MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.36,-90.05 Latitude: 44.36 Longitude: -90.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 977 322 24.2 22.1 88 2.1 22.6 186 6 299.3 302.4 296.6 349.9 17.34 2 950 570 24.1 21.3 85 2.7 22.1 192 18 301.6 304.7 297.0 351.9 17.06 3 900 1043 22.3 16.5 70 5.8 18.3 209 25 304.5 307.0 295.3 344.0 13.23 4 850 1541 21.9 11.9 53 9.9 15.4 221 23 309.1 311.0 294.5 340.7 10.38 5 800 2065 18.9 10.2 57 8.7 13.3 235 22 311.3 313.1 294.7 341.4 9.80 6 750 2616 14.7 8.3 65 6.5 10.7 250 27 312.6 314.3 294.6 340.9 9.17 7 700 3197 10.9 5.7 70 5.2 7.8 261 27 314.5 316.1 294.4 340.3 8.24 8 650 3811 6.3 3.7 84 2.5 4.8 262 20 316.0 317.5 294.4 340.4 7.73 9 600 4462 1.9 -6.9 52 8.8 -2.2 273 11 318.3 319.1 291.9 330.7 3.80 10 550 5157 -3.7 -9.9 62 6.1 -6.4 319 16 319.6 320.3 291.8 330.5 3.29 11 500 5902 -9.9 -13.1 77 3.2 -11.1 323 18 321.0 321.6 291.8 330.3 2.79 12 450 6707 -14.9 -19.7 67 4.8 -16.4 317 13 324.5 324.8 291.9 330.6 1.78 13 400 7588 -20.4 -26.5 58 6.1 -21.8 309 7 328.5 328.7 292.4 332.4 1.10 14 350 8564 -27.1 -31.5 66 4.5 -27.9 336 9 332.3 332.4 293.1 335.2 0.78 15 300 9655 -35.6 -39.9 65 4.3 -36.1 322 8 335.2 335.3 293.5 336.7 0.40 16 250 10897 -45.5 -47.6 79 2.1 -45.6 267 19 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.3 0.21 17 200 12347 -56.7 -57.6 89 1.0 -56.7 255 23 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.08 18 150 14133 -61.9 -72.0 25 10.1 -62.0 279 22 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.02 19 100 16653 -59.8 -84.2 3 24.4 -60.1 250 10 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.49 m Freezing level: 583.05 mb = 4697.82 m = 15412.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.82 mb = 4250.33 m = 13944.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.96 % Est. max temperature: 34.87 C = 94.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.10 mb = 587.98 m = 1929.05 ft T: 24.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 11.28 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.45 mb = 2453.11 m = 8048.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.99 C = 98.59 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: -6.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 38.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1724.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 227.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.59 mb = 1332.49 m = 4371.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.59 mb = 3614.29 m = 11857.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.59 mb = 12811.59 m = 42032.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1715.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.59 mb = 15752.96 m = 51682.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.8 neg: -1.9 tot: 202.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.77 Bulk Rich Number: 36.86 Bulk Shear: 46.78 m/s