MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 49.19,-101.26 Latitude: 49.19 Longitude: -101.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 955 481 22.2 17.8 76 4.4 19.1 138 13 299.2 301.7 294.0 338.6 13.51 2 950 529 22.6 17.2 71 5.5 18.9 139 18 300.1 302.5 293.9 338.4 13.07 3 900 998 19.6 15.3 76 4.3 16.7 149 27 301.7 303.9 293.7 337.7 12.23 4 850 1488 16.3 12.7 79 3.6 13.9 156 27 303.2 305.2 293.2 335.6 10.90 5 800 2002 12.8 10.2 84 2.5 11.2 161 25 304.8 306.6 292.9 334.2 9.83 6 750 2542 9.7 8.0 89 1.7 8.6 163 23 307.1 308.8 292.9 334.3 8.99 7 700 3113 6.5 5.3 93 1.1 5.8 165 22 309.6 311.2 292.9 334.3 8.03 8 650 3718 3.4 2.8 97 0.5 3.1 174 22 312.8 314.1 293.2 335.3 7.25 9 600 4364 -0.3 -1.1 95 0.7 -0.7 187 23 315.7 316.9 292.9 334.5 5.91 10 550 5055 -4.6 -6.0 90 1.4 -5.2 197 26 318.7 319.5 292.6 333.1 4.46 11 500 5799 -9.6 -11.2 88 1.6 -10.3 204 27 321.3 321.9 292.3 332.0 3.25 12 450 6604 -14.7 -16.0 90 1.3 -15.2 205 25 324.8 325.2 292.5 333.0 2.44 13 400 7486 -20.2 -21.1 93 0.8 -20.5 206 22 328.7 329.0 293.0 334.9 1.78 14 350 8460 -27.6 -28.0 96 0.4 -27.7 210 21 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.4 1.09 15 300 9548 -36.3 -36.4 99 0.1 -36.3 216 18 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.3 0.57 16 250 10785 -46.3 -46.3 100 -0.0 -46.3 231 15 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.1 0.24 17 200 12226 -58.4 -58.9 93 0.6 -58.4 221 17 340.3 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.07 18 150 14050 -52.2 -80.7 2 28.5 -52.7 216 23 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16654 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 198 10 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.56 m Freezing level: 604.54 mb = 4305.57 m = 14125.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.74 mb = 4234.29 m = 13891.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.49 mb = 1041.09 m = 3415.61 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 4.38 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.09 mb = 1864.57 m = 6117.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 37.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 309.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.78 mb = 1520.61 m = 4988.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.78 mb = 2633.26 m = 8639.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.78 mb = 10472.40 m = 34357.86 ft B at Equ Level: 309.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.78 mb = 12831.77 m = 42098.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.9 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 206.9 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.0 neg: -7.0 tot: 90.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 13.51 Bulk Shear: 22.94 m/s