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: 49.71,-94.61 Latitude: 49.71 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 972 342 25.1 19.5 71 5.6 21.2 173 10 300.7 303.4 295.3 344.2 14.83 2 950 539 23.8 18.3 71 5.5 20.0 184 21 301.4 304.0 295.0 342.8 14.09 3 900 1010 21.1 16.0 73 5.1 17.6 201 31 303.2 305.6 294.6 341.1 12.79 4 850 1503 18.2 12.3 68 5.9 14.4 218 28 305.2 307.2 293.6 337.1 10.63 5 800 2021 14.8 10.4 75 4.4 12.0 243 30 306.9 308.8 293.6 336.9 9.94 6 750 2563 10.3 6.8 79 3.5 8.2 249 34 307.8 309.3 292.5 333.0 8.29 7 700 3134 7.1 -2.4 51 9.5 2.3 250 39 310.4 311.2 290.2 324.7 4.57 8 650 3741 4.2 -13.2 27 17.4 -2.7 251 45 313.7 314.1 288.9 320.6 2.13 9 600 4386 -0.6 -14.7 33 14.1 -5.9 248 47 315.5 315.9 289.4 322.2 2.04 10 550 5074 -5.7 -16.8 41 11.1 -9.5 245 43 317.4 317.7 289.9 323.6 1.87 11 500 5814 -10.8 -18.8 51 8.1 -13.3 246 40 319.9 320.3 290.5 325.8 1.73 12 450 6616 -15.6 -26.6 38 11.0 -18.3 247 36 323.7 323.8 290.9 327.1 0.97 13 400 7495 -21.5 -34.4 30 12.9 -23.8 257 36 327.0 327.1 291.4 328.9 0.52 14 350 8464 -29.0 -38.1 41 9.1 -30.3 257 41 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.41 15 300 9546 -37.7 -45.1 46 7.4 -38.4 255 46 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.23 16 250 10774 -48.1 -53.7 53 5.5 -48.4 252 46 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 17 200 12218 -54.4 -63.2 33 8.7 -54.6 254 51 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.04 18 150 14073 -53.7 -79.6 3 26.0 -54.1 239 26 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16661 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 204 15 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.39 m Freezing level: 605.97 mb = 4308.84 m = 14136.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.13 mb = 3406.26 m = 11175.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.75 mb = 1050.92 m = 3447.86 ft T: 20.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 23.56 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.12 mb = 2030.05 m = 6660.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.26 C = 88.27 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 31.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1284.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.42 mb = 1488.91 m = 4884.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.42 mb = 2491.78 m = 8175.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.42 mb = 11707.36 m = 38409.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1275.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.42 mb = 14227.20 m = 46676.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.2 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 271.2 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 301.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 301.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.18 Bulk Rich Number: 10.81 Bulk Shear: 118.86 m/s