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: 49.17,-91.38 Latitude: 49.17 Longitude: -91.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 956 451 24.2 22.0 88 2.2 22.6 227 7 301.2 304.4 297.3 353.2 17.65 2 950 503 23.4 20.8 85 2.7 21.5 230 12 301.0 304.0 296.5 349.3 16.45 3 900 974 19.7 19.0 96 0.7 19.2 235 17 301.8 304.6 296.1 347.5 15.51 4 850 1465 17.1 15.9 93 1.2 16.3 237 21 304.0 306.6 295.3 344.3 13.52 5 800 1982 15.2 11.2 77 3.9 12.6 234 26 307.3 309.3 294.1 339.2 10.54 6 750 2528 12.1 8.0 76 4.1 9.6 231 30 309.7 311.4 293.6 337.3 9.03 7 700 3103 9.1 2.9 66 6.1 5.6 223 29 312.5 313.8 292.7 333.6 6.77 8 650 3713 5.3 -1.0 64 6.2 2.0 212 25 314.9 316.0 292.3 332.3 5.50 9 600 4362 0.4 -3.2 77 3.6 -1.4 214 26 316.6 317.6 292.4 332.8 5.05 10 550 5056 -3.3 -7.4 73 4.1 -5.2 215 29 320.2 321.0 292.6 333.2 3.99 11 500 5804 -7.4 -10.6 78 3.2 -8.8 212 30 324.0 324.7 293.2 335.4 3.41 12 450 6617 -12.4 -18.0 63 5.6 -14.3 217 26 327.6 328.0 293.0 334.8 2.06 13 400 7507 -18.1 -25.9 50 7.8 -20.1 232 27 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.6 1.16 14 350 8492 -24.9 -26.8 84 1.9 -25.4 220 30 335.2 335.4 294.2 339.6 1.22 15 300 9594 -33.3 -34.1 92 0.8 -33.4 211 39 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.1 0.71 16 250 10846 -43.7 -44.9 88 1.1 -43.8 209 42 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.2 0.28 17 200 12304 -55.9 -57.1 87 1.2 -55.9 204 44 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.08 18 150 14085 -64.2 -68.8 53 4.6 -64.3 205 27 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.02 19 100 16628 -58.5 -84.3 2 25.8 -58.8 220 21 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.93 m Freezing level: 594.04 mb = 4444.61 m = 14581.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.58 mb = 4088.79 m = 13414.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.95 mb = 726.26 m = 2382.72 ft T: 21.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 20.85 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.37 mb = 1202.58 m = 3945.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.78 C = 78.41 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.51 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 34.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1200.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.26 mb = 1096.33 m = 3596.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.26 mb = 1543.50 m = 5063.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 832.26 mb = 1645.37 m = 5398.11 ft B at Equ Level: 11.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.26 mb = 15367.47 m = 50417.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.5 neg: -28.8 tot: -1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 56.57 Bulk Shear: 21.23 m/s