MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 44.61,-85.77 Latitude: 44.61 Longitude: -85.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 232 SFC 996 264 13.8 6.1 60 7.6 9.7 216 4 287.2 288.3 283.0 304.0 5.94 2 950 669 17.1 6.7 50 10.4 11.3 276 11 294.6 295.7 286.5 313.4 6.49 3 900 1128 14.2 5.4 55 8.8 9.3 294 10 296.1 297.3 286.9 314.4 6.24 4 850 1607 10.7 4.9 67 5.8 7.5 324 11 297.3 298.5 287.5 316.1 6.39 5 800 2110 7.2 2.9 74 4.3 4.9 350 14 298.8 299.9 287.5 316.2 5.88 6 750 2638 4.2 -2.4 62 6.6 1.1 2 16 301.1 301.9 286.8 314.1 4.28 7 700 3197 1.8 -7.4 51 9.2 -2.1 3 13 304.5 305.1 286.8 314.2 3.14 8 650 3791 -0.7 -12.4 41 11.7 -5.2 349 14 308.1 308.6 287.2 315.4 2.26 9 600 4426 -4.4 -14.5 45 10.1 -8.0 340 17 311.0 311.4 288.0 317.8 2.07 10 550 5107 -8.2 -19.9 38 11.7 -11.8 325 20 314.4 314.7 288.5 319.2 1.43 11 500 5840 -13.4 -23.7 41 10.4 -16.1 314 23 316.7 317.0 288.9 320.6 1.12 12 450 6631 -19.8 -27.8 49 8.0 -21.5 315 26 318.3 318.5 289.2 321.3 0.86 13 400 7493 -26.3 -38.7 30 12.4 -27.9 312 35 320.8 320.8 289.3 322.0 0.33 14 350 8444 -33.7 -46.1 27 12.4 -34.7 310 32 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.17 15 300 9505 -42.3 -51.7 35 9.5 -42.8 309 39 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.11 16 250 10712 -50.8 -58.1 42 7.3 -51.0 305 47 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.06 17 200 12153 -52.7 -69.4 11 16.8 -53.0 299 59 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14002 -56.3 -79.2 4 22.9 -56.6 294 49 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.01 19 100 16558 -58.6 -85.2 2 26.7 -58.9 302 35 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.48 m Freezing level: 664.26 mb = 3621.79 m = 11882.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.02 mb = 2823.30 m = 9262.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.89 % Est. max temperature: 23.95 C = 75.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.85 mb = 1241.70 m = 4073.76 ft T: 13.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 2.15 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.52 mb = 3156.01 m = 10354.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Cap Strength: 7.75 C Lifted Index: 7.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.13 C Showalter Index: 5.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.03 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 19.75 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11528.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.34 mb = 1891.39 m = 6205.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.1 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 1.1 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 175.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 62.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 26.30 m/s