MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 44.78,-88.94 Latitude: 44.78 Longitude: -88.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 969 332 26.9 22.4 76 4.5 23.6 203 8 302.8 306.1 297.8 355.7 17.87 2 950 504 26.4 20.6 70 5.8 22.2 206 17 304.0 307.0 297.2 352.5 16.30 3 900 980 22.4 19.2 82 3.2 20.1 212 24 304.6 307.5 297.0 351.4 15.72 4 850 1476 19.3 16.6 85 2.6 17.5 226 29 306.3 309.0 296.4 348.9 14.16 5 800 1997 17.6 12.2 70 5.5 14.0 240 38 310.0 312.1 295.3 344.2 11.22 6 750 2547 14.5 8.6 68 5.9 10.8 244 46 312.3 314.1 294.6 341.4 9.41 7 700 3126 9.8 6.3 79 3.5 7.7 243 48 313.4 315.0 294.3 340.0 8.58 8 650 3738 5.1 3.2 88 1.9 4.0 240 50 314.7 316.1 293.8 337.9 7.42 9 600 4387 1.1 -1.6 82 2.7 -0.3 242 47 317.4 318.5 293.2 335.5 5.69 10 550 5083 -2.7 -6.6 75 3.9 -4.6 248 49 320.8 321.7 293.0 334.7 4.23 11 500 5832 -7.7 -11.1 77 3.3 -9.1 257 48 323.6 324.3 292.9 334.6 3.29 12 450 6644 -12.9 -13.6 94 0.7 -13.2 263 42 327.0 327.6 293.6 337.1 2.97 13 400 7534 -17.9 -19.3 88 1.5 -18.3 250 37 331.8 332.2 294.1 339.0 2.07 14 350 8521 -24.1 -27.0 77 2.9 -24.8 258 35 336.3 336.5 294.5 340.6 1.20 15 300 9627 -32.0 -33.8 85 1.7 -32.3 261 38 340.2 340.4 295.0 343.0 0.74 16 250 10888 -41.7 -45.8 65 4.0 -42.1 246 27 344.0 344.1 295.5 345.0 0.25 17 200 12359 -54.1 -56.5 74 2.5 -54.2 268 34 347.1 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.09 18 150 14140 -66.7 -68.1 83 1.4 -66.7 265 33 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.3 0.03 19 100 16628 -61.5 -84.8 3 23.3 -61.8 273 18 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.46 m Freezing level: 585.89 mb = 4583.44 m = 15037.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.85 mb = 4335.12 m = 14222.67 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.93 % Est. max temperature: 32.64 C = 90.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.93 mb = 902.80 m = 2961.91 ft T: 23.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 21.13 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.27 mb = 2026.30 m = 6647.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.14 C = 93.46 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -5.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 24.37 C K Index: 40.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 443.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1679.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.27 mb = 1331.29 m = 4367.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.27 mb = 2782.43 m = 9128.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.27 mb = 13391.89 m = 43936.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1676.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.3 neg: -2.5 tot: 280.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.73 Bulk Rich Number: 14.94 Bulk Shear: 112.41 m/s