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: 48.85,-101.02 Latitude: 48.85 Longitude: -101.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 950 456 32.5 19.5 46 13.0 23.1 144 10 310.1 313.0 298.0 356.5 15.21 2 950 460 32.7 19.1 45 13.6 22.9 145 10 310.4 313.2 297.8 355.6 14.82 3 900 947 30.4 16.3 43 14.0 20.5 160 24 312.8 315.3 297.3 353.2 13.10 4 850 1455 26.2 15.0 50 11.3 18.4 178 24 313.6 316.0 297.3 352.9 12.69 5 800 1986 21.6 13.4 60 8.2 16.0 194 25 314.2 316.5 297.1 352.0 12.20 6 750 2542 16.4 11.0 71 5.3 12.9 209 27 314.3 316.5 296.4 348.8 11.09 7 700 3124 10.4 6.4 76 4.0 8.0 218 29 314.0 315.7 294.6 341.0 8.67 8 650 3737 6.1 -0.2 64 6.4 2.7 230 32 315.9 317.0 292.9 334.3 5.81 9 600 4388 1.8 -8.2 47 10.0 -2.7 236 39 318.2 318.8 291.5 329.3 3.43 10 550 5082 -3.9 -13.7 46 9.8 -7.7 237 44 319.5 319.9 291.0 327.5 2.42 11 500 5827 -8.9 -20.5 38 11.6 -12.5 241 45 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.3 1.50 12 450 6635 -13.5 -28.8 26 15.4 -17.1 249 44 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.1 0.78 13 400 7520 -19.9 -35.4 24 15.5 -22.7 251 43 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.9 0.47 14 350 8495 -27.0 -43.9 19 16.9 -29.0 248 38 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.22 15 300 9587 -35.2 -48.0 26 12.9 -36.2 260 32 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.16 16 250 10831 -44.9 -53.2 39 8.3 -45.3 268 28 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.8 0.11 17 200 12284 -56.4 -58.5 77 2.1 -56.4 276 27 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.8 0.07 18 150 14071 -62.7 -69.3 41 6.6 -62.8 254 22 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.02 19 100 16623 -57.4 -84.6 2 27.2 -57.8 233 8 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.44 m Freezing level: 584.42 mb = 4603.96 m = 15104.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.09 mb = 4054.56 m = 13302.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.12 % Est. max temperature: 36.50 C = 97.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.15 mb = 2114.49 m = 6937.23 ft T: 20.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 29.20 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.12 mb = 2838.09 m = 9311.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.52 C = 97.73 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -7.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -6.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 46.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 608.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2664.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.53 mb = 2626.37 m = 8616.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.53 mb = 3033.65 m = 9952.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.53 mb = 13384.56 m = 43912.08 ft B at Equ Level: 2649.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 248.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.57 Bulk Rich Number: 21.06 Bulk Shear: 126.47 m/s