MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.14,-91.90 Latitude: 44.14 Longitude: -91.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 971 325 28.7 24.9 80 3.7 25.9 182 11 304.3 308.2 299.9 366.7 20.84 2 950 521 28.0 23.5 77 4.5 24.6 187 21 305.6 309.2 299.5 364.2 19.54 3 900 999 23.8 22.0 90 1.7 22.5 193 27 306.0 309.5 299.2 362.6 18.83 4 850 1498 21.0 17.9 82 3.1 18.8 216 34 308.1 311.0 297.6 354.5 15.33 5 800 2023 18.8 13.3 70 5.5 15.1 232 33 311.2 313.5 296.3 348.3 12.10 6 750 2576 17.9 6.8 48 11.0 11.0 236 39 316.0 317.6 294.8 342.1 8.32 7 700 3164 14.2 3.7 49 10.4 7.9 235 39 318.2 319.6 294.6 340.9 7.16 8 650 3784 10.2 -7.0 29 17.1 1.8 236 35 320.5 321.2 292.2 331.9 3.49 9 600 4443 4.5 -7.3 42 11.8 -1.1 239 30 321.3 322.1 292.7 333.5 3.69 10 550 5144 -2.0 -6.7 70 4.7 -4.2 249 27 321.7 322.5 293.2 335.5 4.22 11 500 5892 -8.5 -9.9 89 1.4 -9.1 257 24 322.7 323.4 292.9 334.6 3.60 12 450 6700 -15.0 -17.0 84 2.1 -15.7 250 22 324.4 324.9 292.3 332.0 2.24 13 400 7580 -21.3 -27.3 58 6.0 -22.7 273 20 327.3 327.5 292.0 330.9 1.02 14 350 8552 -28.1 -35.4 50 7.2 -29.2 223 12 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.8 0.54 15 300 9638 -36.7 -43.4 50 6.7 -37.4 235 16 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.27 16 250 10875 -46.3 -54.8 37 8.5 -46.6 227 23 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.09 17 200 12320 -56.8 -62.5 48 5.7 -56.9 205 22 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 14104 -61.4 -72.5 22 11.1 -61.5 230 27 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16639 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.0 -61.3 232 16 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.89 m Freezing level: 565.42 mb = 4927.44 m = 16165.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.66 mb = 4190.88 m = 13749.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.17 % Est. max temperature: 34.15 C = 93.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.49 mb = 800.02 m = 2624.71 ft T: 25.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 34.75 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1434.48 m = 4706.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -9.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -7.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.88 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.51 C Cross Totals Index: 26.37 C K Index: 36.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 549.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4409.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 93.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.51 mb = 1180.56 m = 3873.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.51 mb = 3326.55 m = 10913.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.51 mb = 14251.38 m = 46755.94 ft B at Equ Level: 4359.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.7 neg: -3.2 tot: 259.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.90 Bulk Rich Number: 70.70 Bulk Shear: 62.37 m/s