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: 44.5,-89.95 Latitude: 44.50 Longitude: -89.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 976 339 23.5 22.2 92 1.4 22.6 187 7 298.8 302.0 296.6 349.8 17.50 2 950 571 24.0 21.7 87 2.3 22.3 193 19 301.5 304.7 297.3 353.0 17.45 3 900 1044 21.9 18.0 78 3.9 19.2 211 26 304.1 306.8 296.1 347.5 14.60 4 850 1541 21.2 12.6 58 8.6 15.5 220 25 308.4 310.4 294.6 341.3 10.85 5 800 2065 18.4 10.3 59 8.1 13.1 236 22 310.8 312.6 294.6 341.0 9.86 6 750 2615 14.4 8.5 68 5.9 10.7 247 29 312.2 314.0 294.6 341.0 9.33 7 700 3195 10.5 6.1 74 4.4 7.9 256 27 314.1 315.7 294.4 340.6 8.50 8 650 3808 6.1 4.1 87 2.0 4.9 254 19 315.9 317.4 294.5 340.8 7.93 9 600 4460 2.1 -8.0 47 10.1 -2.6 270 11 318.5 319.2 291.7 329.9 3.48 10 550 5155 -3.7 -8.9 67 5.2 -6.0 320 16 319.6 320.3 292.0 331.2 3.54 11 500 5900 -9.8 -12.5 80 2.7 -10.9 322 19 321.1 321.6 291.9 330.7 2.92 12 450 6705 -15.0 -20.2 64 5.2 -16.5 313 14 324.4 324.8 291.8 330.3 1.71 13 400 7586 -20.3 -27.2 54 6.9 -21.9 307 7 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.2 1.03 14 350 8563 -26.8 -30.8 69 4.0 -27.6 346 10 332.6 332.7 293.2 335.6 0.84 15 300 9654 -35.6 -38.3 76 2.7 -35.9 340 7 335.2 335.3 293.6 337.0 0.47 16 250 10896 -45.4 -47.8 77 2.4 -45.6 263 18 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.3 0.20 17 200 12347 -56.6 -58.0 83 1.5 -56.6 254 24 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.08 18 150 14132 -62.3 -71.6 28 9.3 -62.4 281 21 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.02 19 100 16651 -59.7 -84.2 3 24.5 -60.0 251 11 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.95 m Freezing level: 582.16 mb = 4708.15 m = 15446.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.06 mb = 4231.86 m = 13883.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.76 % Est. max temperature: 34.21 C = 93.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.74 mb = 509.57 m = 1671.78 ft T: 23.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 12.39 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.23 mb = 2256.22 m = 7402.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.93 C = 96.67 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -6.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 39.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2033.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.28 mb = 1217.26 m = 3993.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.28 mb = 3226.99 m = 10587.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.28 mb = 13095.67 m = 42964.27 ft B at Equ Level: 2013.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.28 mb = 16215.00 m = 53198.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.0 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 285.0 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.2 neg: -3.4 tot: 204.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.24 Bulk Rich Number: 44.20 Bulk Shear: 46.02 m/s