MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 49.05,-99.99 Latitude: 49.05 Longitude: -99.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 1 950 469 SFC 933 627 24.8 13.9 51 10.9 17.6 193 12 303.9 305.9 293.3 336.1 10.79 3 900 943 23.9 12.1 48 11.8 16.3 200 26 306.2 308.0 293.3 336.0 9.92 4 850 1440 20.3 11.0 55 9.4 14.3 221 34 307.5 309.3 293.6 336.9 9.72 5 800 1960 16.5 8.8 60 7.7 11.7 241 39 308.7 310.4 293.3 335.9 8.91 6 750 2506 11.9 5.0 63 6.9 7.9 251 42 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.0 7.32 7 700 3079 7.7 -2.9 47 10.5 2.4 266 43 311.0 311.8 290.2 324.9 4.43 8 650 3685 3.4 -8.5 41 11.9 -1.9 276 40 312.8 313.4 289.6 322.7 3.09 9 600 4329 -1.0 -14.7 35 13.7 -6.1 277 45 314.9 315.3 289.2 321.6 2.03 10 550 5017 -5.8 -18.0 38 12.2 -9.9 279 48 317.2 317.5 289.6 322.8 1.69 11 500 5756 -10.8 -24.4 32 13.6 -14.5 280 53 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.5 1.06 12 450 6556 -16.5 -30.3 29 13.9 -19.4 282 54 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.0 0.68 13 400 7430 -23.1 -34.4 35 11.3 -25.1 285 58 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.8 0.52 14 350 8393 -30.6 -44.7 24 14.2 -32.0 283 54 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.20 15 300 9467 -39.8 -49.9 33 10.1 -40.4 293 49 329.3 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.13 16 250 10684 -50.4 -55.7 54 5.3 -50.6 293 52 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.08 17 200 12107 -58.8 -62.8 60 4.0 -58.9 290 64 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 18 150 13905 -59.3 -77.3 8 18.0 -59.5 288 64 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16453 -59.0 -84.2 2 25.3 -59.3 286 45 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.53 m Freezing level: 611.70 mb = 4178.13 m = 13707.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.84 mb = 3415.04 m = 11204.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.59 mb = 2007.07 m = 6584.79 ft T: 16.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 15.24 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.23 mb = 2946.98 m = 9668.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.40 C = 88.52 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 31.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 465.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 828.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.45 mb = 2455.98 m = 8057.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.45 mb = 3692.06 m = 12112.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.45 mb = 11515.16 m = 37778.93 ft B at Equ Level: 827.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.45 mb = 13928.23 m = 45695.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 520.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 520.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.41 Bulk Rich Number: 4.08 Bulk Shear: 202.99 m/s