MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.87,-91.32 Latitude: 44.87 Longitude: -91.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 976 317 29.1 24.7 77 4.4 25.8 198 10 304.4 308.2 299.8 365.6 20.48 2 950 552 28.1 23.1 74 5.0 24.3 201 20 305.7 309.2 299.2 362.8 19.03 3 900 1031 23.7 21.7 89 2.0 22.2 203 25 305.9 309.3 299.0 361.3 18.43 4 850 1530 20.5 18.2 87 2.2 18.9 222 27 307.6 310.5 297.7 355.0 15.71 5 800 2053 19.4 12.1 63 7.3 14.6 241 27 311.8 314.0 295.8 346.1 11.15 6 750 2609 18.0 7.3 49 10.7 11.3 252 31 316.2 317.8 295.1 343.1 8.59 7 700 3195 13.8 3.5 50 10.3 7.8 255 31 317.8 319.1 294.4 340.2 7.06 8 650 3815 9.6 -10.1 24 19.7 0.7 257 23 319.9 320.4 291.4 328.9 2.72 9 600 4473 4.5 -9.9 34 14.4 -2.0 287 19 321.3 321.9 292.1 331.3 3.01 10 550 5173 -2.0 -12.5 44 10.6 -6.3 294 21 321.8 322.3 291.9 330.6 2.65 11 500 5921 -8.4 -16.4 52 8.0 -11.3 292 23 322.8 323.2 291.7 329.9 2.12 12 450 6729 -14.5 -18.8 70 4.3 -15.9 296 27 325.0 325.4 292.2 331.6 1.92 13 400 7611 -19.7 -36.6 21 16.9 -22.7 292 28 329.3 329.4 292.0 330.9 0.41 14 350 8587 -27.2 -42.5 22 15.3 -29.1 279 31 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.26 15 300 9679 -35.1 -51.9 16 16.8 -36.3 277 29 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.11 16 250 10923 -45.2 -56.5 27 11.3 -45.6 268 28 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.07 17 200 12374 -56.2 -63.1 41 6.9 -56.3 239 27 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 14170 -60.7 -75.6 12 14.9 -60.9 284 40 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16692 -61.0 -84.0 3 23.1 -61.2 258 17 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.66 m Freezing level: 565.14 mb = 4961.09 m = 16276.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.40 mb = 3975.74 m = 13043.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.96 % Est. max temperature: 34.29 C = 93.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.04 mb = 874.57 m = 2869.29 ft T: 25.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 36.75 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1404.21 m = 4606.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.84 C = 89.31 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -9.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -7.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.88 C Cross Totals Index: 26.68 C K Index: 36.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 568.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3931.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 88.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.20 mb = 1224.97 m = 4018.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.20 mb = 3373.94 m = 11069.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.20 mb = 13956.78 m = 45789.40 ft B at Equ Level: 3919.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.9 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 285.9 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.2 neg: -2.8 tot: 214.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.73 Bulk Rich Number: 69.72 Bulk Shear: 56.39 m/s