MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 43.5,-91.3 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -91.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 321 26.9 24.7 88 2.2 25.3 174 11 302.1 305.8 299.2 362.7 20.47 2 950 563 25.5 23.3 88 2.2 23.9 179 21 303.0 306.6 298.8 360.4 19.30 3 900 1038 22.2 21.1 93 1.1 21.5 199 27 304.4 307.7 298.2 357.5 17.80 4 850 1535 20.8 16.1 75 4.6 17.5 228 28 307.9 310.5 296.5 349.3 13.70 5 800 2060 20.2 9.8 51 10.4 13.4 241 22 312.6 314.4 294.8 342.1 9.53 6 750 2614 16.6 7.5 55 9.1 10.9 252 18 314.6 316.3 294.7 341.8 8.70 7 700 3197 11.8 6.1 68 5.6 8.3 263 18 315.5 317.1 294.8 342.1 8.48 8 650 3813 6.3 4.1 86 2.2 5.1 275 17 316.1 317.7 294.6 341.1 7.95 9 600 4464 2.3 -6.8 51 9.1 -2.0 262 14 318.8 319.5 292.0 331.2 3.82 10 550 5164 -0.5 -22.7 17 22.1 -7.7 230 14 323.4 323.7 291.0 327.4 1.13 11 500 5919 -4.1 -34.0 8 29.9 -11.4 214 13 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.6 0.43 12 450 6742 -9.0 -44.3 4 35.3 -15.4 213 14 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.17 13 400 7641 -15.6 -44.6 6 29.1 -20.1 211 14 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.18 14 350 8633 -23.4 -45.5 11 22.2 -26.2 212 11 337.2 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.19 15 300 9740 -32.2 -46.4 23 14.2 -33.6 216 8 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.20 16 250 10998 -42.6 -51.9 36 9.2 -43.2 207 7 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.13 17 200 12464 -54.8 -58.3 65 3.5 -54.9 285 4 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.07 18 150 14241 -67.5 -69.5 75 2.0 -67.5 292 8 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16704 -62.2 -84.6 3 22.4 -62.4 268 3 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.29 m Freezing level: 559.56 mb = 5029.88 m = 16502.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.03 mb = 4276.27 m = 14029.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.13 % Est. max temperature: 34.82 C = 94.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.89 mb = 591.76 m = 1941.46 ft T: 25.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 20.91 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1495.26 m = 4905.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.37 C = 90.27 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2706.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.84 mb = 1019.84 m = 3345.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.84 mb = 2996.41 m = 9830.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 136.84 mb = 14799.01 m = 48552.60 ft B at Equ Level: 2626.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.24 Bulk Rich Number: 72.79 Bulk Shear: 37.18 m/s