MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2507311200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2507311200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 56.12,-85.79 Latitude: 56.12 Longitude: -85.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 2 13.8 10.9 82 2.9 12.1 185 5 285.9 287.3 284.7 308.4 8.10 1 1000 120 27.4 14.2 44 13.2 18.7 259 4 300.5 302.4 291.9 330.5 10.21 2 950 574 26.6 11.9 40 14.7 17.1 278 14 304.2 305.9 292.2 331.8 9.23 3 900 1049 22.7 10.7 47 12.0 15.1 275 19 304.9 306.6 292.3 332.0 9.02 4 850 1543 18.4 9.2 55 9.3 12.7 274 20 305.5 307.1 292.1 331.3 8.60 5 800 2059 14.5 6.0 56 8.6 9.5 277 18 306.7 308.0 291.4 329.0 7.34 6 750 2601 10.2 4.1 66 6.1 6.7 278 17 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.6 6.87 7 700 3170 5.4 1.8 77 3.7 3.4 279 15 308.5 309.7 291.0 327.6 6.22 8 650 3772 0.9 -1.4 84 2.4 -0.3 286 14 310.0 311.0 290.7 326.5 5.30 9 600 4411 -2.8 -5.6 81 2.7 -4.1 280 18 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.2 4.21 10 550 5097 -6.0 -15.4 47 9.4 -9.4 281 20 317.0 317.4 290.0 324.0 2.10 11 500 5837 -9.9 -25.3 27 15.4 -14.0 296 23 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.3 0.98 12 450 6642 -15.1 -30.3 26 15.2 -18.5 294 25 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.68 13 400 7520 -21.7 -35.9 26 14.2 -24.1 297 28 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.5 0.45 14 350 8488 -29.7 -44.6 22 14.9 -31.3 287 26 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.21 15 300 9566 -38.8 -50.0 30 11.2 -39.5 294 28 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.13 16 250 10789 -49.0 -55.4 47 6.5 -49.2 311 29 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 17 200 12217 -59.2 -60.0 91 0.7 -59.2 310 33 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.06 18 150 14035 -52.9 -80.4 2 27.5 -53.4 318 29 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16641 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 316 27 421.0 421.0 307.9 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.01 m Freezing level: 637.74 mb = 3928.27 m = 12887.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.70 mb = 3725.46 m = 12222.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.80 % Est. max temperature: 33.36 C = 92.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.18 mb = 388.39 m = 1274.22 ft T: 26.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 8.01 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.30 mb = 2831.69 m = 9290.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.04 C = 96.88 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.08 C K Index: 33.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 289.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.19 mb = 2120.03 m = 6955.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.19 mb = 3781.47 m = 12406.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 579.19 mb = 4688.97 m = 15383.57 ft B at Equ Level: 41.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 489.19 mb = 6004.19 m = 19698.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.7 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 310.7 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -5.1 tot: 29.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.94 Bulk Shear: 14.12 m/s