MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 105 SFC 973 341 26.8 23.2 81 3.6 24.2 193 11 302.3 305.8 298.2 357.8 18.72 2 950 556 25.2 21.4 80 3.8 22.5 193 21 302.8 305.9 297.4 353.6 17.16 3 900 1029 21.6 19.0 86 2.5 19.8 197 30 303.7 306.6 296.7 350.1 15.59 4 850 1526 21.3 12.9 59 8.4 15.7 212 33 308.4 310.5 294.8 341.9 11.05 5 800 2050 19.0 8.9 52 10.1 12.6 218 28 311.4 313.1 294.1 339.0 8.97 6 750 2601 15.4 6.0 53 9.4 9.7 227 27 313.3 314.8 293.7 337.7 7.82 7 700 3182 11.2 2.2 54 9.1 6.1 233 25 314.9 316.2 293.1 335.1 6.41 8 650 3796 6.3 -0.0 64 6.3 2.9 241 22 316.1 317.2 293.0 334.8 5.89 9 600 4447 0.9 -2.3 79 3.2 -0.7 257 20 317.2 318.2 292.9 334.4 5.40 10 550 5141 -3.3 -4.8 89 1.6 -4.0 275 20 320.2 321.2 293.3 336.0 4.87 11 500 5890 -7.6 -8.8 91 1.2 -8.2 282 22 323.7 324.5 293.5 336.7 3.93 12 450 6701 -13.7 -15.4 87 1.7 -14.3 275 20 326.0 326.5 293.0 334.7 2.56 13 400 7586 -19.9 -21.0 90 1.2 -20.2 274 17 329.2 329.5 293.2 335.4 1.79 14 350 8565 -26.0 -26.8 93 0.8 -26.2 298 23 333.7 334.0 293.9 338.2 1.22 15 300 9661 -34.6 -35.9 88 1.2 -34.8 296 25 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.8 0.60 16 250 10906 -45.1 -46.0 91 0.9 -45.2 288 18 339.0 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.25 17 200 12356 -57.2 -57.7 94 0.5 -57.2 301 19 342.1 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.08 18 150 14132 -63.3 -71.4 32 8.2 -63.4 257 16 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.02 19 100 16649 -60.4 -84.0 3 23.7 -60.6 212 18 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.33 m Freezing level: 589.00 mb = 4599.74 m = 15090.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.21 mb = 4309.74 m = 14139.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.47 % Est. max temperature: 34.45 C = 94.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.05 mb = 798.40 m = 2619.40 ft T: 23.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 23.34 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.20 mb = 2319.01 m = 7608.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.79 C = 98.22 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.52 C K Index: 32.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2239.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.17 mb = 1252.69 m = 4109.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.17 mb = 3275.52 m = 10746.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.17 mb = 13280.86 m = 43571.83 ft B at Equ Level: 2234.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 171.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.30 Bulk Rich Number: 61.02 Bulk Shear: 36.71 m/s