MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 44.86,-85.76 Latitude: 44.86 Longitude: -85.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 980 214 21.6 20.4 93 1.2 20.8 86 10 296.5 299.3 294.7 341.5 15.62 2 950 480 19.7 19.0 96 0.7 19.2 90 16 297.1 299.8 294.2 339.6 14.69 3 900 947 18.4 17.7 96 0.7 17.9 138 11 300.4 303.1 294.9 342.4 14.30 4 850 1437 16.4 15.2 92 1.3 15.6 187 11 303.4 305.8 294.7 341.6 12.88 5 800 1953 14.8 9.3 70 5.5 11.4 193 16 306.9 308.7 293.0 334.9 9.25 6 750 2498 12.6 5.4 61 7.2 8.3 186 27 310.3 311.7 292.6 333.4 7.52 7 700 3074 9.1 4.0 71 5.0 6.1 181 36 312.5 313.9 293.1 335.3 7.31 8 650 3684 5.7 -7.2 39 13.0 -0.3 179 41 315.5 316.1 290.7 326.5 3.42 9 600 4334 1.8 -13.4 31 15.2 -4.3 183 46 318.2 318.7 290.5 325.8 2.27 10 550 5029 -2.8 -23.6 18 20.8 -9.2 186 48 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.3 1.03 11 500 5777 -7.2 -32.4 11 25.2 -13.2 188 45 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.0 0.50 12 450 6589 -13.4 -30.0 23 16.6 -17.3 188 47 326.4 326.5 291.4 328.9 0.70 13 400 7474 -19.5 -37.6 19 18.1 -22.5 187 46 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.1 0.38 14 350 8451 -27.0 -45.1 16 18.1 -29.0 187 46 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.20 15 300 9547 -32.8 -49.8 17 17.0 -34.3 169 52 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.7 0.13 16 250 10809 -41.1 -58.3 14 17.2 -41.9 173 65 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.06 17 200 12292 -50.6 -66.9 13 16.3 -51.0 172 49 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.02 18 150 14135 -56.3 -77.5 5 21.2 -56.6 204 27 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.01 19 100 16671 -60.4 -84.3 3 23.9 -60.6 259 13 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.46 m Freezing level: 580.52 mb = 4605.02 m = 15108.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.14 mb = 3657.23 m = 11998.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.29 mb = 360.41 m = 1182.43 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 8.96 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1119.76 m = 3673.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.56 C = 79.82 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 33.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 313.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.30 mb = 773.17 m = 2536.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.30 mb = 4423.97 m = 14514.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.30 mb = 9468.79 m = 31065.20 ft B at Equ Level: 309.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.30 mb = 11864.35 m = 38924.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.3 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 211.3 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.4 neg: -13.9 tot: 106.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 156.57 m/s