MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.51,-90.88 Latitude: 47.51 Longitude: -90.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 980 288 20.2 19.2 94 1.0 19.5 161 4 295.1 297.7 293.4 336.5 14.45 2 950 554 21.0 18.5 86 2.5 19.3 187 10 298.5 301.1 294.3 340.1 14.28 3 900 1022 19.7 15.9 79 3.8 17.1 198 11 301.8 304.2 294.1 339.3 12.72 4 850 1514 17.8 12.9 73 4.9 14.6 220 7 304.8 306.9 293.8 338.0 11.10 5 800 2032 15.5 9.6 68 5.9 11.7 247 7 307.6 309.4 293.3 336.1 9.40 6 750 2577 13.0 5.7 61 7.3 8.6 261 10 310.6 312.1 292.9 334.2 7.65 7 700 3154 9.7 2.8 62 6.9 5.8 274 13 313.3 314.6 292.9 334.3 6.73 8 650 3766 5.8 -0.6 63 6.5 2.4 275 14 315.5 316.6 292.6 333.4 5.62 9 600 4416 1.2 -5.4 61 6.6 -2.0 272 19 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.2 4.25 10 550 5110 -3.3 -12.2 50 8.8 -6.9 282 24 320.1 320.7 291.5 329.2 2.74 11 500 5857 -8.7 -18.6 44 9.9 -12.0 292 29 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.5 1.76 12 450 6664 -14.2 -27.2 32 13.0 -17.4 297 37 325.4 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.91 13 400 7547 -20.3 -32.7 32 12.4 -22.7 298 37 328.6 328.8 291.9 330.9 0.61 14 350 8522 -27.3 -43.0 21 15.8 -29.2 299 42 332.0 332.1 292.5 333.0 0.24 15 300 9611 -35.9 -48.0 28 12.1 -36.9 292 49 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.17 16 250 10855 -44.4 -56.8 24 12.5 -44.9 270 44 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.07 17 200 12316 -54.4 -60.0 50 5.6 -54.5 219 43 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.06 18 150 14112 -62.1 -74.7 17 12.6 -62.2 268 43 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16652 -58.5 -84.5 2 26.1 -58.8 267 15 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.63 m Freezing level: 587.09 mb = 4595.44 m = 15076.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.11 mb = 4109.29 m = 13481.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.59 mb = 412.90 m = 1354.65 ft T: 20.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 5.84 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.18 mb = 2200.52 m = 7219.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.59 C = 92.47 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 32.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 348.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 260.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.48 mb = 1123.48 m = 3685.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.48 mb = 4625.24 m = 15174.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.48 mb = 10470.56 m = 34351.82 ft B at Equ Level: 343.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.48 mb = 12820.59 m = 42061.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.4 neg: -4.4 tot: 48.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 8.81 Bulk Shear: 39.51 m/s