MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 48.97,-91.46 Latitude: 48.97 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 138 SFC 964 454 19.6 19.1 97 0.4 19.3 195 5 295.8 298.4 293.8 337.8 14.61 2 950 581 21.3 19.0 87 2.3 19.7 211 16 298.8 301.5 294.7 341.6 14.69 3 900 1049 19.3 16.7 85 2.6 17.5 221 28 301.4 303.8 294.5 340.8 13.41 4 850 1540 17.4 12.3 72 5.1 14.1 244 21 304.4 306.3 293.3 336.1 10.62 5 800 2056 14.4 8.5 68 5.9 10.7 266 20 306.5 308.1 292.5 332.8 8.73 6 750 2599 11.1 -0.4 45 11.5 5.1 276 20 308.7 309.6 290.0 324.0 4.97 7 700 3172 9.3 -9.1 26 18.4 1.1 290 25 312.8 313.3 289.2 321.6 2.74 8 650 3782 5.4 -8.5 36 14.0 -0.9 295 38 315.1 315.7 290.3 325.1 3.09 9 600 4430 0.0 -11.7 41 11.8 -4.8 288 38 316.2 316.7 290.2 324.7 2.59 10 550 5120 -4.8 -15.0 45 10.2 -8.5 279 32 318.4 318.8 290.5 325.7 2.17 11 500 5863 -9.8 -17.7 52 7.9 -12.5 276 30 321.1 321.5 291.0 327.5 1.90 12 450 6667 -14.9 -23.0 50 8.1 -17.1 274 34 324.5 324.7 291.5 329.1 1.33 13 400 7549 -20.3 -31.6 36 11.3 -22.6 273 36 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.0 0.68 14 350 8524 -27.1 -41.6 24 14.5 -29.0 277 27 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.3 0.28 15 300 9614 -36.2 -47.2 31 11.0 -37.1 267 25 334.3 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.18 16 250 10851 -46.7 -54.3 42 7.6 -47.0 272 30 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.10 17 200 12293 -57.3 -60.6 66 3.3 -57.4 283 37 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14111 -55.9 -78.0 5 22.1 -56.2 261 27 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.01 19 100 16683 -58.2 -84.3 2 26.1 -58.6 246 10 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.34 m Freezing level: 599.69 mb = 4433.87 m = 14546.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.88 mb = 3509.53 m = 11514.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.25 mb = 505.87 m = 1659.67 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 19.96 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1902.02 m = 6240.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 21.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 680.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.07 mb = 1261.18 m = 4137.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.07 mb = 3995.55 m = 13108.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.07 mb = 11883.65 m = 38987.89 ft B at Equ Level: 674.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.07 mb = 13982.41 m = 45873.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.5 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 304.5 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.1 neg: -1.0 tot: 208.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 8.47 Bulk Shear: 80.34 m/s