MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 43.5,-91.85 Latitude: 43.50 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 68 SFC 967 356 20.3 19.8 97 0.5 20.0 29 16 296.3 299.1 294.4 340.2 15.23 2 950 510 19.3 18.9 97 0.4 19.0 32 27 296.8 299.4 294.0 338.9 14.59 3 900 976 19.4 18.5 95 0.8 18.8 22 13 301.5 304.2 295.7 345.9 15.09 4 850 1469 18.0 17.3 96 0.6 17.5 218 9 305.0 307.7 296.4 349.2 14.81 5 800 1988 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 215 19 307.5 310.0 296.3 348.7 13.66 6 750 2535 13.4 13.0 98 0.3 13.1 219 25 311.1 313.5 296.6 350.0 12.70 7 700 3115 10.8 9.7 93 1.1 10.1 223 30 314.5 316.5 296.3 348.2 10.85 8 650 3731 7.6 5.2 85 2.4 6.1 225 32 317.5 319.2 295.4 344.5 8.55 9 600 4387 3.3 0.9 84 2.4 1.9 225 32 319.9 321.2 294.7 341.7 6.81 10 550 5088 -1.1 -3.6 83 2.5 -2.4 227 35 322.8 323.8 294.4 340.1 5.32 11 500 5843 -5.2 -8.0 81 2.8 -6.5 227 39 326.7 327.5 294.5 340.6 4.18 12 450 6664 -9.9 -12.5 81 2.6 -11.0 225 42 330.8 331.4 294.8 341.9 3.25 13 400 7565 -15.1 -17.2 84 2.0 -15.9 221 44 335.3 335.9 295.3 344.1 2.49 14 350 8564 -21.5 -23.8 82 2.3 -22.2 225 53 339.7 340.1 295.6 345.6 1.60 15 300 9683 -29.9 -31.8 83 2.0 -30.2 229 59 343.3 343.5 295.9 346.7 0.89 16 250 10955 -40.2 -41.9 84 1.7 -40.4 233 59 346.3 346.4 296.1 347.9 0.39 17 200 12437 -52.9 -54.1 87 1.1 -52.9 244 63 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.5 0.12 18 150 14231 -66.6 -68.4 78 1.8 -66.7 181 20 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.03 19 100 16680 -61.4 -82.8 4 21.5 -61.6 243 38 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.50 m Freezing level: 562.66 mb = 4910.33 m = 16109.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.85 mb = 4689.83 m = 15386.40 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.53 C = 86.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.21 mb = 417.56 m = 1369.93 ft T: 19.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 9.83 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1627.77 m = 5340.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 39.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2890.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.28 mb = 906.67 m = 2974.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 5.5 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.5 neg: -73.8 tot: 72.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 317.05 m/s