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: 49.46,-97.28 Latitude: 49.46 Longitude: -97.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 SFC 972 241 30.8 22.1 60 8.7 24.4 134 6 306.4 309.7 298.5 358.9 17.45 2 950 446 28.7 20.6 61 8.2 22.8 142 10 306.3 309.4 297.7 355.1 16.24 3 900 925 24.2 19.6 75 4.6 20.9 151 12 306.5 309.5 297.7 355.0 16.16 4 850 1423 19.8 18.4 91 1.5 18.8 162 14 306.9 309.9 297.6 354.6 15.83 5 800 1944 16.4 15.8 96 0.6 16.0 181 23 308.6 311.3 297.0 351.8 14.24 6 750 2494 14.1 11.9 87 2.2 12.6 187 26 311.8 314.1 296.1 347.8 11.72 7 700 3076 13.9 0.9 41 13.1 6.5 191 33 317.9 319.0 293.4 336.5 5.82 8 650 3698 10.8 -7.5 27 18.2 2.0 202 35 321.1 321.8 292.3 332.2 3.36 9 600 4357 4.9 -10.3 32 15.2 -1.9 207 35 321.8 322.4 292.1 331.5 2.91 10 550 5058 -1.8 -11.6 47 9.8 -5.9 207 36 322.0 322.5 292.1 331.5 2.86 11 500 5807 -8.8 -11.9 79 3.0 -10.1 209 40 322.3 322.9 292.4 332.5 3.08 12 450 6613 -14.6 -27.4 33 12.8 -17.7 215 40 324.9 325.0 291.2 328.1 0.90 13 400 7494 -20.9 -39.7 17 18.8 -23.8 215 35 327.8 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.30 14 350 8465 -28.5 -46.0 17 17.5 -30.3 205 36 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.18 15 300 9550 -36.9 -50.4 23 13.5 -37.8 203 33 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.13 16 250 10787 -45.8 -55.4 33 9.5 -46.2 209 32 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.08 17 200 12236 -56.6 -64.7 35 8.1 -56.8 206 36 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 18 150 14034 -58.3 -74.9 10 16.6 -58.5 234 34 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16611 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 232 15 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.06 m Freezing level: 563.20 mb = 4873.09 m = 15987.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.36 mb = 4029.33 m = 13219.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.38 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.25 mb = 1348.93 m = 4425.56 ft T: 20.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 27.35 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.69 mb = 1630.96 m = 5350.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.99 C = 89.59 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -7.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: -7.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 27.19 C K Index: 33.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2992.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.64 mb = 1487.50 m = 4880.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.64 mb = 1851.92 m = 6075.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 738.64 mb = 2622.38 m = 8603.50 ft B at Equ Level: 12.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 698.64 mb = 3092.13 m = 10144.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.0 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 227.0 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 164.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.19 Bulk Rich Number: 38.68 Bulk Shear: 77.37 m/s