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: 48.37,-91.46 Latitude: 48.37 Longitude: -91.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 962 424 25.4 22.5 84 2.9 23.3 225 6 301.9 305.2 297.8 355.4 18.12 2 950 531 25.9 21.2 75 4.7 22.5 227 13 303.5 306.6 297.4 353.8 16.92 3 900 1006 21.9 19.4 86 2.5 20.2 234 16 304.1 307.1 297.0 351.7 15.98 4 850 1501 18.7 17.0 90 1.6 17.5 243 18 305.7 308.4 296.4 349.2 14.52 5 800 2020 16.7 11.4 71 5.3 13.3 254 24 308.9 310.9 294.6 341.3 10.64 6 750 2568 13.5 5.8 60 7.6 8.9 262 29 311.2 312.7 293.1 335.2 7.76 7 700 3146 10.6 1.4 53 9.2 5.5 263 38 314.2 315.4 292.6 333.3 6.05 8 650 3759 6.1 -6.9 39 13.0 0.0 264 40 315.9 316.6 290.9 327.2 3.51 9 600 4408 1.1 -8.5 49 9.6 -3.2 269 43 317.4 318.0 291.2 328.3 3.35 10 550 5102 -3.6 -16.1 37 12.5 -8.1 276 47 319.9 320.3 290.7 326.5 1.98 11 500 5848 -8.5 -24.7 26 16.2 -13.0 278 49 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.4 1.04 12 450 6656 -13.6 -32.7 18 19.1 -17.7 267 35 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.1 0.54 13 400 7541 -19.6 -37.8 18 18.3 -22.7 266 39 329.6 329.6 292.0 330.9 0.37 14 350 8518 -27.4 -42.2 23 14.8 -29.3 265 37 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.8 0.27 15 300 9606 -36.4 -47.8 30 11.4 -37.3 272 46 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.17 16 250 10842 -46.4 -47.0 94 0.6 -46.4 249 45 337.1 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.22 17 200 12287 -56.5 -60.1 64 3.6 -56.6 246 57 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14098 -58.3 -75.6 9 17.3 -58.5 251 31 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16660 -57.9 -84.6 2 26.7 -58.3 260 18 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.99 m Freezing level: 588.36 mb = 4569.76 m = 14992.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.69 mb = 3762.61 m = 12344.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.48 mb = 788.97 m = 2588.44 ft T: 23.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 28.18 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1488.83 m = 4884.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.39 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 25.48 C K Index: 34.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2517.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.18 mb = 1287.54 m = 4224.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.18 mb = 2498.20 m = 8196.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.18 mb = 13085.14 m = 42929.72 ft B at Equ Level: 2490.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.18 mb = 16281.39 m = 53416.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.0 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 296.0 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.08 Bulk Rich Number: 30.16 Bulk Shear: 83.49 m/s