MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.27,-91.76 Latitude: 43.27 Longitude: -91.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 973 341 26.3 22.2 78 4.1 23.3 177 13 301.8 305.0 297.4 353.7 17.60 2 950 550 24.1 19.9 78 4.2 21.1 181 22 301.6 304.5 296.1 347.5 15.58 3 900 1023 23.7 15.4 60 8.3 18.0 207 30 305.9 308.2 295.0 342.8 12.29 4 850 1523 23.1 11.9 50 11.1 15.7 218 33 310.3 312.3 294.8 342.1 10.38 5 800 2049 20.1 8.9 48 11.3 13.0 225 33 312.6 314.3 294.4 340.4 8.96 6 750 2603 16.4 6.6 52 9.8 10.4 228 32 314.4 316.0 294.3 340.0 8.19 7 700 3186 12.3 2.9 53 9.4 6.8 227 31 316.1 317.4 293.7 337.4 6.75 8 650 3803 8.3 -8.2 30 16.5 0.7 219 30 318.4 319.0 291.4 328.8 3.18 9 600 4457 3.1 -10.4 36 13.5 -2.8 210 27 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.3 2.88 10 550 5154 -3.2 -11.4 53 8.1 -6.6 213 27 320.3 320.8 291.7 329.9 2.92 11 500 5900 -8.9 -12.7 74 3.8 -10.4 221 25 322.2 322.8 292.2 331.9 2.89 12 450 6708 -14.1 -18.4 70 4.3 -15.4 225 21 325.6 325.9 292.4 332.4 1.99 13 400 7592 -19.7 -26.7 54 7.0 -21.4 219 14 329.4 329.7 292.6 333.3 1.08 14 350 8569 -27.0 -30.3 74 3.2 -27.6 231 10 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.5 0.88 15 300 9663 -34.9 -35.2 98 0.2 -35.0 267 21 336.1 336.3 294.0 338.5 0.64 16 250 10907 -45.1 -45.1 100 -0.0 -45.2 285 31 339.0 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.27 17 200 12356 -57.5 -57.6 99 0.1 -57.5 303 27 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.1 0.08 18 150 14125 -63.0 -71.4 31 8.4 -63.1 294 8 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.02 19 100 16643 -61.0 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.3 218 8 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.16 m Freezing level: 575.37 mb = 4800.60 m = 15749.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.39 mb = 3924.35 m = 12874.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.37 % Est. max temperature: 35.96 C = 96.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.47 mb = 854.80 m = 2804.43 ft T: 23.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 24.91 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.38 mb = 2978.52 m = 9771.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.87 C = 103.76 F Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.93 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 34.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1242.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 402.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.14 mb = 1634.65 m = 5362.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 594.14 mb = 4535.87 m = 14881.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.14 mb = 12864.08 m = 42204.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1225.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.14 mb = 15300.00 m = 50196.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.2 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 247.2 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.6 neg: -8.0 tot: 171.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 41.44 Bulk Shear: 29.99 m/s