MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 49.51,-96.26 Latitude: 49.51 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -21 SFC 963 310 28.9 23.1 71 5.7 24.6 98 5 305.3 308.8 299.1 361.8 18.84 2 950 428 30.3 21.1 58 9.2 23.6 125 10 308.0 311.1 298.5 358.8 16.81 3 900 911 27.5 18.2 57 9.3 20.9 181 17 309.8 312.6 297.7 354.8 14.78 4 850 1415 23.1 16.3 66 6.8 18.4 189 20 310.3 312.9 297.2 352.6 13.85 5 800 1941 18.5 14.8 79 3.7 16.0 182 21 310.9 313.4 297.0 351.6 13.32 6 750 2492 14.2 11.8 85 2.4 12.6 180 22 312.0 314.2 296.1 347.9 11.66 7 700 3074 14.2 -3.1 30 17.3 5.1 223 30 318.2 319.1 292.3 332.3 4.34 8 650 3695 10.3 -9.9 23 20.3 1.0 224 35 320.6 321.2 291.6 329.8 2.76 9 600 4353 4.5 -14.2 24 18.7 -3.1 225 36 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.4 2.12 10 550 5053 -1.8 -18.4 27 16.6 -7.7 229 40 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.6 1.63 11 500 5802 -8.0 -24.3 26 16.3 -12.7 227 39 323.2 323.5 290.9 327.0 1.07 12 450 6610 -13.9 -33.8 17 19.9 -18.0 213 39 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.5 0.49 13 400 7493 -20.7 -36.4 23 15.7 -23.4 212 37 328.1 328.1 291.6 329.6 0.43 14 350 8464 -28.7 -35.6 51 7.0 -29.7 216 47 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.1 0.53 15 300 9549 -36.4 -53.2 16 16.8 -37.5 214 35 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.09 16 250 10788 -45.9 -59.2 21 13.4 -46.3 204 31 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 17 200 12237 -56.2 -61.1 54 4.9 -56.3 208 32 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14042 -59.1 -74.0 13 14.9 -59.3 220 37 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16612 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 242 12 417.9 417.9 307.4 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.70 m Freezing level: 564.30 mb = 4852.88 m = 15921.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.79 mb = 3850.89 m = 12634.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.34 % Est. max temperature: 34.24 C = 93.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.19 mb = 1047.61 m = 3436.98 ft T: 26.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 34.79 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.32 mb = 2175.20 m = 7136.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.87 C = 94.76 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -7.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: -5.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 30.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 505.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3046.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.28 mb = 1894.45 m = 6215.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.28 mb = 2386.59 m = 7829.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.28 mb = 2613.07 m = 8572.97 ft B at Equ Level: 13.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 699.28 mb = 3082.60 m = 10113.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.7 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 244.7 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 239.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.85 Bulk Rich Number: 30.51 Bulk Shear: 99.87 m/s