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: 49.71,-95.71 Latitude: 49.71 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -13 SFC 962 322 28.0 22.3 71 5.7 23.8 95 7 304.5 307.8 298.3 357.9 17.90 2 950 436 28.1 21.3 66 6.9 23.1 103 14 305.7 308.9 298.0 356.7 16.98 3 900 916 26.8 18.5 61 8.2 20.9 153 21 309.1 311.9 297.7 354.9 15.08 4 850 1419 23.2 16.9 68 6.3 18.7 177 24 310.4 313.1 297.5 354.3 14.38 5 800 1945 18.8 15.5 81 3.3 16.5 182 26 311.2 313.8 297.5 354.0 13.97 6 750 2497 14.4 13.4 94 1.0 13.7 184 28 312.2 314.7 297.1 352.3 13.03 7 700 3078 12.0 6.3 68 5.7 8.5 198 31 315.8 317.4 295.0 342.6 8.56 8 650 3697 10.1 -7.8 28 17.9 1.5 216 35 320.3 321.0 292.0 331.1 3.26 9 600 4355 4.4 -11.3 31 15.7 -2.4 218 35 321.2 321.8 291.7 330.2 2.68 10 550 5056 -1.6 -16.0 33 14.3 -7.0 219 38 322.1 322.5 291.4 328.9 2.00 11 500 5805 -8.0 -22.3 31 14.3 -12.3 224 40 323.2 323.5 291.0 327.7 1.28 12 450 6613 -13.9 -33.3 18 19.4 -18.0 218 40 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.6 0.51 13 400 7496 -20.7 -36.5 23 15.8 -23.4 218 39 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.7 0.42 14 350 8468 -28.6 -35.8 50 7.2 -29.7 225 44 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.1 0.52 15 300 9552 -36.8 -51.3 21 14.5 -37.8 213 37 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.11 16 250 10791 -45.2 -59.3 19 14.0 -45.8 201 30 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 17 200 12243 -56.1 -62.1 47 6.0 -56.3 208 30 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.04 18 150 14047 -59.0 -74.2 12 15.2 -59.2 226 34 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16614 -57.3 -84.9 2 27.6 -57.7 248 12 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.32 m Freezing level: 563.55 mb = 4865.81 m = 15963.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.35 mb = 3949.70 m = 12958.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.02 % Est. max temperature: 34.46 C = 94.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.86 mb = 1055.12 m = 3461.64 ft T: 25.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 30.34 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.64 mb = 2187.65 m = 7177.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.10 C = 95.19 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -7.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.20 C Cross Totals Index: 24.91 C K Index: 42.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 550.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2916.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.65 mb = 1745.24 m = 5725.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.65 mb = 2568.51 m = 8426.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 693.65 mb = 3154.35 m = 10348.80 ft B at Equ Level: 21.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.5 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 234.5 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 307.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.56 Bulk Rich Number: 20.56 Bulk Shear: 141.89 m/s