.4 -13.4 37 13.0 -5.5 250 48 315.6 316.0 289.7 323.0 2.26 10 550 5078 -5.2 -15.9 43 10.7 -9.1 245 41 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.6 2.01 11 500 5819 -10.5 -18.3 53 7.8 -13.0 244 38 320.2 320.5 290.6 326.3 1.80 12 450 6621 -16.0 -24.1 50 8.1 -18.1 247 36 323.1 323.3 290.9 327.3 1.21 13 400 7498 -21.6 -31.9 39 10.3 -23.5 259 40 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.4 0.66 14 350 8467 -29.0 -35.5 53 6.5 -30.0 261 45 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.6 0.53 15 300 9550 -37.7 -43.5 55 5.8 -38.2 259 48 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.3 0.27 16 250 10778 -48.1 -53.9 51 5.8 -48.3 258 47 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.10 17 200 12225 -54.1 -63.1 32 9.0 -54.3 256 46 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14074 -53.3 -79.6 3 26.3 -53.7 237 25 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.3 0.00 19 100 16662 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 208 15 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.84 m Freezing level: 604.69 mb = 4328.31 m = 14200.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.72 mb = 3474.34 m = 11398.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.96 mb = 1205.39 m = 3954.65 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 23.26 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.80 mb = 2023.74 m = 6639.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.76 C K Index: 34.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1395.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.68 mb = 1558.04 m = 5111.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.68 mb = 2457.04 m = 8061.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.68 mb = 11918.89 m = 39103.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1375.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.68 mb = 14529.15 m = 47667.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 357.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.86 Bulk Rich Number: 10.94 Bulk Shear: 127.57 m/s