MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 45.57,-91.94 Latitude: 45.57 Longitude: -91.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 966 376 28.5 24.3 78 4.2 25.3 199 12 304.6 308.4 299.7 364.9 20.12 2 950 523 27.9 23.2 76 4.7 24.4 201 22 305.5 309.0 299.2 363.0 19.17 3 900 1001 23.5 21.8 90 1.7 22.3 204 29 305.8 309.2 299.0 361.6 18.58 4 850 1500 20.4 18.5 89 1.9 19.1 219 34 307.5 310.5 297.8 355.7 15.97 5 800 2026 22.1 8.4 41 13.8 13.4 220 37 314.8 316.4 294.7 341.8 8.66 6 750 2584 19.1 5.2 40 13.9 10.6 225 32 317.3 318.7 294.5 340.7 7.39 7 700 3173 15.4 -6.5 21 21.9 4.5 229 27 319.5 320.2 291.9 330.5 3.35 8 650 3794 10.4 -13.0 18 23.4 0.3 226 26 320.7 321.2 291.2 328.0 2.16 9 600 4452 4.3 -8.1 40 12.3 -1.5 229 19 321.1 321.7 292.4 332.5 3.47 10 550 5152 -2.1 -7.8 65 5.7 -4.7 241 12 321.6 322.3 292.9 334.3 3.86 11 500 5901 -8.7 -12.3 75 3.6 -10.1 275 10 322.5 323.1 292.4 332.4 2.97 12 450 6707 -15.3 -23.6 49 8.3 -17.5 252 10 324.0 324.3 291.3 328.4 1.26 13 400 7586 -21.3 -33.9 31 12.6 -23.6 258 12 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.3 0.55 14 350 8555 -29.1 -33.8 63 4.8 -29.8 233 13 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.9 0.63 15 300 9640 -37.0 -42.0 60 5.0 -37.5 233 14 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.5 0.32 16 250 10875 -46.1 -54.5 38 8.4 -46.5 192 12 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.09 17 200 12325 -56.4 -64.4 36 8.0 -56.6 208 23 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 14107 -61.8 -71.4 27 9.6 -61.9 215 20 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.02 19 100 16648 -60.5 -84.2 3 23.7 -60.8 211 12 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.46 m Freezing level: 566.61 mb = 4919.85 m = 16141.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.39 mb = 3903.93 m = 12808.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.52 % Est. max temperature: 36.14 C = 97.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.68 mb = 916.38 m = 3006.46 ft T: 24.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.82 C/km ThetaE index: 36.86 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.33 mb = 1384.31 m = 4541.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.92 C = 87.65 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: -9.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: -7.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.04 C Cross Totals Index: 27.17 C K Index: 25.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4203.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 169.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.80 mb = 1219.11 m = 3999.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.80 mb = 3758.23 m = 12330.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.80 mb = 13992.40 m = 45906.27 ft B at Equ Level: 4190.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.2 neg: -4.9 tot: 137.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.73 Bulk Rich Number: 375.41 Bulk Shear: 11.20 m/s