MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 49.21,-98.66 Latitude: 49.21 Longitude: -98.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 SFC 950 444 26.5 22.1 77 4.3 23.3 56 3 304.0 307.3 298.2 357.4 17.93 2 950 447 26.5 21.4 74 5.1 22.8 57 3 304.1 307.2 297.7 355.0 17.11 3 900 923 22.9 19.2 80 3.7 20.2 118 4 305.1 308.0 297.1 352.1 15.72 4 850 1420 19.3 17.1 87 2.2 17.8 167 7 306.4 309.1 296.7 350.2 14.60 5 800 1940 16.1 15.0 94 1.0 15.4 190 11 308.3 310.8 296.5 349.4 13.57 6 750 2488 13.3 12.7 96 0.6 12.9 199 13 311.0 313.3 296.4 349.0 12.41 7 700 3067 11.3 6.3 71 5.0 8.2 211 18 314.9 316.6 294.7 341.8 8.58 8 650 3684 9.0 -2.3 45 11.3 3.0 212 26 319.2 320.1 293.1 335.2 4.97 9 600 4342 4.1 -11.3 31 15.4 -2.6 208 32 320.9 321.4 291.7 329.9 2.69 10 550 5041 -2.0 -14.4 38 12.4 -6.8 201 38 321.7 322.2 291.5 329.4 2.28 11 500 5789 -8.4 -20.5 37 12.1 -12.2 200 43 322.8 323.1 291.1 327.9 1.49 12 450 6596 -14.9 -27.3 34 12.4 -17.9 210 43 324.5 324.7 291.1 327.8 0.91 13 400 7476 -21.4 -33.4 33 12.0 -23.6 219 44 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.3 0.57 14 350 8445 -28.6 -40.5 31 11.9 -30.1 209 42 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.32 15 300 9532 -36.2 -47.4 31 11.2 -37.1 213 34 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.18 16 250 10772 -45.4 -54.2 37 8.8 -45.9 205 28 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.10 17 200 12222 -56.5 -60.2 63 3.7 -56.6 215 26 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14024 -56.6 -76.0 7 19.3 -56.9 224 34 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16607 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 241 12 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.79 m Freezing level: 566.23 mb = 4813.93 m = 15793.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.98 mb = 4032.98 m = 13231.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.43 mb = 996.41 m = 3269.03 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 29.66 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.12 mb = 1643.46 m = 5391.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.29 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -6.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.53 C K Index: 39.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2455.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.59 mb = 1393.20 m = 4570.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.59 mb = 1965.55 m = 6448.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 697.59 mb = 3095.68 m = 10156.30 ft B at Equ Level: 18.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.59 mb = 16140.73 m = 52954.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.5 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 232.5 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 29.08 Bulk Shear: 84.42 m/s