MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 49.14,-90.50 Latitude: 49.14 Longitude: -90.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 953 477 25.1 21.9 82 3.2 22.8 154 4 302.4 305.6 297.6 354.5 17.63 2 950 507 24.6 21.2 82 3.3 22.2 153 5 302.1 305.2 297.1 352.2 16.97 3 900 980 20.4 19.7 96 0.7 19.9 153 11 302.5 305.5 296.8 350.6 16.24 4 850 1473 18.3 16.2 88 2.1 16.9 170 14 305.3 307.9 295.8 346.5 13.77 5 800 1993 17.6 10.1 61 7.5 12.9 202 14 309.9 311.8 294.3 339.8 9.77 6 750 2542 14.3 7.7 64 6.6 10.2 223 20 312.1 313.8 294.1 339.3 8.81 7 700 3122 10.5 6.5 76 4.0 8.1 237 32 314.1 315.8 294.6 341.3 8.73 8 650 3736 6.2 3.2 82 2.9 4.5 243 40 315.9 317.4 294.1 339.4 7.45 9 600 4387 1.1 -2.2 78 3.3 -0.6 250 48 317.4 318.5 293.0 334.8 5.44 10 550 5081 -4.0 -6.3 84 2.3 -5.1 253 57 319.4 320.2 292.6 333.4 4.34 11 500 5826 -9.3 -10.9 88 1.6 -10.0 253 61 321.7 322.3 292.4 332.7 3.33 12 450 6633 -14.1 -15.3 90 1.2 -14.5 257 55 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.3 2.59 13 400 7519 -18.9 -19.1 98 0.3 -19.0 261 40 330.4 330.9 293.7 337.8 2.10 14 350 8502 -25.0 -25.6 94 0.7 -25.1 253 31 335.1 335.4 294.3 340.0 1.36 15 300 9604 -33.4 -34.2 92 0.8 -33.5 250 30 338.4 338.5 294.6 341.0 0.71 16 250 10855 -44.1 -45.6 85 1.5 -44.2 251 36 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.6 0.26 17 200 12309 -57.2 -59.1 79 1.9 -57.2 230 29 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.07 18 150 14086 -62.6 -68.6 44 6.0 -62.7 237 32 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.02 19 100 16612 -57.2 -84.8 2 27.5 -57.6 190 7 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.68 m Freezing level: 588.81 mb = 4542.01 m = 14901.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.62 mb = 4310.89 m = 14143.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.41 % Est. max temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.21 mb = 880.99 m = 2890.34 ft T: 21.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 15.20 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.47 mb = 1417.49 m = 4650.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -6.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -5.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.65 C Cross Totals Index: 25.56 C K Index: 39.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1861.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.06 mb = 1172.88 m = 3847.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.06 mb = 3061.38 m = 10043.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.06 mb = 13131.47 m = 43081.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1847.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.06 mb = 16304.28 m = 53491.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 253.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 253.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.76 Bulk Rich Number: 10.38 Bulk Shear: 179.22 m/s