MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 18Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 45.55,-91.71 Latitude: 45.55 Longitude: -91.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 962 392 22.9 21.5 92 1.4 21.9 194 7 299.4 302.5 296.4 349.2 17.04 2 950 497 22.1 20.3 89 1.8 20.8 198 13 299.6 302.6 295.8 346.3 15.97 3 900 966 19.1 17.9 93 1.1 18.3 217 19 301.2 303.8 295.3 343.9 14.52 4 850 1457 17.6 14.6 82 3.0 15.5 234 30 304.6 306.9 294.7 341.4 12.35 5 800 1975 15.1 12.4 84 2.7 13.3 239 45 307.2 309.3 294.7 341.5 11.37 6 750 2520 11.8 10.5 92 1.3 11.0 236 54 309.4 311.4 294.8 341.9 10.68 7 700 3096 8.6 7.6 93 1.0 8.0 231 54 312.0 313.8 294.6 341.1 9.40 8 650 3705 4.4 4.1 98 0.3 4.2 223 48 313.9 315.4 294.0 338.6 7.91 9 600 4353 -0.0 -0.1 99 0.1 -0.1 222 48 316.1 317.3 293.3 336.2 6.34 10 550 5046 -3.7 -4.0 98 0.3 -3.8 227 43 319.7 320.8 293.4 336.5 5.18 11 500 5795 -7.5 -8.1 96 0.6 -7.8 236 37 323.9 324.7 293.7 337.7 4.16 12 450 6610 -11.5 -12.5 92 1.0 -11.9 248 35 328.8 329.4 294.3 339.8 3.25 13 400 7504 -16.8 -17.7 93 0.8 -17.1 251 35 333.1 333.6 294.7 341.4 2.38 14 350 8495 -22.8 -29.2 56 6.3 -24.2 247 35 338.0 338.2 294.7 341.6 0.98 15 300 9605 -31.7 -35.9 66 4.2 -32.3 244 40 340.7 340.9 295.0 343.0 0.60 16 250 10865 -42.4 -43.2 92 0.8 -42.5 239 41 343.0 343.1 295.4 344.4 0.34 17 200 12332 -54.9 -55.3 95 0.4 -54.9 252 55 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.3 0.11 18 150 14122 -63.1 -74.4 20 11.3 -63.2 269 32 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16612 -61.3 -84.9 3 23.5 -61.6 270 20 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.05 m Freezing level: 600.01 mb = 4352.49 m = 14279.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.14 mb = 4337.24 m = 14229.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.02 C = 86.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.38 mb = 566.63 m = 1859.01 ft T: 21.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 7.75 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.43 mb = 1553.92 m = 5098.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 38.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 408.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.34 mb = 1068.18 m = 3504.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.34 mb = 2695.99 m = 8844.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.34 mb = 11016.03 m = 36141.38 ft B at Equ Level: 408.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.34 mb = 13944.60 m = 45749.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 2.1 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.1 neg: -70.4 tot: 125.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 3.84 Bulk Shear: 106.38 m/s