MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 43.19,-91.75 Latitude: 43.19 Longitude: -91.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 974 339 27.3 23.4 79 3.9 24.5 237 12 302.7 306.2 298.5 358.9 18.95 2 950 553 25.0 20.1 75 4.8 21.5 240 20 302.5 305.4 296.5 349.3 15.82 3 900 1026 20.9 17.6 82 3.3 18.6 245 24 303.0 305.6 295.6 345.1 14.22 4 850 1519 18.6 10.2 58 8.3 13.3 261 26 305.6 307.3 292.6 333.4 9.24 5 800 2037 15.1 7.6 61 7.5 10.6 265 26 307.3 308.8 292.3 332.2 8.22 6 750 2580 10.9 5.1 67 5.9 7.5 272 27 308.4 309.8 292.0 330.9 7.34 7 700 3152 6.8 0.9 66 5.9 3.7 282 34 310.0 311.1 291.2 328.1 5.85 8 650 3756 2.8 -2.8 66 5.6 0.0 285 45 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.2 4.79 9 600 4401 0.0 -12.6 38 12.6 -5.0 289 48 316.2 316.6 290.0 324.1 2.42 10 550 5095 -2.5 -10.4 55 7.9 -5.8 290 46 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.6 3.16 11 500 5846 -6.3 -14.2 53 8.0 -9.4 289 49 325.4 325.9 292.8 334.0 2.54 12 450 6663 -11.2 -20.1 48 8.8 -14.1 289 52 329.1 329.5 293.1 335.1 1.73 13 400 7556 -17.5 -27.4 42 10.0 -19.9 285 49 332.3 332.5 293.3 335.9 1.01 14 350 8540 -25.4 -34.1 44 8.8 -26.9 288 48 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.9 0.61 15 300 9637 -34.7 -43.3 41 8.6 -35.5 292 48 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.6 0.28 16 250 10881 -45.6 -49.2 67 3.6 -45.8 294 50 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.0 0.17 17 200 12329 -56.8 -59.6 70 2.9 -56.8 300 54 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.06 18 150 14104 -64.9 -69.9 50 5.0 -65.0 278 44 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.02 19 100 16636 -59.9 -84.8 2 24.9 -60.2 268 24 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.29 m Freezing level: 599.00 mb = 4414.50 m = 14483.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.80 mb = 3758.83 m = 12331.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.06 % Est. max temperature: 30.98 C = 87.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.70 mb = 827.33 m = 2714.31 ft T: 22.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 34.79 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.03 mb = 1742.84 m = 5717.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.07 C Showalter Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.82 C Cross Totals Index: 16.47 C K Index: 29.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1406.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.42 mb = 1334.25 m = 4377.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.42 mb = 2212.96 m = 7260.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.42 mb = 12863.12 m = 42201.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1401.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.42 mb = 15849.20 m = 51998.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.2 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 310.2 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 16.90 Bulk Shear: 83.22 m/s