MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-86.69 Latitude: 47.55 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 1004 179 15.0 11.5 79 3.6 12.9 277 15 287.9 289.4 285.9 311.6 8.48 1 1000 212 16.4 10.8 70 5.6 13.1 279 19 289.6 291.0 286.3 312.7 8.18 2 950 655 20.6 6.5 40 14.1 12.5 307 19 298.1 299.2 287.7 316.9 6.39 3 900 1119 16.7 6.1 49 10.6 10.7 321 21 298.8 300.0 288.1 318.1 6.57 4 850 1602 12.5 5.1 61 7.4 8.4 327 21 299.3 300.5 288.2 318.5 6.50 5 800 2107 8.5 3.3 69 5.3 5.7 344 23 300.2 301.4 288.2 318.3 6.05 6 750 2638 4.8 -0.2 70 5.0 2.3 355 21 301.8 302.7 287.7 316.9 5.02 7 700 3197 1.1 -4.6 66 5.7 -1.5 342 17 303.7 304.4 287.3 315.6 3.88 8 650 3788 -2.9 -8.1 67 5.2 -5.1 335 21 305.7 306.3 287.3 315.6 3.18 9 600 4419 -6.0 -10.8 69 4.8 -7.8 343 26 309.2 309.7 288.1 318.0 2.79 10 550 5096 -9.6 -16.6 57 6.9 -11.9 341 26 312.7 313.0 288.4 318.9 1.90 11 500 5825 -14.8 -21.4 57 6.6 -16.6 333 26 315.0 315.3 288.6 319.7 1.39 12 450 6612 -21.1 -25.5 68 4.4 -22.1 327 29 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.4 1.06 13 400 7470 -28.1 -32.5 66 4.4 -28.7 327 33 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.7 0.63 14 350 8415 -34.6 -43.8 39 9.2 -35.4 326 34 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.22 15 300 9471 -43.8 -49.7 52 5.9 -44.1 332 30 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.1 0.14 16 250 10666 -54.0 -57.0 69 3.0 -54.1 338 36 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.0 0.07 17 200 12085 -54.2 -68.4 16 14.2 -54.5 319 37 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 13941 -53.2 -81.4 2 28.2 -53.7 310 39 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16536 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.7 305 32 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5612.79 m Freezing level: 686.52 mb = 3356.23 m = 11011.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.74 mb = 2971.42 m = 9748.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.73 % Est. max temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.47 mb = 641.72 m = 2105.34 ft T: 20.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 2.92 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.04 mb = 2746.06 m = 9009.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.37 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.89 C K Index: 26.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9964.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.11 mb = 2002.73 m = 6570.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 4.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.2 neg: -7.6 tot: 89.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.24 Bulk Shear: 30.34 m/s