MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.80,-91.26 Latitude: 44.80 Longitude: -91.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 318 25.2 21.8 81 3.4 22.8 224 4 300.5 303.6 296.8 350.6 17.09 2 950 549 22.8 20.3 86 2.5 21.1 225 5 300.4 303.3 296.0 347.3 16.02 3 900 1019 19.0 18.5 97 0.5 18.7 237 6 301.1 303.8 295.6 345.3 15.05 4 850 1510 17.1 17.0 99 0.1 17.1 243 7 304.1 306.8 296.0 347.2 14.49 5 800 2027 15.8 6.6 54 9.2 10.3 228 6 308.0 309.4 292.1 331.3 7.65 6 750 2572 13.7 -7.5 22 21.1 3.8 188 6 311.4 312.0 288.9 320.7 2.91 7 700 3149 9.7 -5.7 33 15.4 2.3 186 7 313.3 314.0 290.2 324.7 3.57 8 650 3760 5.7 -3.2 53 8.9 1.3 211 12 315.4 316.3 291.8 330.3 4.66 9 600 4409 0.8 -4.0 70 4.9 -1.6 228 19 317.1 318.0 292.3 332.2 4.73 10 550 5102 -4.3 -5.7 90 1.4 -5.0 238 23 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.7 4.55 11 500 5848 -8.5 -9.5 93 1.0 -8.9 245 29 322.6 323.4 293.0 334.9 3.72 12 450 6658 -13.2 -14.3 92 1.0 -13.6 252 32 326.6 327.1 293.3 336.2 2.82 13 400 7547 -18.1 -20.3 83 2.2 -18.7 258 35 331.5 331.9 293.9 338.2 1.91 14 350 8533 -24.3 -29.7 61 5.4 -25.4 252 40 336.0 336.2 294.2 339.5 0.93 15 300 9636 -33.3 -38.4 60 5.1 -34.0 249 38 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.2 0.46 16 250 10888 -43.7 -44.8 89 1.0 -43.8 249 50 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.2 0.28 17 200 12350 -55.1 -55.1 99 0.1 -55.1 240 67 345.5 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.11 18 150 14130 -67.2 -67.5 95 0.4 -67.2 233 78 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.03 19 100 16626 -61.2 -84.2 3 22.9 -61.4 219 21 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.75 m Freezing level: 591.91 mb = 4521.35 m = 14833.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.77 mb = 4041.98 m = 13260.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.64 C = 87.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.52 mb = 747.92 m = 2453.77 ft T: 21.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 26.51 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.05 mb = 999.10 m = 3277.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.75 C = 78.36 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.67 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 27.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1066.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.95 mb = 980.88 m = 3218.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.95 mb = 1125.06 m = 3691.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 878.95 mb = 1222.27 m = 4010.02 ft B at Equ Level: 7.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 808.95 mb = 1932.05 m = 6338.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.9 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 261.9 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 108.77 Bulk Shear: 9.80 m/s