MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.53,-100.73 Latitude: 48.53 Longitude: -100.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 SFC 951 456 34.5 19.0 40 15.5 23.3 143 15 312.2 315.0 298.2 357.5 14.73 2 950 461 34.6 18.7 39 15.9 23.2 143 15 312.3 315.1 298.0 356.7 14.44 3 900 949 30.5 16.9 44 13.6 20.8 152 27 312.9 315.5 297.7 354.8 13.57 4 850 1457 26.0 15.6 53 10.5 18.7 166 26 313.4 315.9 297.5 354.2 13.19 5 800 1988 21.4 14.0 63 7.4 16.3 181 25 314.0 316.4 297.3 353.2 12.65 6 750 2544 16.5 12.1 75 4.4 13.6 194 26 314.5 316.8 297.0 351.6 11.93 7 700 3127 11.3 9.8 90 1.5 10.3 204 27 315.0 317.1 296.4 349.1 10.94 8 650 3743 6.4 5.2 92 1.2 5.7 217 28 316.2 317.9 295.1 343.2 8.58 9 600 4395 2.1 -2.2 73 4.2 -0.2 234 33 318.5 319.6 293.3 336.0 5.44 10 550 5091 -3.3 -7.9 71 4.6 -5.4 243 38 320.2 320.9 292.4 332.8 3.85 11 500 5837 -9.0 -14.2 66 5.2 -10.9 245 46 322.1 322.6 291.9 330.6 2.54 12 450 6644 -14.4 -25.3 39 10.9 -17.3 252 45 325.1 325.3 291.4 328.9 1.09 13 400 7526 -20.3 -34.7 26 14.4 -22.9 253 44 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.5 0.50 14 350 8500 -27.4 -41.1 26 13.7 -29.2 249 39 331.8 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.30 15 300 9591 -35.4 -51.9 17 16.5 -36.5 258 34 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.11 16 250 10834 -45.2 -57.3 24 12.1 -45.7 260 31 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.07 17 200 12285 -56.7 -62.5 48 5.9 -56.8 264 38 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 14076 -61.5 -71.1 27 9.6 -61.6 257 32 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.02 19 100 16631 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 239 8 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.34 m Freezing level: 580.63 mb = 4664.40 m = 15302.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.33 mb = 4376.85 m = 14359.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.72 % Est. max temperature: 36.30 C = 97.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.57 mb = 2423.19 m = 7950.01 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 28.55 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.09 mb = 2876.31 m = 9436.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.15 C = 98.88 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -7.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -7.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 49.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 642.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2965.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.91 mb = 2646.94 m = 8684.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.91 mb = 3056.34 m = 10027.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.91 mb = 13448.55 m = 44121.99 ft B at Equ Level: 2946.87 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 215.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.33 Bulk Rich Number: 23.27 Bulk Shear: 127.42 m/s