MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.77,-91.30 Latitude: 44.77 Longitude: -91.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 984 314 24.5 14.6 54 9.8 18.0 159 7 299.0 300.9 291.7 330.2 10.70 2 950 621 21.2 11.2 53 10.1 15.0 155 11 298.7 300.3 290.1 324.5 8.81 3 900 1086 16.8 10.3 65 6.5 12.8 152 12 298.8 300.4 290.1 324.4 8.75 4 850 1569 12.2 9.2 82 2.9 10.4 149 13 298.9 300.5 290.0 324.2 8.64 5 800 2074 7.7 6.6 93 1.1 7.1 148 15 299.4 300.8 289.3 322.0 7.68 6 750 2605 6.4 -7.0 38 13.4 0.5 160 14 303.5 304.1 286.3 312.8 3.00 7 700 3168 4.1 -12.8 28 16.9 -2.4 176 12 307.0 307.4 286.6 313.6 2.04 8 650 3766 0.3 -17.1 26 17.4 -5.7 194 10 309.3 309.6 286.9 314.3 1.53 9 600 4402 -4.3 -11.8 56 7.5 -7.2 208 12 311.1 311.6 288.5 319.4 2.58 10 550 5082 -8.6 -10.4 87 1.7 -9.3 219 12 313.9 314.5 290.0 324.0 3.16 11 500 5816 -12.2 -13.0 94 0.8 -12.5 244 12 318.1 318.7 291.0 327.4 2.81 12 450 6615 -16.7 -17.8 91 1.1 -17.0 258 12 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.4 2.10 13 400 7490 -22.6 -25.7 76 3.1 -23.3 270 10 325.6 325.9 291.6 329.8 1.18 14 350 8458 -28.8 -45.7 18 17.0 -30.5 303 14 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.18 15 300 9543 -37.0 -49.4 26 12.4 -37.9 302 16 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.14 16 250 10777 -46.9 -52.1 55 5.2 -47.1 312 16 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.12 17 200 12221 -55.4 -61.3 48 5.9 -55.6 307 15 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14074 -51.9 -80.7 2 28.8 -52.4 258 15 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16642 -60.6 -83.9 3 23.2 -60.9 306 13 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.54 m Freezing level: 646.56 mb = 3809.89 m = 12499.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.76 mb = 2705.91 m = 8877.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.75 % Est. max temperature: 24.54 C = 76.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.96 mb = 1549.94 m = 5085.04 ft T: 12.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 17.39 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1883.30 m = 6178.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.70 C = 76.46 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 16.71 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.51 mb = 1833.04 m = 6013.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.51 mb = 1986.09 m = 6515.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 768.51 mb = 2404.22 m = 7887.78 ft B at Equ Level: 3.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 748.51 mb = 2620.84 m = 8598.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.6 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 215.6 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 4.81 m/s