MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 58.69,-90.28 Latitude: 58.69 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 0 7.1 6.6 97 0.5 6.8 344 12 279.7 280.8 279.7 296.3 6.08 1 1000 50 6.9 6.6 98 0.3 6.8 347 15 280.1 281.1 279.9 296.8 6.11 2 950 471 5.1 5.0 99 0.1 5.1 354 17 282.4 283.4 280.6 298.3 5.77 3 900 913 6.9 6.1 95 0.8 6.5 337 16 288.7 289.8 284.3 307.3 6.59 4 850 1382 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.4 337 17 291.9 293.0 285.5 310.6 6.54 5 800 1877 3.8 2.6 92 1.2 3.2 326 17 295.2 296.2 286.1 312.1 5.77 6 750 2400 1.4 -0.7 86 2.1 0.4 319 19 298.1 299.0 286.2 312.5 4.84 7 700 2953 -0.6 -5.1 72 4.5 -2.5 314 19 301.9 302.6 286.5 313.3 3.75 8 650 3543 -3.1 -9.1 63 6.0 -5.5 307 20 305.4 306.0 286.9 314.6 2.95 9 600 4173 -6.8 -15.0 52 8.1 -9.6 308 21 308.2 308.6 286.9 314.6 1.99 10 550 4846 -11.1 -23.3 36 12.2 -14.3 309 22 310.9 311.1 286.9 314.4 1.06 11 500 5570 -16.3 -28.4 35 12.1 -18.8 304 22 313.1 313.3 287.3 315.7 0.74 12 450 6353 -22.4 -35.0 31 12.6 -24.4 304 23 315.0 315.1 287.6 316.6 0.43 13 400 7206 -29.3 -37.4 45 8.1 -30.3 307 22 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.3 0.38 14 350 8144 -37.1 -44.6 46 7.5 -37.7 305 23 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.5 0.21 15 300 9190 -45.1 -51.8 47 6.6 -45.4 305 34 321.8 321.8 289.4 322.2 0.11 16 250 10391 -49.9 -61.3 25 11.4 -50.3 295 41 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.04 17 200 11856 -47.7 -76.3 2 28.5 -48.3 290 41 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 18 150 13755 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -48.8 281 33 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.01 19 100 16414 -49.7 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.6 278 28 431.8 431.8 309.0 431.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5519.97 m Freezing level: 714.32 mb = 2794.75 m = 9169.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 743.60 mb = 2468.44 m = 8098.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.69 % Est. max temperature: 18.84 C = 65.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.16 mb = 57.30 m = 187.98 ft T: 6.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 975.39 mb = 254.68 m = 835.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.53 C = 47.35 F Cap Strength: 12.30 C Lifted Index: 12.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.09 C Showalter Index: 5.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 22.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.35 mb = 467.90 m = 1535.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 945.35 mb = 511.06 m = 1676.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 935.35 mb = 598.05 m = 1962.10 ft B at Equ Level: 28.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 895.35 mb = 955.73 m = 3135.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.9 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 347.9 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -9.1 tot: -8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.18 Bulk Shear: 13.94 m/s