MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 50.18,-91.54 Latitude: 50.18 Longitude: -91.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -21 SFC 952 404 27.8 22.0 71 5.8 23.5 159 9 305.2 308.5 298.4 358.3 17.75 2 950 425 28.5 21.4 65 7.1 23.3 162 11 306.1 309.3 298.2 357.5 17.11 3 900 905 26.1 19.1 65 7.0 21.1 178 30 308.4 311.3 297.8 355.8 15.65 4 850 1407 22.1 17.4 75 4.7 18.8 189 37 309.3 312.1 297.6 354.6 14.91 5 800 1932 17.9 15.5 86 2.4 16.3 200 42 310.2 312.8 297.3 352.8 13.97 6 750 2482 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 205 45 311.7 314.2 297.1 352.2 13.19 7 700 3062 10.2 8.9 91 1.3 9.4 211 43 313.8 315.8 295.7 345.8 10.30 8 650 3678 8.7 -1.6 48 10.3 3.2 213 47 318.8 319.8 293.2 335.6 5.22 9 600 4334 3.3 -3.3 62 6.6 -0.1 211 50 319.9 320.9 293.3 336.1 4.98 10 550 5033 -2.1 -9.5 57 7.4 -5.4 216 44 321.6 322.3 292.4 332.8 3.39 11 500 5782 -7.7 -17.8 44 10.2 -11.2 218 48 323.7 324.1 291.7 330.1 1.88 12 450 6595 -12.3 -20.5 50 8.2 -14.9 221 47 327.8 328.1 292.7 333.6 1.67 13 400 7484 -18.8 -24.7 59 5.9 -20.3 213 43 330.6 330.8 293.1 335.2 1.29 14 350 8463 -26.5 -32.3 58 5.9 -27.5 213 46 333.0 333.2 293.3 335.7 0.72 15 300 9556 -35.7 -39.1 71 3.4 -36.1 215 47 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.7 0.43 16 250 10796 -45.8 -48.2 77 2.3 -46.0 226 39 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.7 0.19 17 200 12244 -55.6 -60.7 53 5.0 -55.8 218 47 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14052 -60.8 -70.4 27 9.6 -61.0 217 12 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.02 19 100 16611 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 242 14 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.14 m Freezing level: 569.41 mb = 4761.61 m = 15621.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.50 mb = 4313.59 m = 14152.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.69 C = 90.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.84 mb = 1144.13 m = 3753.65 ft T: 24.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 22.70 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.97 mb = 2007.00 m = 6584.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -6.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 45.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2849.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.53 mb = 1712.49 m = 5618.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.53 mb = 2307.13 m = 7569.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.53 mb = 13433.08 m = 44071.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2824.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.1 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 238.1 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 371.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 371.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.11 Bulk Rich Number: 26.98 Bulk Shear: 105.61 m/s