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: 49.17,-96.81 Latitude: 49.17 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 974 269 23.8 20.9 84 2.9 21.7 321 8 299.1 302.1 295.8 346.2 16.15 2 950 489 23.8 18.1 70 5.7 19.8 336 16 301.3 303.9 294.8 342.1 13.86 3 900 961 21.2 16.4 74 4.8 17.9 20 9 303.3 305.8 294.9 342.4 13.18 4 850 1455 18.2 16.5 90 1.7 17.1 105 11 305.2 307.9 296.0 347.3 14.06 5 800 1974 15.6 15.2 97 0.4 15.3 148 17 307.7 310.3 296.4 349.0 13.67 6 750 2522 13.3 11.6 90 1.7 12.2 184 22 311.0 313.2 295.8 346.4 11.55 7 700 3100 10.0 7.6 85 2.4 8.5 196 31 313.6 315.4 295.0 342.8 9.43 8 650 3715 7.7 0.6 61 7.1 3.8 197 40 317.7 318.9 293.7 337.3 6.18 9 600 4370 3.1 -5.4 54 8.5 -1.1 202 40 319.7 320.5 292.7 333.6 4.27 10 550 5068 -2.8 -9.7 59 6.9 -5.8 206 40 320.8 321.4 292.2 331.8 3.34 11 500 5814 -9.2 -12.2 79 3.0 -10.4 212 43 321.8 322.4 292.2 331.8 3.00 12 450 6620 -15.3 -17.4 83 2.2 -16.0 216 46 324.0 324.5 292.1 331.4 2.16 13 400 7499 -20.8 -25.4 67 4.5 -22.0 218 44 327.9 328.2 292.3 332.2 1.22 14 350 8474 -26.5 -31.0 66 4.5 -27.3 220 38 333.1 333.3 293.3 336.1 0.83 15 300 9570 -34.7 -38.0 72 3.2 -35.1 219 33 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.3 0.48 16 250 10814 -45.1 -47.2 79 2.1 -45.3 215 35 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.9 0.22 17 200 12263 -57.3 -57.3 99 0.1 -57.3 214 23 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.08 18 150 14040 -59.6 -71.2 21 11.6 -59.8 225 29 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.02 19 100 16616 -58.3 -84.3 2 26.0 -58.7 250 11 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.48 m Freezing level: 573.84 mb = 4735.02 m = 15534.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.01 mb = 4221.36 m = 13849.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.63 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.57 mb = 632.35 m = 2074.60 ft T: 22.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 17.27 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.02 mb = 2070.07 m = 6791.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.88 C = 91.18 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.37 C Showalter Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.45 C Cross Totals Index: 25.75 C K Index: 41.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 844.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 205.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.26 mb = 1331.46 m = 4368.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.26 mb = 4679.89 m = 15353.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.26 mb = 12348.63 m = 40513.38 ft B at Equ Level: 836.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.26 mb = 14603.92 m = 47912.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.0 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 229.0 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 412.5 neg: -32.4 tot: 380.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.76 Bulk Rich Number: 3.91 Bulk Shear: 215.97 m/s