MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 47.65,-91.61 Latitude: 47.65 Longitude: -91.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 494 SFC 947 521 23.7 22.8 95 0.9 23.0 206 10 301.5 304.9 298.1 356.8 18.75 3 900 968 22.5 21.8 96 0.7 22.0 220 34 304.7 308.1 298.7 360.2 18.56 4 850 1466 20.2 19.3 94 0.9 19.5 246 35 307.3 310.4 298.2 357.9 16.76 5 800 1989 18.2 15.2 83 3.0 16.2 244 27 310.6 313.2 297.2 352.5 13.75 6 750 2542 16.0 10.2 68 5.8 12.3 236 33 314.0 316.0 295.8 346.5 10.49 7 700 3127 14.4 2.2 43 12.3 7.3 238 43 318.4 319.7 294.0 338.9 6.40 8 650 3749 11.0 -2.4 39 13.4 3.8 228 44 321.4 322.4 293.7 337.5 4.94 9 600 4411 5.6 -4.8 47 10.4 0.3 217 40 322.6 323.4 293.6 337.2 4.46 10 550 5114 -0.7 -9.0 53 8.4 -4.4 224 38 323.3 324.0 293.0 335.0 3.52 11 500 5866 -7.7 -13.3 64 5.7 -9.9 226 36 323.7 324.2 292.5 332.9 2.74 12 450 6676 -13.9 -22.8 47 8.9 -16.4 225 34 325.8 326.1 291.9 330.6 1.36 13 400 7561 -19.5 -30.4 38 10.8 -21.8 222 35 329.6 329.8 292.4 332.4 0.77 14 350 8537 -27.3 -31.0 71 3.7 -28.0 231 38 332.0 332.1 293.0 335.0 0.82 15 300 9628 -35.7 -38.5 76 2.7 -36.0 237 42 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.8 0.46 16 250 10868 -45.7 -49.8 63 4.2 -45.9 245 46 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.16 17 200 12316 -57.2 -59.7 73 2.5 -57.3 239 41 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.06 18 150 14120 -57.4 -77.3 6 19.8 -57.7 245 29 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16644 -60.9 -84.2 3 23.3 -61.2 242 18 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.05 m Freezing level: 555.25 mb = 5040.38 m = 16536.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.71 mb = 4455.27 m = 14616.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.81 C = 91.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.97 mb = 633.54 m = 2078.51 ft T: 23.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 29.61 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1358.19 m = 4455.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.91 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 26.93 C K Index: 34.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3319.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.85 mb = 1105.68 m = 3627.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.85 mb = 3996.51 m = 13111.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.85 mb = 13682.04 m = 44888.03 ft B at Equ Level: 3262.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.9 neg: -38.3 tot: 180.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.89 Bulk Rich Number: 126.89 Bulk Shear: 26.16 m/s