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: 50.59,-91.38 Latitude: 50.59 Longitude: -91.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -14 SFC 953 404 24.6 22.3 87 2.3 22.9 130 8 301.9 305.2 297.7 355.2 18.06 2 950 430 25.3 21.8 81 3.5 22.8 136 11 302.8 306.1 297.7 354.9 17.58 3 900 906 24.1 19.6 76 4.5 20.9 169 29 306.4 309.4 297.7 354.9 16.15 4 850 1405 20.9 17.7 82 3.2 18.7 185 36 308.0 310.9 297.4 353.9 15.15 5 800 1928 17.1 15.5 90 1.6 16.0 199 42 309.4 312.0 297.0 351.8 13.96 6 750 2477 13.5 12.7 95 0.8 13.0 208 46 311.2 313.6 296.5 349.3 12.43 7 700 3057 10.9 7.1 77 3.8 8.6 215 43 314.6 316.3 295.0 342.9 9.10 8 650 3674 8.8 -1.3 49 10.1 3.4 213 44 318.9 319.9 293.3 336.1 5.36 9 600 4331 3.7 -4.0 57 7.8 -0.2 211 43 320.4 321.3 293.3 335.8 4.73 10 550 5030 -2.2 -8.3 63 6.1 -5.0 212 43 321.5 322.2 292.7 333.8 3.73 11 500 5779 -8.0 -14.4 60 6.4 -10.4 216 45 323.3 323.8 292.2 331.8 2.52 12 450 6590 -12.8 -19.0 59 6.2 -14.8 219 48 327.2 327.5 292.7 333.7 1.89 13 400 7478 -18.7 -24.0 63 5.3 -20.1 212 45 330.6 330.9 293.2 335.5 1.38 14 350 8458 -26.3 -31.2 64 4.8 -27.2 210 47 333.2 333.4 293.4 336.2 0.81 15 300 9552 -35.4 -39.0 69 3.6 -35.8 212 46 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.1 0.43 16 250 10794 -45.1 -48.1 72 3.0 -45.3 222 37 339.0 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.20 17 200 12249 -54.8 -59.1 59 4.3 -54.9 222 43 346.0 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.07 18 150 14051 -62.6 -68.9 42 6.4 -62.7 210 15 362.3 362.3 299.2 362.4 0.02 19 100 16610 -56.2 -83.8 2 27.6 -56.6 240 13 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.17 m Freezing level: 568.65 mb = 4769.20 m = 15646.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.00 mb = 4289.73 m = 14073.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.59 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.09 mb = 692.17 m = 2270.88 ft T: 24.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 23.43 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.28 mb = 1786.09 m = 5859.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lifted Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -6.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.88 C Cross Totals Index: 25.66 C K Index: 42.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 528.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2523.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.73 mb = 1387.42 m = 4551.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.73 mb = 2179.30 m = 7149.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.73 mb = 13388.86 m = 43926.16 ft B at Equ Level: 2503.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.8 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 236.8 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 451.3 neg: -0.7 tot: 450.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.82 Bulk Rich Number: 19.67 Bulk Shear: 128.26 m/s