MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.77,-91.21 Latitude: 44.77 Longitude: -91.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 320 23.8 21.5 87 2.3 22.2 190 7 299.1 302.1 296.2 348.0 16.77 2 950 551 21.1 20.4 96 0.7 20.6 193 10 298.6 301.5 295.6 345.2 16.04 3 900 1018 18.4 18.2 98 0.3 18.2 200 10 300.5 303.2 295.2 343.7 14.73 4 850 1509 18.8 12.4 66 6.4 14.6 180 5 305.9 307.9 293.9 338.0 10.71 5 800 2030 17.7 -3.7 23 21.4 6.9 219 1 310.0 310.7 289.2 321.5 3.64 6 750 2577 14.5 -13.3 13 27.7 2.8 287 5 312.3 312.6 288.2 318.3 1.83 7 700 3154 10.3 -4.1 36 14.3 3.1 296 12 313.8 314.6 290.8 326.7 4.04 8 650 3767 6.8 -2.7 51 9.5 1.9 290 20 316.6 317.6 292.3 332.1 4.83 9 600 4419 2.5 -8.3 45 10.8 -2.4 266 37 319.0 319.7 291.7 330.2 3.40 10 550 5116 -2.6 -10.7 54 8.1 -6.1 268 35 321.0 321.6 292.0 331.1 3.07 11 500 5863 -9.2 -12.1 79 2.9 -10.4 270 27 321.8 322.4 292.2 331.9 3.03 12 450 6670 -14.2 -16.6 82 2.4 -15.0 270 36 325.4 325.9 292.6 333.4 2.33 13 400 7556 -18.9 -25.4 57 6.4 -20.5 266 32 330.4 330.6 293.0 334.7 1.21 14 350 8539 -24.4 -40.3 22 15.9 -26.8 259 37 335.8 335.9 293.6 337.1 0.32 15 300 9642 -33.2 -53.3 12 20.0 -34.7 272 43 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.09 16 250 10893 -44.3 -57.1 23 12.8 -44.8 263 45 340.2 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.07 17 200 12347 -56.7 -61.7 53 5.0 -56.8 253 46 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14117 -68.2 -70.2 75 2.0 -68.2 229 58 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 19 100 16628 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.6 216 17 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.47 m Freezing level: 575.61 mb = 4759.47 m = 15614.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.15 mb = 4045.58 m = 13272.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.29 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.67 mb = 608.58 m = 1996.64 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 29.73 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 958.31 m = 3144.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.00 C = 77.01 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 26.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 739.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 197.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.90 mb = 914.11 m = 2999.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.90 mb = 4206.21 m = 13799.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.90 mb = 12796.71 m = 41983.43 ft B at Equ Level: 726.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.90 mb = 15201.61 m = 49873.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.2 neg: -37.6 tot: -15.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 17.28 Bulk Shear: 42.77 m/s