MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.13,-89.46 Latitude: 48.13 Longitude: -89.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 979 250 18.5 18.5 100 0.0 18.5 217 4 293.4 295.9 292.4 332.8 13.83 2 950 513 22.4 20.3 88 2.1 20.9 211 17 299.9 302.8 295.9 346.7 16.00 3 900 985 20.9 19.7 92 1.3 20.1 224 24 303.1 306.1 296.9 351.2 16.21 4 850 1480 19.7 15.2 75 4.5 16.7 237 16 306.8 309.2 295.7 345.6 12.89 5 800 2002 18.8 4.6 39 14.3 10.4 246 14 311.2 312.5 292.2 331.8 6.64 6 750 2553 15.5 0.1 35 15.4 7.1 244 17 313.4 314.4 291.6 329.6 5.15 7 700 3133 11.1 -1.5 42 12.6 4.5 244 20 314.8 315.8 291.8 330.4 4.92 8 650 3746 6.2 -3.7 49 9.9 1.3 246 23 316.0 316.8 291.8 330.3 4.48 9 600 4396 0.9 -6.4 58 7.3 -2.5 251 26 317.1 317.9 291.7 329.9 3.96 10 550 5089 -4.1 -11.2 58 7.0 -7.0 263 28 319.2 319.8 291.4 328.9 2.96 11 500 5834 -8.8 -16.5 54 7.7 -11.5 263 31 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.4 2.10 12 450 6642 -13.8 -22.9 46 9.1 -16.4 255 33 325.9 326.2 291.9 330.7 1.35 13 400 7527 -19.7 -27.9 48 8.2 -21.6 262 31 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.8 0.96 14 350 8506 -26.1 -39.6 27 13.5 -28.0 270 33 333.6 333.7 293.0 335.0 0.35 15 300 9600 -34.9 -46.5 30 11.5 -36.0 269 31 336.1 336.2 293.6 336.9 0.20 16 250 10845 -44.9 -54.0 35 9.1 -45.3 271 34 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.7 0.10 17 200 12296 -56.6 -58.0 84 1.4 -56.6 283 31 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.08 18 150 14080 -60.2 -72.3 19 12.1 -60.3 280 34 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16627 -59.5 -84.5 2 25.0 -59.8 253 10 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.97 m Freezing level: 591.14 mb = 4518.84 m = 14825.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3957.18 m = 12982.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.04 % Est. max temperature: 33.61 C = 92.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.30 mb = 250.08 m = 820.46 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 21.55 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 979.30 mb = 250.08 m = 820.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.47 C = 68.85 F Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Showalter Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.57 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 31.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1384.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 239.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.49 mb = 912.70 m = 2994.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.49 mb = 3588.83 m = 11774.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.49 mb = 12864.50 m = 42205.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1345.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.49 mb = 15353.01 m = 50370.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.7 neg: -18.0 tot: 91.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 58.99 Bulk Shear: 23.46 m/s