MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 56.12,-96.58 Latitude: 56.12 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 996 205 23.2 2.8 26 20.4 12.2 124 6 296.7 297.5 285.5 310.5 4.69 2 950 612 18.9 0.8 30 18.1 9.6 129 8 296.4 297.1 284.9 309.0 4.25 3 900 1072 14.4 0.0 37 14.4 7.2 134 7 296.4 297.2 284.9 309.0 4.25 4 850 1550 9.9 -0.8 47 10.7 4.6 139 7 296.5 297.3 284.9 309.0 4.23 5 800 2052 9.3 -5.9 34 15.2 2.5 130 4 301.1 301.7 285.5 310.5 3.08 6 750 2585 6.8 -8.1 34 14.9 0.4 26 2 304.0 304.5 286.2 312.6 2.77 7 700 3148 4.5 -15.3 22 19.8 -2.7 342 8 307.5 307.8 286.4 312.9 1.67 8 650 3748 1.3 -20.4 18 21.8 -5.7 334 13 310.5 310.7 286.8 314.3 1.16 9 600 4386 -3.2 -29.1 12 25.8 -9.7 331 17 312.4 312.5 286.9 314.4 0.58 10 550 5067 -8.1 -38.2 7 30.1 -13.7 330 20 314.5 314.5 287.2 315.4 0.26 11 500 5801 -12.8 -28.2 26 15.4 -16.4 340 22 317.4 317.5 288.8 320.0 0.75 12 450 6594 -18.7 -33.6 26 14.9 -21.4 341 24 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.5 0.50 13 400 7460 -25.5 -42.8 18 17.2 -27.5 345 26 321.8 321.8 289.6 322.6 0.22 14 350 8414 -32.9 -42.5 38 9.6 -33.8 351 35 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.4 0.26 15 300 9479 -41.4 -48.8 45 7.4 -41.9 359 45 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.15 16 250 10689 -51.3 -56.6 53 5.3 -51.5 5 63 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.07 17 200 12114 -54.4 -67.4 19 13.0 -54.6 345 39 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13965 -52.9 -80.4 2 27.5 -53.4 335 41 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16569 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 334 37 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.28 m Freezing level: 635.46 mb = 3933.52 m = 12905.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 743.21 mb = 2658.92 m = 8723.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.86 % Est. max temperature: 23.35 C = 74.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.60 mb = 2742.94 m = 8999.04 ft T: 6.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 1.58 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 573.44 mb = 4740.47 m = 15552.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.97 C = 103.94 F Cap Strength: 9.54 C Lifted Index: 9.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.93 C Showalter Index: 10.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 11.99 C K Index: 2.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 35.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12135.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.28 mb = 2847.10 m = 9340.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.2 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 12.2 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: -4.8 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 43.55 m/s