MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 43.81,-91.85 Latitude: 43.81 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 111 SFC 974 341 23.1 21.8 93 1.3 22.2 185 2 298.5 301.6 296.3 348.2 17.10 2 950 557 21.4 20.3 93 1.1 20.6 176 5 298.9 301.8 295.6 345.3 15.95 3 900 1025 19.0 18.8 99 0.2 18.9 208 10 301.1 303.9 295.8 346.2 15.36 4 850 1517 17.3 16.2 93 1.1 16.5 229 15 304.3 306.8 295.6 345.3 13.77 5 800 2034 15.0 13.3 90 1.7 13.8 230 18 307.1 309.4 295.1 343.5 12.06 6 750 2580 12.7 9.1 79 3.5 10.4 233 20 310.3 312.2 294.4 340.2 9.75 7 700 3156 8.7 4.7 76 3.9 6.3 248 21 312.1 313.5 293.3 335.9 7.70 8 650 3765 4.1 1.3 82 2.8 2.5 257 24 313.6 314.8 292.7 333.9 6.48 9 600 4411 -0.4 -2.7 84 2.3 -1.6 267 25 315.6 316.7 292.3 332.3 5.23 10 550 5102 -5.0 -6.4 90 1.4 -5.7 270 28 318.1 319.0 292.3 332.0 4.30 11 500 5846 -9.1 -11.2 85 2.1 -9.9 260 32 322.0 322.6 292.4 332.8 3.26 12 450 6655 -13.1 -14.4 89 1.4 -13.6 255 43 326.8 327.4 293.4 336.3 2.78 13 400 7545 -17.9 -23.1 64 5.2 -19.4 249 45 331.7 332.0 293.6 337.0 1.49 14 350 8530 -24.5 -30.3 58 5.9 -25.7 239 49 335.8 335.9 294.1 339.0 0.88 15 300 9633 -33.1 -35.9 77 2.7 -33.6 232 51 338.7 338.8 294.6 340.9 0.60 16 250 10887 -43.1 -46.4 70 3.3 -43.3 223 55 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.24 17 200 12352 -54.6 -59.1 57 4.6 -54.7 223 60 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.6 0.07 18 150 14140 -64.4 -71.1 39 6.7 -64.4 225 55 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.02 19 100 16653 -59.9 -84.9 2 25.0 -60.2 242 19 411.9 411.9 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.54 m Freezing level: 604.57 mb = 4352.38 m = 14279.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.04 mb = 4159.09 m = 13645.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.27 C = 86.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.17 mb = 500.70 m = 1642.70 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 14.19 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 976.48 m = 3203.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.41 C = 77.75 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -4.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 25.29 C K Index: 38.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 999.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.85 mb = 892.89 m = 2929.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.85 mb = 2818.82 m = 9247.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.85 mb = 12067.32 m = 39590.46 ft B at Equ Level: 999.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.85 mb = 15081.90 m = 49480.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.1 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 282.1 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 18.33 Bulk Shear: 54.52 m/s