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: 48.09,-91.85 Latitude: 48.09 Longitude: -91.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 957 434 27.6 22.9 76 4.7 24.1 78 3 304.5 308.0 298.8 360.3 18.66 2 950 499 28.3 21.4 66 6.8 23.3 87 5 305.9 309.0 298.1 357.3 17.14 3 900 979 25.4 19.4 70 6.0 21.1 191 7 307.7 310.7 297.9 355.8 15.96 4 850 1480 21.5 17.7 79 3.8 18.8 218 14 308.6 311.5 297.6 354.4 15.12 5 800 2003 17.0 16.1 94 1.0 16.4 223 20 309.3 312.1 297.4 353.5 14.53 6 750 2553 14.1 12.2 88 1.9 12.9 225 27 311.9 314.2 296.4 348.8 12.01 7 700 3137 14.4 0.3 38 14.1 6.5 236 28 318.4 319.5 293.4 336.3 5.58 8 650 3758 10.6 -6.2 30 16.8 2.2 247 29 320.9 321.6 292.5 333.0 3.69 9 600 4418 5.1 -12.5 27 17.6 -2.4 263 30 322.0 322.5 291.7 330.2 2.43 10 550 5119 -1.3 -13.7 38 12.4 -6.3 263 36 322.5 323.0 291.9 330.6 2.41 11 500 5869 -8.4 -14.2 63 5.8 -10.6 262 39 322.8 323.3 292.1 331.3 2.54 12 450 6675 -15.4 -19.0 74 3.6 -16.5 258 35 323.9 324.2 291.8 330.4 1.90 13 400 7557 -19.6 -31.0 36 11.4 -22.0 252 23 329.5 329.6 292.3 332.1 0.72 14 350 8533 -27.6 -34.6 51 7.0 -28.7 234 22 331.6 331.7 292.7 333.8 0.58 15 300 9622 -36.0 -40.1 66 4.1 -36.5 234 14 334.6 334.6 293.3 336.1 0.39 16 250 10864 -45.2 -45.2 100 -0.0 -45.2 183 17 338.9 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.27 17 200 12312 -57.0 -57.1 98 0.2 -57.0 190 17 342.5 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.08 18 150 14096 -63.4 -69.6 43 6.2 -63.4 184 12 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.02 19 100 16633 -59.2 -84.5 2 25.4 -59.5 239 12 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.02 m Freezing level: 560.29 mb = 4975.02 m = 16322.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.74 mb = 4071.81 m = 13358.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.02 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.26 mb = 1035.08 m = 3395.88 ft T: 24.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 30.08 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.64 mb = 1889.12 m = 6197.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.17 C = 89.90 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -7.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -6.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.94 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.87 C Cross Totals Index: 26.07 C K Index: 33.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3048.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.30 mb = 1651.08 m = 5416.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.30 mb = 2128.60 m = 6983.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 738.30 mb = 2685.61 m = 8810.94 ft B at Equ Level: 18.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 698.30 mb = 3157.08 m = 10357.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.95 Bulk Rich Number: 28.25 Bulk Shear: 107.92 m/s