MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.63,-90.67 Latitude: 48.63 Longitude: -90.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 954 469 24.9 22.6 87 2.4 23.2 162 6 302.1 305.5 298.0 356.3 18.33 2 950 509 24.4 21.9 86 2.6 22.6 162 9 302.0 305.2 297.5 354.1 17.65 3 900 981 20.4 20.1 98 0.3 20.2 160 13 302.6 305.7 297.1 352.1 16.72 4 850 1475 18.8 17.2 90 1.6 17.7 159 14 305.8 308.6 296.6 349.8 14.67 5 800 1997 17.9 12.9 72 5.0 14.6 194 15 310.2 312.5 295.8 346.1 11.75 6 750 2548 15.1 9.3 68 5.8 11.4 229 24 313.0 314.9 295.1 343.5 9.87 7 700 3129 11.4 6.4 71 5.0 8.3 239 33 315.1 316.8 294.8 342.2 8.65 8 650 3745 6.8 4.0 82 2.8 5.1 245 38 316.7 318.2 294.7 341.4 7.86 9 600 4397 1.7 0.3 91 1.3 1.0 253 45 318.1 319.3 294.0 338.9 6.55 10 550 5093 -3.3 -4.3 93 1.0 -3.8 254 52 320.2 321.2 293.4 336.6 5.07 11 500 5840 -9.3 -10.1 93 0.9 -9.6 254 55 321.7 322.4 292.6 333.4 3.54 12 450 6646 -14.8 -16.3 88 1.5 -15.3 257 50 324.6 325.0 292.4 332.6 2.37 13 400 7531 -18.7 -21.0 82 2.3 -19.4 256 33 330.6 331.0 293.6 336.9 1.79 14 350 8512 -25.6 -27.0 88 1.4 -25.9 245 25 334.2 334.5 294.0 338.6 1.19 15 300 9612 -33.7 -34.1 96 0.4 -33.8 259 26 337.8 338.0 294.4 340.5 0.71 16 250 10861 -44.5 -44.9 96 0.4 -44.6 261 25 339.9 339.9 294.6 341.0 0.28 17 200 12313 -57.2 -57.9 92 0.6 -57.3 208 21 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.08 18 150 14090 -62.9 -69.0 43 6.1 -63.0 231 25 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.02 19 100 16613 -58.2 -84.7 2 26.5 -58.6 180 9 415.2 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.24 m Freezing level: 583.04 mb = 4633.50 m = 15201.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.92 mb = 4533.07 m = 14872.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.40 mb = 766.61 m = 2515.10 ft T: 22.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 23.67 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1271.21 m = 4170.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.29 C = 81.13 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -7.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: -6.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.05 C Cross Totals Index: 26.44 C K Index: 40.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2276.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.95 mb = 1097.84 m = 3601.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.95 mb = 3213.44 m = 10542.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.95 mb = 13578.27 m = 44547.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2235.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 236.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 236.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.30 Bulk Rich Number: 14.37 Bulk Shear: 158.43 m/s