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: 49.84,-95.63 Latitude: 49.84 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -10 SFC 963 319 27.6 22.3 73 5.3 23.8 88 8 304.1 307.4 298.2 357.4 17.89 2 950 438 27.0 21.4 72 5.6 22.9 94 16 304.6 307.8 297.8 355.8 17.17 3 900 916 26.4 18.6 62 7.9 20.8 142 24 308.7 311.6 297.6 354.6 15.11 4 850 1419 23.0 17.0 69 6.0 18.8 166 25 310.2 312.9 297.5 354.4 14.48 5 800 1945 18.8 15.7 82 3.1 16.6 179 27 311.2 313.8 297.5 354.4 14.12 6 750 2497 14.3 13.8 97 0.5 14.0 186 29 312.1 314.6 297.3 353.1 13.32 7 700 3079 11.6 8.8 83 2.8 9.8 194 31 315.3 317.3 296.0 347.1 10.19 8 650 3697 9.8 -6.1 32 15.9 2.0 211 33 320.0 320.8 292.3 332.2 3.72 9 600 4355 4.4 -10.2 34 14.6 -2.1 215 34 321.2 321.8 292.0 330.9 2.94 10 550 5055 -1.8 -13.7 40 11.9 -6.5 217 38 322.0 322.5 291.7 330.1 2.41 11 500 5804 -8.3 -19.5 40 11.3 -11.9 222 40 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.5 1.63 12 450 6612 -14.2 -32.1 20 17.9 -18.0 220 41 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.5 0.58 13 400 7494 -20.7 -36.5 23 15.8 -23.4 220 41 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.7 0.42 14 350 8466 -28.6 -36.0 49 7.3 -29.7 228 44 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.1 0.51 15 300 9550 -36.8 -51.8 20 15.0 -37.8 211 37 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.11 16 250 10790 -45.0 -59.5 18 14.5 -45.5 198 30 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.05 17 200 12243 -56.2 -62.8 43 6.6 -56.3 204 30 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 14047 -58.7 -74.8 11 16.0 -58.9 226 32 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16613 -57.3 -84.9 2 27.6 -57.7 251 11 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.77 m Freezing level: 564.29 mb = 4854.70 m = 15927.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.84 mb = 4007.99 m = 13149.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.07 % Est. max temperature: 34.43 C = 93.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.48 mb = 1000.05 m = 3280.95 ft T: 25.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 26.86 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.98 mb = 2162.06 m = 7093.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.05 C = 95.10 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: -7.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: -6.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.23 C Cross Totals Index: 25.25 C K Index: 45.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 572.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2860.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.94 mb = 1658.03 m = 5439.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.94 mb = 2588.13 m = 8491.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 671.94 mb = 3419.81 m = 11219.70 ft B at Equ Level: 28.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.2 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 230.2 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 356.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 356.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.63 Bulk Rich Number: 17.25 Bulk Shear: 165.84 m/s