MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.59,-86.4 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -86.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 990 180 16.2 16.0 99 0.2 16.1 184 12 290.2 292.2 289.6 322.8 11.60 2 950 534 19.4 18.9 97 0.5 19.1 216 24 296.9 299.5 294.1 339.1 14.63 3 900 1000 18.8 15.7 82 3.1 16.7 243 18 300.9 303.2 293.8 337.8 12.55 4 850 1491 17.1 11.9 71 5.2 13.7 245 18 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.9 10.33 5 800 2006 13.8 9.0 72 4.9 10.9 239 21 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.1 9.03 6 750 2547 10.1 6.0 76 4.0 7.7 240 25 307.5 309.0 292.1 331.3 7.84 7 700 3118 6.6 0.3 64 6.3 3.2 242 28 309.8 310.8 290.9 327.1 5.59 8 650 3722 2.9 -8.0 44 11.0 -1.9 248 32 312.3 312.9 289.5 322.6 3.21 9 600 4365 -1.1 -12.3 42 11.3 -5.5 246 38 314.9 315.4 289.6 323.0 2.47 10 550 5055 -4.5 -11.7 57 7.2 -7.4 249 38 318.7 319.2 291.2 328.0 2.83 11 500 5800 -8.6 -13.2 69 4.6 -10.4 256 34 322.6 323.1 292.2 331.8 2.77 12 450 6609 -13.4 -18.1 68 4.7 -15.0 258 30 326.4 326.8 292.6 333.4 2.04 13 400 7496 -19.2 -23.8 67 4.7 -20.4 257 32 330.1 330.3 293.0 335.0 1.39 14 350 8475 -26.3 -29.9 72 3.6 -27.1 257 34 333.2 333.4 293.4 336.6 0.91 15 300 9570 -35.0 -41.5 51 6.6 -35.7 254 38 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.4 0.33 16 250 10814 -44.9 -53.1 39 8.2 -45.3 252 50 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.8 0.11 17 200 12272 -54.4 -62.9 34 8.5 -54.6 256 61 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14103 -56.4 -75.8 7 19.4 -56.7 234 36 372.9 372.9 301.1 373.0 0.01 19 100 16670 -57.4 -84.5 2 27.1 -57.8 293 9 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.78 m Freezing level: 613.25 mb = 4194.87 m = 13762.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.56 mb = 3492.72 m = 11458.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.77 mb = 206.48 m = 677.41 ft T: 16.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 16.56 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 989.78 mb = 180.22 m = 591.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.07 C = 64.52 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.47 C K Index: 31.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.09 mb = 809.68 m = 2656.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.09 mb = 3535.14 m = 11598.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 505.09 mb = 5720.62 m = 18768.22 ft B at Equ Level: 70.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 355.09 mb = 8369.40 m = 27458.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.2 neg: -8.5 tot: 129.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 35.36 m/s