MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 46.97,-89.49 Latitude: 46.97 Longitude: -89.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 985 197 22.2 19.1 83 3.1 20.1 51 5 296.6 299.2 293.8 337.8 14.27 2 950 517 31.3 20.1 51 11.2 23.2 191 21 308.9 311.9 298.1 356.8 15.76 3 900 999 26.7 18.9 62 7.9 21.1 196 26 309.1 312.0 297.9 355.9 15.44 4 850 1502 22.6 17.3 72 5.3 18.9 212 24 309.8 312.6 297.7 354.9 14.81 5 800 2028 19.6 13.1 66 6.5 15.2 234 33 312.0 314.3 296.4 348.7 11.95 6 750 2582 17.3 6.1 48 11.2 10.4 246 38 315.3 316.8 294.3 340.1 7.90 7 700 3168 14.3 -2.6 31 16.9 5.4 248 43 318.3 319.2 292.5 332.9 4.51 8 650 3788 9.4 -7.5 29 16.9 1.3 244 35 319.6 320.3 291.9 330.6 3.34 9 600 4445 4.3 -9.7 35 14.0 -2.0 238 26 321.1 321.7 292.0 331.2 3.04 10 550 5145 -2.0 -8.6 61 6.6 -5.0 246 22 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.7 3.63 11 500 5895 -7.7 -11.8 73 4.1 -9.4 252 23 323.6 324.3 292.8 334.0 3.11 12 450 6706 -13.3 -18.1 67 4.8 -14.9 256 24 326.5 326.9 292.7 333.6 2.05 13 400 7593 -18.8 -21.5 79 2.7 -19.6 254 27 330.5 330.9 293.4 336.6 1.72 14 350 8575 -25.9 -31.3 61 5.4 -26.9 248 24 333.8 334.0 293.5 336.8 0.80 15 300 9670 -34.9 -39.2 65 4.3 -35.4 244 24 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.7 0.42 16 250 10912 -45.8 -48.2 76 2.4 -45.9 243 22 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.19 17 200 12363 -56.4 -60.2 62 3.8 -56.5 181 32 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.06 18 150 14154 -60.1 -74.1 14 14.0 -60.3 275 38 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16664 -61.8 -84.2 4 22.4 -62.0 244 15 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.84 m Freezing level: 565.94 mb = 4921.93 m = 16147.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.41 mb = 4039.02 m = 13251.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.00 % Est. max temperature: 35.97 C = 96.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.41 mb = 597.75 m = 1961.10 ft T: 30.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 26.20 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.45 mb = 2994.47 m = 9824.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.90 C = 109.21 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Showalter Index: -6.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.31 C Cross Totals Index: 25.05 C K Index: 30.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2318.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 291.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.24 mb = 1748.10 m = 5735.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.24 mb = 4028.12 m = 13215.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.24 mb = 13329.48 m = 43731.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2289.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 432.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 432.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.59 Bulk Rich Number: 35.59 Bulk Shear: 65.14 m/s