MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.23,-91.85 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -91.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 968 347 27.3 25.2 88 2.1 25.7 158 9 303.3 307.2 299.9 366.7 21.28 2 950 508 26.5 23.8 85 2.7 24.6 163 15 304.1 307.8 299.4 363.7 19.96 3 900 985 23.6 21.6 89 2.0 22.2 194 19 305.8 309.2 298.9 360.9 18.36 4 850 1485 21.6 16.6 73 5.0 18.1 227 27 308.7 311.4 297.0 351.5 14.09 5 800 2010 19.7 11.7 60 8.0 14.4 240 35 312.1 314.2 295.7 345.6 10.87 6 750 2564 17.7 6.6 48 11.1 10.8 245 35 315.8 317.3 294.7 341.4 8.16 7 700 3150 13.6 3.1 49 10.5 7.5 247 26 317.6 318.9 294.1 339.4 6.87 8 650 3770 9.4 -3.3 41 12.7 2.8 256 17 319.6 320.5 292.9 334.5 4.61 9 600 4427 4.1 -8.5 39 12.6 -1.7 280 18 320.8 321.5 292.2 331.9 3.35 10 550 5127 -2.4 -10.9 52 8.5 -6.0 290 22 321.2 321.8 292.0 331.2 3.02 11 500 5873 -9.0 -14.5 64 5.5 -11.1 295 25 322.1 322.6 291.8 330.4 2.48 12 450 6682 -12.5 -30.5 21 18.0 -16.7 298 17 327.5 327.6 291.7 329.9 0.67 13 400 7572 -18.2 -28.1 41 9.9 -20.5 292 17 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.8 0.95 14 350 8555 -25.7 -39.4 27 13.7 -27.7 274 15 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.5 0.36 15 300 9650 -35.0 -44.3 38 9.3 -35.8 251 15 336.1 336.1 293.6 337.1 0.25 16 250 10896 -44.1 -44.4 96 0.3 -44.1 190 16 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.7 0.29 17 200 12355 -54.9 -57.6 72 2.7 -54.9 197 37 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.08 18 150 14146 -63.4 -69.7 42 6.3 -63.5 214 19 360.8 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.02 19 100 16657 -60.7 -84.2 3 23.5 -60.9 262 11 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.97 m Freezing level: 568.75 mb = 4864.31 m = 15958.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.26 mb = 4167.88 m = 13673.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.32 % Est. max temperature: 34.84 C = 94.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.87 mb = 612.09 m = 2008.13 ft T: 25.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 36.83 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1838.09 m = 6030.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.95 C = 94.91 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -9.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -6.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.56 C K Index: 36.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 561.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3601.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.13 mb = 1140.56 m = 3741.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.13 mb = 3281.23 m = 10765.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.13 mb = 14181.83 m = 46527.73 ft B at Equ Level: 3587.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.6 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 284.6 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 286.5 neg: -26.0 tot: 260.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.29 Bulk Rich Number: 38.86 Bulk Shear: 92.69 m/s