MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 47.43,-86.69 Latitude: 47.43 Longitude: -86.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 179 15.1 9.5 69 5.6 11.9 275 4 287.9 289.2 284.8 308.8 7.45 1 1000 220 15.3 7.2 59 8.1 10.8 277 4 288.4 289.5 284.0 306.5 6.38 2 950 654 14.5 1.9 42 12.6 8.1 304 5 291.9 292.7 283.5 305.3 4.62 3 900 1108 11.0 0.1 47 10.9 5.7 342 8 292.8 293.6 283.5 305.4 4.28 4 850 1581 7.3 -1.2 55 8.5 3.3 6 16 293.7 294.5 283.7 305.9 4.12 5 800 2077 3.4 -3.1 62 6.5 0.5 3 23 294.8 295.4 283.8 306.0 3.79 6 750 2597 0.7 -11.2 41 11.9 -3.7 354 21 297.3 297.7 283.0 303.9 2.17 7 700 3149 -1.3 -21.8 19 20.5 -7.1 333 18 301.0 301.2 283.0 304.1 0.95 8 650 3735 -4.4 -26.3 16 21.9 -9.8 318 17 304.0 304.1 283.9 306.3 0.69 9 600 4362 -7.1 -36.2 8 29.2 -12.6 311 20 307.9 308.0 284.9 309.0 0.29 10 550 5035 -11.0 -40.0 7 28.9 -15.8 309 22 311.0 311.1 285.9 311.8 0.21 11 500 5759 -16.4 -42.4 9 26.1 -20.0 306 23 313.1 313.1 286.6 313.7 0.18 12 450 6542 -22.1 -38.8 21 16.7 -24.4 301 27 315.4 315.5 287.6 316.5 0.30 13 400 7395 -29.5 -40.4 34 10.8 -30.7 298 28 316.6 316.7 288.0 317.6 0.28 14 350 8332 -37.4 -44.7 47 7.2 -38.0 297 31 318.2 318.3 288.4 319.0 0.20 15 300 9375 -46.6 -51.0 60 4.5 -46.8 288 37 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.1 0.12 16 250 10570 -49.5 -62.2 21 12.7 -49.8 285 48 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.04 17 200 12041 -47.6 -74.3 3 26.6 -48.3 280 64 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 18 150 13922 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 283 55 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16535 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 281 40 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5539.49 m Freezing level: 733.10 mb = 2783.58 m = 9132.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 794.13 mb = 2136.18 m = 7008.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.85 % Est. max temperature: 20.92 C = 69.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.38 mb = 883.67 m = 2899.14 ft T: 12.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 3.46 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.06 mb = 2989.77 m = 9808.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Cap Strength: 8.42 C Lifted Index: 8.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.97 C Showalter Index: 8.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.63 C Cross Totals Index: 15.17 C K Index: 1.91 Risk: None Sweat Index: 55.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13765.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.08 mb = 1964.42 m = 6444.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.0 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 357.0 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -31.2 tot: -26.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 27.16 m/s