MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 45.55,-91.68 Latitude: 45.55 Longitude: -91.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 965 394 23.3 20.6 85 2.7 21.3 166 9 299.5 302.4 295.8 346.2 15.98 2 950 529 23.0 20.2 84 2.9 21.0 174 19 300.6 303.5 296.0 347.0 15.83 3 900 1002 23.7 18.0 70 5.8 19.6 216 37 305.9 308.7 296.5 349.5 14.54 4 850 1504 23.6 15.1 59 8.5 17.7 230 37 310.9 313.3 296.7 350.0 12.80 5 800 2032 20.7 12.7 60 8.1 15.3 229 30 313.3 315.5 296.4 349.1 11.60 6 750 2587 16.7 10.3 66 6.4 12.5 216 23 314.7 316.7 296.1 347.4 10.53 7 700 3171 12.4 5.7 64 6.6 8.3 209 24 316.2 317.8 294.8 342.1 8.25 8 650 3788 9.0 -11.2 23 20.1 0.1 205 26 319.1 319.6 291.0 327.4 2.50 9 600 4445 3.7 -13.2 28 17.0 -3.3 198 25 320.4 320.9 291.2 328.1 2.30 10 550 5143 -2.7 -11.9 49 9.1 -6.5 207 19 320.9 321.4 291.7 330.2 2.80 11 500 5889 -9.5 -12.4 79 2.9 -10.6 212 15 321.4 322.0 292.0 331.3 2.95 12 450 6693 -15.5 -20.5 65 5.0 -17.0 206 19 323.7 324.1 291.6 329.4 1.66 13 400 7570 -22.0 -27.0 64 5.0 -23.1 211 18 326.3 326.6 291.7 330.1 1.05 14 350 8540 -28.8 -35.4 53 6.6 -29.7 231 14 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.9 0.54 15 300 9624 -36.8 -45.2 42 8.3 -37.5 220 13 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.3 0.23 16 250 10860 -46.4 -54.5 39 8.2 -46.7 240 17 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.09 17 200 12304 -57.6 -61.9 58 4.3 -57.7 247 18 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 18 150 14092 -61.9 -70.4 31 8.5 -62.0 219 20 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.02 19 100 16630 -58.5 -84.3 2 25.8 -58.9 208 14 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.13 m Freezing level: 571.08 mb = 4848.46 m = 15906.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.83 mb = 3803.29 m = 12477.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.79 % Est. max temperature: 36.21 C = 97.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.32 mb = 740.87 m = 2430.64 ft T: 23.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 22.63 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.27 mb = 2812.69 m = 9227.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.89 C = 102.00 F Cap Strength: 6.21 C Lifted Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Showalter Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.74 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.61 C K Index: 41.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2116.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 367.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.68 mb = 1507.08 m = 4944.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.68 mb = 4381.00 m = 14373.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.68 mb = 13145.06 m = 43126.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2083.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.9 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 241.9 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.2 neg: -38.6 tot: 200.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.16 Bulk Rich Number: 210.03 Bulk Shear: 10.08 m/s