MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.57,-91.76 Latitude: 45.57 Longitude: -91.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 970 388 26.5 21.8 75 4.8 23.1 191 8 302.3 305.5 297.3 353.1 17.19 2 950 569 23.8 20.4 81 3.4 21.4 195 13 301.4 304.3 296.4 348.8 16.11 3 900 1040 19.7 19.2 97 0.5 19.4 202 15 301.8 304.7 296.3 348.4 15.78 4 850 1533 20.4 14.9 71 5.5 16.7 221 21 307.5 309.9 295.6 345.6 12.62 5 800 2057 18.9 10.2 57 8.8 13.3 214 23 311.3 313.2 294.7 341.4 9.78 6 750 2608 15.2 5.4 52 9.8 9.3 218 21 313.1 314.5 293.4 336.4 7.50 7 700 3189 11.2 -1.4 41 12.6 4.5 230 17 314.9 315.9 291.9 330.6 4.93 8 650 3802 6.8 -5.4 41 12.2 0.8 253 14 316.6 317.4 291.5 329.3 3.93 9 600 4453 0.8 -6.4 59 7.2 -2.6 260 15 317.1 317.8 291.7 329.8 3.96 10 550 5145 -4.7 -8.9 72 4.2 -6.5 252 18 318.5 319.2 291.7 330.1 3.54 11 500 5888 -9.8 -12.3 82 2.5 -10.8 258 21 321.1 321.7 292.0 331.0 2.97 12 450 6693 -14.9 -17.2 83 2.3 -15.7 275 21 324.5 324.9 292.3 332.0 2.21 13 400 7574 -21.2 -23.9 79 2.7 -21.8 275 19 327.5 327.7 292.3 332.4 1.39 14 350 8546 -28.1 -31.1 76 3.0 -28.6 284 14 330.9 331.0 292.7 333.9 0.82 15 300 9633 -36.3 -37.0 93 0.7 -36.3 263 13 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.3 0.53 16 250 10872 -45.7 -47.7 80 2.0 -45.8 256 18 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.0 0.20 17 200 12321 -56.9 -58.1 86 1.2 -57.0 267 29 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.07 18 150 14095 -62.0 -70.8 30 8.8 -62.1 271 26 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.02 19 100 16641 -58.9 -84.4 2 25.5 -59.2 220 13 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.93 m Freezing level: 592.60 mb = 4555.21 m = 14944.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.64 mb = 3958.38 m = 12986.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.22 % Est. max temperature: 33.94 C = 93.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.25 mb = 988.91 m = 3244.43 ft T: 20.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 23.82 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.53 mb = 2388.59 m = 7836.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.53 C = 97.76 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.18 C Cross Totals Index: 24.67 C K Index: 32.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2069.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 179.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.92 mb = 1156.35 m = 3793.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.92 mb = 3639.34 m = 11939.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.92 mb = 12871.06 m = 42227.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2065.21 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.6 neg: -6.1 tot: 59.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 117.37 Bulk Shear: 17.63 m/s