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: 51.29,-95.08 Latitude: 51.29 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 968 347 24.8 19.0 70 5.8 20.8 168 13 300.7 303.4 295.1 343.2 14.46 2 950 510 24.1 17.5 66 6.6 19.6 174 26 301.7 304.1 294.6 341.0 13.35 3 900 982 20.3 15.9 76 4.5 17.3 188 31 302.4 304.8 294.3 340.0 12.69 4 850 1473 17.1 13.3 78 3.8 14.6 210 35 304.1 306.2 293.8 337.9 11.36 5 800 1989 13.8 9.8 77 4.0 11.3 228 37 305.8 307.6 292.9 334.5 9.53 6 750 2530 9.5 6.6 82 2.9 7.8 235 41 306.9 308.4 292.2 331.6 8.17 7 700 3098 4.5 3.4 92 1.1 3.9 236 43 307.5 308.8 291.4 328.9 7.01 8 650 3699 2.3 -5.6 56 7.9 -1.4 235 43 311.5 312.3 289.9 323.8 3.87 9 600 4342 -0.6 -14.2 35 13.6 -5.7 233 40 315.5 315.9 289.5 322.5 2.12 10 550 5032 -4.8 -22.6 23 17.8 -10.2 228 39 318.4 318.6 289.5 322.3 1.13 11 500 5774 -10.2 -26.1 26 15.9 -14.3 228 37 320.6 320.8 289.9 323.8 0.91 12 450 6576 -16.1 -29.7 30 13.6 -19.1 230 36 323.0 323.2 290.5 325.6 0.73 13 400 7451 -22.5 -32.5 40 10.1 -24.3 232 35 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.62 14 350 8417 -29.8 -35.4 58 5.6 -30.6 238 35 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.6 0.54 15 300 9497 -38.1 -39.6 86 1.4 -38.3 259 33 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.2 0.41 16 250 10723 -48.2 -50.9 74 2.7 -48.4 269 34 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.14 17 200 12174 -51.2 -67.2 13 16.0 -51.6 244 33 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14048 -51.5 -80.2 2 28.7 -52.0 227 19 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16661 -55.1 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 206 13 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.15 m Freezing level: 609.80 mb = 4216.37 m = 13833.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.07 mb = 3537.38 m = 11605.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.90 mb = 1078.64 m = 3538.80 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 20.91 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.13 mb = 1871.14 m = 6138.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.45 C = 85.00 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.27 C Showalter Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 39.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1215.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.13 mb = 1481.95 m = 4861.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.13 mb = 2264.12 m = 7428.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.13 mb = 11433.28 m = 37510.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1191.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.13 mb = 13870.79 m = 45507.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 344.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.49 Bulk Rich Number: 11.68 Bulk Shear: 104.03 m/s