MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 48.7,-98.7 Latitude: 48.70 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 952 465 29.2 15.5 43 13.7 19.8 112 5 306.6 308.8 294.7 341.7 11.68 2 950 487 29.0 14.2 40 14.8 19.1 111 5 306.7 308.7 294.1 339.2 10.79 3 900 964 24.5 12.6 47 11.9 16.7 102 7 306.7 308.6 293.7 337.5 10.22 4 850 1461 19.7 11.7 60 8.0 14.5 94 7 306.8 308.7 293.7 337.5 10.18 5 800 1980 14.7 10.6 77 4.1 12.1 87 7 306.8 308.7 293.7 337.4 10.12 6 750 2523 11.4 6.3 71 5.1 8.3 110 7 308.9 310.4 292.6 333.4 7.99 7 700 3098 9.3 -0.1 52 9.4 4.3 166 9 312.8 313.8 291.7 329.9 5.44 8 650 3708 4.6 0.1 72 4.6 2.2 189 17 314.2 315.4 292.5 332.9 5.94 9 600 4355 -0.1 -5.7 66 5.6 -2.7 212 23 316.0 316.8 291.5 329.4 4.17 10 550 5046 -4.5 -11.8 57 7.3 -7.5 213 40 318.7 319.2 291.1 327.9 2.81 11 500 5790 -9.2 -17.8 50 8.5 -12.1 217 53 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.2 1.89 12 450 6596 -14.5 -23.6 46 9.1 -17.0 215 55 325.0 325.3 291.6 329.5 1.27 13 400 7479 -20.1 -25.6 62 5.5 -21.5 210 51 328.8 329.1 292.6 333.1 1.19 14 350 8455 -27.3 -32.0 64 4.7 -28.2 208 51 331.9 332.1 293.0 334.7 0.74 15 300 9545 -36.0 -38.2 80 2.2 -36.2 212 49 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.5 0.47 16 250 10784 -45.8 -49.0 70 3.2 -46.0 211 45 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.18 17 200 12230 -57.9 -60.1 76 2.2 -58.0 220 47 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.06 18 150 14026 -56.6 -77.9 5 21.3 -56.9 215 28 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.7 0.01 19 100 16609 -57.5 -84.9 2 27.4 -57.9 235 9 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.11 m Freezing level: 601.41 mb = 4336.61 m = 14227.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.78 mb = 3989.13 m = 13087.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.97 mb = 2193.10 m = 7195.12 ft T: 13.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 11.87 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.70 mb = 3148.73 m = 10330.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.44 C = 95.79 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 31.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 272.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.39 mb = 2429.12 m = 7969.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.39 mb = 4045.78 m = 13273.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.39 mb = 10429.33 m = 34216.55 ft B at Equ Level: 269.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.39 mb = 12771.17 m = 41899.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.7 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 233.7 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.1 neg: -7.8 tot: 60.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.53 Bulk Shear: 77.14 m/s