MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 45.48,-91.97 Latitude: 45.48 Longitude: -91.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 962 380 27.0 23.8 83 3.2 24.6 225 6 303.5 307.1 299.1 362.0 19.64 2 950 490 27.5 21.7 71 5.8 23.3 235 11 305.1 308.4 298.2 357.3 17.45 3 900 968 23.8 19.6 78 4.1 20.8 259 15 306.0 309.0 297.6 354.6 16.20 4 850 1466 19.3 18.2 93 1.1 18.5 263 18 306.3 309.2 297.3 353.2 15.61 5 800 1986 16.1 14.5 90 1.6 15.0 261 21 308.3 310.8 296.2 348.0 13.09 6 750 2535 15.5 4.8 49 10.7 9.2 264 25 313.4 314.8 293.3 336.0 7.23 7 700 3116 11.4 1.9 52 9.5 6.1 267 26 315.1 316.4 293.0 335.0 6.28 8 650 3730 7.0 -9.5 30 16.5 -0.4 268 27 316.9 317.4 290.6 326.2 2.86 9 600 4383 3.1 -21.5 15 24.5 -5.3 278 29 319.7 319.9 289.9 323.6 1.15 10 550 5081 -1.7 -28.3 11 26.6 -9.1 287 30 322.0 322.2 290.1 324.4 0.67 11 500 5831 -7.1 -22.3 29 15.2 -11.8 284 32 324.4 324.6 291.4 328.9 1.28 12 450 6643 -12.9 -22.4 45 9.5 -15.7 286 39 327.0 327.3 292.2 332.0 1.41 13 400 7529 -19.3 -31.3 34 12.1 -21.8 281 33 330.0 330.1 292.4 332.5 0.70 14 350 8506 -27.2 -39.8 29 12.5 -28.9 271 32 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.34 15 300 9594 -36.6 -48.3 29 11.8 -37.5 260 36 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.16 16 250 10835 -44.0 -58.5 18 14.5 -44.6 244 56 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.9 0.06 17 200 12304 -52.2 -70.0 10 17.8 -52.6 253 59 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14127 -60.9 -76.2 11 15.3 -61.0 260 43 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16630 -62.0 -84.7 3 22.6 -62.3 283 23 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.28 m Freezing level: 568.13 mb = 4827.66 m = 15838.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.03 mb = 3691.94 m = 12112.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.66 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.83 mb = 785.12 m = 2575.83 ft T: 25.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 38.36 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.63 mb = 1479.62 m = 4854.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.86 C = 85.76 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -6.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 25.24 C K Index: 34.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2565.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.04 mb = 1383.88 m = 4540.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.04 mb = 1638.79 m = 5376.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 773.04 mb = 2277.68 m = 7472.62 ft B at Equ Level: 14.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.1 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 303.1 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.25 Bulk Rich Number: 75.97 Bulk Shear: 33.76 m/s