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: 49.57,-96.49 Latitude: 49.57 Longitude: -96.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -22 SFC 965 289 29.1 23.5 72 5.7 24.9 91 6 305.4 308.9 299.2 362.9 19.19 2 950 428 29.9 21.2 59 8.8 23.5 117 11 307.6 310.7 298.4 358.6 16.90 3 900 910 27.1 18.3 59 8.7 20.8 173 17 309.4 312.2 297.7 354.7 14.90 4 850 1413 22.9 16.3 67 6.5 18.3 185 20 310.1 312.7 297.1 352.5 13.89 5 800 1939 18.4 14.7 79 3.7 15.8 186 20 310.7 313.2 296.9 351.2 13.24 6 750 2489 13.9 11.9 88 2.0 12.6 189 20 311.7 313.9 296.1 347.7 11.73 7 700 3072 14.1 -1.5 34 15.5 5.6 231 29 318.1 319.0 292.7 333.8 4.91 8 650 3692 10.2 -10.0 23 20.2 1.0 225 34 320.5 321.1 291.6 329.7 2.75 9 600 4350 4.5 -14.7 23 19.1 -3.3 224 36 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.2 2.04 10 550 5050 -2.0 -16.7 31 14.8 -7.4 228 41 321.8 322.1 291.2 328.1 1.88 11 500 5798 -8.2 -23.4 28 15.2 -12.6 224 40 323.1 323.3 290.9 327.1 1.16 12 450 6607 -14.0 -33.3 18 19.2 -18.0 210 40 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.5 0.51 13 400 7489 -20.8 -36.4 23 15.6 -23.4 209 37 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.6 0.42 14 350 8460 -28.8 -35.5 52 6.7 -29.8 215 48 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.9 0.53 15 300 9545 -36.3 -53.5 15 17.2 -37.4 212 35 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.09 16 250 10783 -45.9 -59.1 21 13.3 -46.3 202 31 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 17 200 12233 -56.1 -61.1 53 5.0 -56.2 205 30 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.05 18 150 14040 -58.6 -74.7 11 16.1 -58.8 217 36 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16610 -56.7 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 240 13 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.52 m Freezing level: 565.21 mb = 4837.38 m = 15870.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.65 mb = 3837.06 m = 12588.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.12 % Est. max temperature: 34.26 C = 93.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.47 mb = 1013.71 m = 3325.79 ft T: 26.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 35.82 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.38 mb = 2106.93 m = 6912.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.73 C = 94.51 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -7.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: -6.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.53 C K Index: 31.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3073.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.35 mb = 1816.64 m = 5960.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.35 mb = 2305.21 m = 7562.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.35 mb = 2759.63 m = 9053.80 ft B at Equ Level: 15.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 696.35 mb = 3115.41 m = 10221.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 231.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.20 Bulk Rich Number: 26.53 Bulk Shear: 115.86 m/s