MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.86,-91.41 Latitude: 44.86 Longitude: -91.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 179 SFC 985 310 19.3 15.0 76 4.3 16.5 88 1 293.7 295.7 290.3 325.0 10.95 2 950 623 20.7 12.4 59 8.3 15.5 141 4 298.2 300.0 290.6 326.2 9.57 3 900 1087 17.1 10.8 66 6.3 13.2 135 9 299.1 300.8 290.5 325.7 9.07 4 850 1572 13.1 9.0 76 4.2 10.6 133 14 299.9 301.4 290.2 324.9 8.49 5 800 2079 8.6 7.4 92 1.2 7.9 133 15 300.3 301.8 290.0 324.2 8.11 6 750 2610 6.1 -0.2 64 6.3 2.9 144 14 303.2 304.2 288.3 318.5 5.04 7 700 3175 4.7 -15.3 22 20.0 -2.6 179 6 307.7 308.0 286.4 313.1 1.66 8 650 3774 0.6 -9.3 47 9.9 -3.6 203 4 309.6 310.2 288.3 318.8 2.90 9 600 4411 -4.0 -8.2 73 4.2 -5.8 226 6 311.5 312.1 289.5 322.4 3.43 10 550 5092 -8.0 -11.7 75 3.7 -9.4 246 8 314.6 315.2 289.9 323.8 2.84 11 500 5827 -11.9 -23.9 36 12.0 -15.2 260 7 318.5 318.7 289.5 322.3 1.11 12 450 6626 -16.4 -30.5 28 14.1 -19.4 269 6 322.6 322.7 290.3 325.0 0.67 13 400 7503 -21.6 -42.8 13 21.2 -24.5 296 12 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.22 14 350 8474 -28.4 -36.8 44 8.4 -29.6 300 14 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.2 0.46 15 300 9558 -37.3 -44.3 48 7.0 -37.9 300 12 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.7 0.25 16 250 10790 -47.2 -53.4 49 6.1 -47.5 267 14 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.11 17 200 12231 -55.2 -61.3 47 6.1 -55.4 264 23 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.05 18 150 14088 -52.9 -80.4 2 27.5 -53.4 294 22 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16666 -58.9 -84.2 2 25.3 -59.2 298 13 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.32 m Freezing level: 643.79 mb = 3852.92 m = 12640.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.65 mb = 2902.96 m = 9524.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.02 % Est. max temperature: 25.58 C = 78.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.36 mb = 857.88 m = 2814.52 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 13.10 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1901.21 m = 6237.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.71 C = 78.28 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 14.05 Risk: None Sweat Index: 142.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7382.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.78 mb = 1623.79 m = 5327.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.3 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 203.3 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.2 neg: -1.7 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.18 Bulk Shear: 4.68 m/s