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: 45.79,-91.22 Latitude: 45.79 Longitude: -91.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 962 403 26.2 23.3 84 2.9 24.0 208 8 302.7 306.2 298.5 359.2 19.04 2 950 510 26.7 22.2 76 4.5 23.4 208 17 304.3 307.6 298.3 357.9 17.99 3 900 987 23.0 20.7 87 2.3 21.3 208 26 305.2 308.4 298.1 356.9 17.29 4 850 1484 19.4 18.4 94 1.0 18.7 212 29 306.5 309.5 297.5 354.2 15.86 5 800 2006 16.9 14.7 86 2.3 15.4 213 29 309.2 311.7 296.5 349.4 13.23 6 750 2556 16.2 7.7 57 8.5 10.9 212 33 314.2 315.9 294.7 341.7 8.85 7 700 3141 13.6 3.9 52 9.7 7.8 232 37 317.5 318.9 294.4 340.5 7.23 8 650 3761 9.3 1.2 57 8.1 4.7 238 41 319.5 320.7 294.3 340.0 6.42 9 600 4419 4.0 -2.9 61 6.9 0.4 245 38 320.7 321.7 293.7 337.4 5.15 10 550 5119 -2.0 -8.7 60 6.7 -5.0 253 36 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.6 3.61 11 500 5868 -8.7 -12.1 76 3.4 -10.0 260 40 322.5 323.1 292.4 332.6 3.03 12 450 6675 -14.8 -17.1 82 2.3 -15.6 256 42 324.6 325.1 292.3 332.2 2.22 13 400 7556 -20.4 -27.1 55 6.6 -22.0 260 34 328.4 328.6 292.3 332.2 1.04 14 350 8531 -27.2 -29.7 80 2.5 -27.7 240 24 332.1 332.2 293.2 335.5 0.93 15 300 9623 -35.6 -37.4 83 1.9 -35.8 227 29 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.2 0.51 16 250 10863 -46.1 -47.0 90 0.9 -46.2 227 30 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.4 0.22 17 200 12305 -57.0 -57.7 92 0.7 -57.1 200 31 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.08 18 150 14091 -60.8 -72.6 20 11.7 -61.0 231 30 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16633 -59.7 -84.3 3 24.6 -60.0 241 16 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.76 m Freezing level: 566.78 mb = 4884.08 m = 16023.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.56 mb = 4465.34 m = 14649.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.52 mb = 769.19 m = 2523.57 ft T: 24.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 27.02 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.52 mb = 1407.65 m = 4618.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -8.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: -7.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.11 C Cross Totals Index: 27.06 C K Index: 36.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 562.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3231.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.31 mb = 1239.01 m = 4064.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.31 mb = 1696.19 m = 5564.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 789.31 mb = 2120.34 m = 6956.41 ft B at Equ Level: 11.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 749.31 mb = 2563.91 m = 8411.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.8 neg: -1.6 tot: 232.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.91 Bulk Rich Number: 62.93 Bulk Shear: 51.35 m/s