MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 48.49,-96.36 Latitude: 48.49 Longitude: -96.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 967 325 29.0 23.0 70 6.1 24.6 13 5 305.1 308.6 298.8 360.8 18.58 2 950 478 28.6 20.9 63 7.7 23.0 34 7 306.2 309.3 297.9 356.1 16.60 3 900 958 25.3 18.8 67 6.5 20.6 131 6 307.6 310.5 297.5 354.0 15.37 4 850 1458 21.1 16.9 77 4.2 18.2 157 10 308.3 311.0 297.0 351.9 14.40 5 800 1981 16.6 15.3 92 1.3 15.7 164 14 308.9 311.5 296.8 350.8 13.80 6 750 2529 13.0 12.7 98 0.3 12.8 189 23 310.7 313.0 296.3 348.7 12.43 7 700 3108 11.9 5.3 64 6.7 7.9 186 35 315.7 317.2 294.5 340.8 7.99 8 650 3726 8.5 -0.3 54 8.8 3.7 186 43 318.6 319.7 293.6 337.2 5.79 9 600 4382 3.7 -6.1 49 9.8 -1.0 206 35 320.4 321.2 292.7 333.7 4.06 10 550 5082 -2.3 -10.5 53 8.2 -5.8 217 32 321.3 322.0 292.2 331.7 3.12 11 500 5829 -9.2 -12.7 75 3.6 -10.6 220 36 321.8 322.4 292.1 331.4 2.87 12 450 6634 -15.5 -16.6 91 1.1 -15.9 225 42 323.8 324.2 292.2 331.6 2.32 13 400 7514 -19.8 -34.6 26 14.8 -22.5 226 36 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.1 0.51 14 350 8491 -26.7 -42.4 21 15.7 -28.7 213 33 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.26 15 300 9583 -35.4 -47.0 29 11.7 -36.4 212 31 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.18 16 250 10827 -45.1 -54.9 33 9.8 -45.5 217 31 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.4 0.09 17 200 12274 -57.5 -60.7 67 3.2 -57.6 217 22 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.05 18 150 14055 -60.0 -72.1 19 12.1 -60.2 236 33 366.7 366.7 300.0 366.8 0.02 19 100 16624 -57.4 -84.9 2 27.5 -57.8 260 7 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.58 m Freezing level: 569.11 mb = 4814.43 m = 15795.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.90 mb = 4234.86 m = 13893.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.75 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.60 mb = 1099.12 m = 3605.98 ft T: 24.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 29.36 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1853.34 m = 6080.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.72 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -7.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: -6.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.41 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.32 C Cross Totals Index: 26.08 C K Index: 40.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2889.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.10 mb = 1641.67 m = 5385.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.10 mb = 2011.59 m = 6599.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.10 mb = 13386.48 m = 43918.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2865.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.7 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 228.7 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 212.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.65 Bulk Rich Number: 21.16 Bulk Shear: 136.56 m/s