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: 46.36,-91 Latitude: 46.36 Longitude: -91.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 970 324 26.4 23.7 85 2.7 24.5 183 5 302.2 305.8 298.6 359.6 19.38 2 950 507 26.4 21.8 76 4.6 23.0 198 13 304.0 307.2 298.0 356.4 17.59 3 900 984 22.9 20.3 85 2.7 21.0 211 22 305.1 308.3 297.8 355.5 16.84 4 850 1481 19.3 18.2 93 1.2 18.5 215 26 306.4 309.3 297.3 353.3 15.61 5 800 2001 16.4 15.1 92 1.3 15.5 220 28 308.7 311.2 296.7 350.1 13.65 6 750 2550 15.0 9.5 70 5.5 11.5 221 34 312.8 314.8 295.2 343.8 10.00 7 700 3134 12.8 5.0 59 7.8 8.1 234 38 316.6 318.1 294.6 341.3 7.83 8 650 3752 8.9 -0.2 53 9.1 3.9 237 36 319.0 320.2 293.7 337.7 5.81 9 600 4410 4.3 -7.4 42 11.6 -1.2 245 35 321.1 321.8 292.6 333.1 3.67 10 550 5110 -1.8 -11.6 47 9.8 -5.9 252 37 322.0 322.6 292.2 331.6 2.86 11 500 5859 -8.7 -13.1 71 4.4 -10.4 256 43 322.4 323.0 292.2 331.7 2.79 12 450 6665 -15.0 -18.8 73 3.8 -16.2 253 44 324.4 324.8 292.0 331.0 1.92 13 400 7547 -19.9 -27.9 49 8.0 -21.7 258 37 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.6 0.96 14 350 8524 -27.1 -30.8 70 3.7 -27.8 234 27 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.3 0.84 15 300 9616 -35.6 -36.8 89 1.2 -35.7 232 32 335.2 335.3 293.6 337.3 0.54 16 250 10856 -46.0 -46.5 94 0.6 -46.0 216 36 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.7 0.23 17 200 12300 -57.8 -57.8 99 0.1 -57.8 199 39 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.08 18 150 14084 -60.5 -72.3 20 11.8 -60.6 227 31 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16630 -59.1 -84.5 2 25.3 -59.5 244 14 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.62 m Freezing level: 564.54 mb = 4906.32 m = 16096.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.88 mb = 4248.73 m = 13939.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.75 mb = 668.75 m = 2194.04 ft T: 25.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 28.04 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1408.95 m = 4622.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.41 C = 86.74 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -7.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.03 C Cross Totals Index: 26.86 C K Index: 38.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 538.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3086.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.54 mb = 1203.34 m = 3947.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.54 mb = 1658.91 m = 5442.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 762.54 mb = 2409.24 m = 7904.25 ft B at Equ Level: 15.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 236.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 236.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.31 Bulk Rich Number: 41.93 Bulk Shear: 73.60 m/s