MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 18Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 45.41,-91.73 Latitude: 45.41 Longitude: -91.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 967 379 20.8 18.3 85 2.5 19.1 18 8 296.8 299.3 293.5 336.7 13.82 2 950 535 18.6 17.4 92 1.3 17.8 20 11 296.1 298.5 292.9 334.2 13.25 3 900 999 17.8 15.6 87 2.1 16.4 341 5 299.8 302.1 293.4 336.4 12.51 4 850 1492 20.0 11.8 59 8.3 14.7 260 12 307.1 309.0 293.9 338.1 10.25 5 800 2013 17.4 8.7 57 8.7 12.0 251 17 309.7 311.4 293.6 336.9 8.87 6 750 2561 14.0 5.4 56 8.7 8.9 253 21 311.8 313.2 293.0 335.0 7.49 7 700 3140 10.2 2.1 57 8.1 5.6 255 26 313.8 315.0 292.7 333.8 6.38 8 650 3752 5.7 -1.2 61 6.9 2.1 253 29 315.4 316.4 292.4 332.5 5.40 9 600 4402 0.8 -3.6 72 4.4 -1.4 258 34 317.0 318.0 292.4 332.7 4.87 10 550 5095 -4.0 -6.7 81 2.7 -5.3 260 41 319.3 320.1 292.5 332.9 4.20 11 500 5840 -9.3 -11.5 84 2.2 -10.2 260 44 321.6 322.3 292.3 332.1 3.17 12 450 6646 -15.1 -15.6 96 0.5 -15.3 256 42 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.7 2.51 13 400 7527 -20.9 -22.8 85 1.9 -21.4 259 36 327.8 328.1 292.6 333.2 1.53 14 350 8499 -28.5 -31.8 73 3.3 -29.1 261 33 330.3 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.76 15 300 9582 -37.4 -37.5 99 0.1 -37.4 258 38 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.6 0.51 16 250 10820 -45.3 -55.3 32 10.0 -45.7 257 62 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.08 17 200 12274 -55.1 -65.6 26 10.5 -55.4 258 65 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 14105 -55.6 -78.3 4 22.7 -55.9 255 48 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.01 19 100 16623 -63.5 -83.9 5 20.4 -63.7 251 27 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.30 m Freezing level: 591.78 mb = 4515.53 m = 14814.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.30 mb = 4131.50 m = 13554.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.64 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.20 mb = 697.45 m = 2288.20 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 5.55 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.88 mb = 2789.46 m = 9151.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.51 C = 97.72 F Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 32.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 209.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 462.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.64 mb = 1166.71 m = 3827.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.64 mb = 5128.60 m = 16825.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.64 mb = 10108.01 m = 33162.35 ft B at Equ Level: 203.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.64 mb = 11723.32 m = 38461.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.4 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 289.4 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 4.9 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.8 neg: -16.4 tot: 83.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 1.57 Bulk Shear: 133.47 m/s