MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.09,-98.31 Latitude: 48.09 Longitude: -98.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 954 453 26.9 22.0 75 4.8 23.3 143 10 304.1 307.4 298.1 357.1 17.77 2 950 487 27.5 22.0 72 5.5 23.5 146 13 305.1 308.4 298.4 358.3 17.78 3 900 967 26.4 20.5 70 5.9 22.1 173 30 308.7 311.9 298.8 360.4 17.06 4 850 1472 24.4 16.8 63 7.6 19.0 196 28 311.7 314.4 297.8 355.5 14.29 5 800 2000 20.4 13.7 65 6.7 15.8 212 29 312.9 315.3 296.9 351.3 12.44 6 750 2555 17.6 5.9 46 11.7 10.4 223 25 315.7 317.2 294.3 340.1 7.78 7 700 3142 14.5 -4.4 27 18.9 4.8 214 19 318.5 319.2 292.0 331.3 3.93 8 650 3761 9.1 -7.2 31 16.3 1.3 213 22 319.3 320.0 291.9 330.5 3.43 9 600 4417 3.7 -11.1 33 14.8 -2.7 230 28 320.4 321.0 291.6 329.5 2.74 10 550 5116 -2.6 -13.3 43 10.7 -6.8 238 33 321.0 321.5 291.5 329.4 2.50 11 500 5862 -9.2 -15.8 59 6.5 -11.6 240 36 321.8 322.2 291.5 329.3 2.24 12 450 6667 -15.3 -24.2 46 8.9 -17.7 240 35 324.0 324.2 291.2 328.2 1.20 13 400 7547 -21.1 -34.5 29 13.4 -23.5 242 32 327.5 327.7 291.6 329.4 0.51 14 350 8518 -28.3 -45.0 19 16.7 -30.1 250 35 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.20 15 300 9607 -35.4 -47.9 27 12.5 -36.4 249 21 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.2 0.17 16 250 10853 -43.8 -52.0 40 8.2 -44.3 262 16 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.5 0.13 17 200 12316 -54.6 -55.5 90 0.8 -54.6 303 20 346.2 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.10 18 150 14108 -64.9 -66.4 82 1.5 -64.9 305 31 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.5 0.03 19 100 16635 -59.0 -84.7 2 25.7 -59.3 228 14 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.99 m Freezing level: 570.36 mb = 4831.32 m = 15850.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.58 mb = 3970.99 m = 13028.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.71 % Est. max temperature: 35.48 C = 95.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.00 mb = 1075.55 m = 3528.66 ft T: 25.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.71 C/km ThetaE index: 32.24 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.65 mb = 2673.31 m = 8770.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.83 C = 101.90 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: -9.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: -8.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.61 C Cross Totals Index: 26.03 C K Index: 31.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 616.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3492.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.72 mb = 1724.31 m = 5657.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.72 mb = 3624.39 m = 11890.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.72 mb = 14077.61 m = 46185.81 ft B at Equ Level: 3484.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.1 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 250.1 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.5 neg: -21.8 tot: 238.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.60 Bulk Rich Number: 46.51 Bulk Shear: 75.09 m/s