MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 49.24,-84.45 Latitude: 49.24 Longitude: -84.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 975 318 26.9 24.1 85 2.7 24.9 251 2 302.2 305.8 298.8 360.8 19.79 2 950 547 25.1 21.5 80 3.6 22.5 226 6 302.6 305.8 297.4 353.6 17.20 3 900 1020 21.5 20.0 91 1.5 20.4 221 14 303.7 306.7 297.3 352.9 16.56 4 850 1516 19.1 17.8 92 1.3 18.2 236 21 306.1 309.0 297.1 352.0 15.27 5 800 2037 17.0 14.2 83 2.8 15.1 249 26 309.3 311.7 296.3 348.2 12.82 6 750 2586 14.2 9.6 74 4.6 11.2 254 30 311.9 313.8 295.0 342.9 10.05 7 700 3166 10.8 4.0 63 6.8 6.8 254 30 314.4 315.8 293.6 337.2 7.28 8 650 3780 6.8 -2.2 53 9.0 2.1 251 29 316.6 317.6 292.4 332.7 5.01 9 600 4432 2.0 -7.1 51 9.1 -2.3 246 28 318.4 319.2 291.9 330.6 3.73 10 550 5127 -3.7 -9.5 64 5.8 -6.2 237 28 319.7 320.4 291.9 330.8 3.38 11 500 5872 -9.4 -12.7 77 3.3 -10.6 224 29 321.6 322.2 292.0 331.2 2.88 12 450 6678 -14.9 -19.8 66 4.9 -16.4 215 28 324.6 324.9 291.9 330.7 1.77 13 400 7559 -20.5 -27.0 56 6.6 -22.0 219 25 328.4 328.6 292.3 332.1 1.04 14 350 8535 -26.6 -34.0 50 7.4 -27.9 226 21 332.9 333.0 293.1 335.2 0.62 15 300 9630 -34.8 -39.0 65 4.2 -35.3 229 18 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.1 0.44 16 250 10876 -44.2 -45.1 91 0.9 -44.3 235 8 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.4 0.27 17 200 12336 -55.2 -55.3 99 0.1 -55.2 357 6 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.11 18 150 14121 -64.9 -67.7 68 2.8 -64.9 264 7 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.03 19 100 16647 -58.2 -84.6 2 26.3 -58.6 255 18 415.2 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.10 m Freezing level: 582.41 mb = 4676.31 m = 15342.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.78 mb = 4089.19 m = 13415.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.74 % Est. max temperature: 32.31 C = 90.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.46 mb = 663.04 m = 2175.31 ft T: 24.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 30.27 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.60 mb = 1348.14 m = 4422.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.92 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -7.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.45 C Cross Totals Index: 27.17 C K Index: 39.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2661.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.43 mb = 1093.54 m = 3587.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.43 mb = 2614.96 m = 8579.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.43 mb = 13820.69 m = 45342.92 ft B at Equ Level: 2636.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.0 neg: -1.6 tot: 107.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.68 Bulk Rich Number: 55.97 Bulk Shear: 47.56 m/s