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: 49.53,-96.09 Latitude: 49.53 Longitude: -96.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -19 SFC 962 321 28.4 22.7 71 5.7 24.2 101 5 305.0 308.4 298.7 360.0 18.40 2 950 430 30.2 21.0 58 9.1 23.5 123 9 307.8 311.0 298.4 358.4 16.75 3 900 913 27.4 18.3 57 9.1 20.9 183 15 309.8 312.6 297.7 355.0 14.85 4 850 1416 23.0 16.5 67 6.5 18.5 190 19 310.3 312.9 297.3 353.1 14.03 5 800 1942 18.6 14.9 79 3.6 16.1 180 22 310.9 313.5 297.1 352.2 13.48 6 750 2493 14.4 12.0 85 2.5 12.8 175 25 312.2 314.5 296.3 348.6 11.81 7 700 3075 13.8 -2.3 33 16.1 5.2 215 31 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.6 4.62 8 650 3696 10.3 -9.6 24 19.9 1.1 223 36 320.6 321.2 291.7 330.1 2.84 9 600 4354 4.4 -13.5 26 17.9 -3.0 224 36 321.3 321.7 291.4 328.8 2.25 10 550 5054 -1.7 -19.3 25 17.7 -7.8 227 40 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.3 1.50 11 500 5803 -8.0 -24.9 24 17.0 -12.8 228 40 323.3 323.5 290.8 326.9 1.01 12 450 6612 -13.9 -34.2 16 20.3 -18.0 215 39 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.5 0.47 13 400 7495 -20.7 -36.4 23 15.7 -23.4 214 37 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.6 0.42 14 350 8466 -28.6 -35.6 51 7.0 -29.6 218 46 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.2 0.52 15 300 9551 -36.5 -52.8 17 16.3 -37.5 215 36 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.10 16 250 10790 -45.8 -59.1 21 13.4 -46.3 204 30 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 17 200 12239 -56.3 -61.2 54 4.9 -56.4 210 33 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14043 -59.3 -73.8 14 14.5 -59.5 222 38 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16613 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.0 -57.3 243 12 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.16 m Freezing level: 563.65 mb = 4863.18 m = 15955.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.19 mb = 3872.70 m = 12705.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.64 % Est. max temperature: 34.19 C = 93.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.85 mb = 1052.47 m = 3452.96 ft T: 26.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 33.12 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.17 mb = 2200.41 m = 7219.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.95 C = 94.92 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -7.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.98 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 31.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 506.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3016.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.66 mb = 1891.78 m = 6206.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.66 mb = 2497.08 m = 8192.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.66 mb = 2610.37 m = 8564.10 ft B at Equ Level: 12.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 699.66 mb = 3079.33 m = 10102.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.0 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 243.0 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 246.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.70 Bulk Rich Number: 30.54 Bulk Shear: 98.75 m/s