MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 45.41,-91.76 Latitude: 45.41 Longitude: -91.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 968 378 24.2 22.2 88 2.0 22.8 236 10 300.1 303.4 297.0 351.8 17.63 2 950 541 23.6 20.2 81 3.5 21.2 236 19 301.2 304.1 296.1 347.7 15.83 3 900 1012 20.2 17.8 86 2.5 18.5 231 23 302.4 305.0 295.5 344.8 14.37 4 850 1505 17.9 14.8 82 3.1 15.8 227 28 304.9 307.2 294.8 342.3 12.53 5 800 2023 15.4 11.2 76 4.2 12.7 228 32 307.6 309.5 294.2 339.5 10.54 6 750 2568 12.1 8.8 80 3.3 10.0 224 32 309.7 311.5 294.0 338.9 9.55 7 700 3144 8.5 6.8 89 1.7 7.5 210 32 311.9 313.6 294.1 339.3 8.89 8 650 3754 5.1 3.7 91 1.4 4.3 195 33 314.7 316.2 294.0 338.8 7.71 9 600 4403 1.0 -0.6 89 1.6 0.1 189 30 317.3 318.4 293.5 336.7 6.11 10 550 5098 -3.0 -5.7 81 2.8 -4.3 190 24 320.6 321.4 293.2 335.3 4.53 11 500 5847 -7.7 -9.9 84 2.2 -8.6 195 16 323.7 324.4 293.3 335.7 3.62 12 450 6658 -13.3 -15.2 86 1.9 -14.0 202 7 326.5 327.0 293.2 335.4 2.61 13 400 7546 -18.6 -19.5 93 0.9 -18.9 200 11 330.8 331.2 293.8 337.9 2.04 14 350 8529 -25.1 -25.6 95 0.5 -25.2 217 19 334.9 335.2 294.3 339.8 1.36 15 300 9630 -33.2 -33.7 95 0.5 -33.3 224 24 338.6 338.8 294.7 341.4 0.74 16 250 10885 -43.1 -44.0 91 0.9 -43.2 215 25 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.2 0.31 17 200 12345 -55.8 -56.7 90 0.8 -55.9 207 28 344.3 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.09 18 150 14126 -64.7 -70.1 47 5.4 -64.7 191 31 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.02 19 100 16647 -60.6 -83.7 3 23.0 -60.9 208 20 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.91 m Freezing level: 587.49 mb = 4577.26 m = 15017.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.46 mb = 4423.93 m = 14514.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.09 mb = 632.74 m = 2075.90 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 12.92 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1635.72 m = 5366.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.20 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 38.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 963.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.22 mb = 1204.05 m = 3950.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.22 mb = 2621.62 m = 8601.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.22 mb = 12820.81 m = 42062.51 ft B at Equ Level: 941.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.22 mb = 15248.93 m = 50028.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.9 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 238.9 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -48.5 tot: -37.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 47.54 Bulk Shear: 20.26 m/s