MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.66,-91.41 Latitude: 44.66 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 138 SFC 981 307 26.4 21.2 73 5.2 22.7 183 10 301.2 304.2 296.5 349.4 16.39 2 950 588 23.1 19.2 79 3.9 20.4 191 17 300.7 303.4 295.4 344.4 14.93 3 900 1059 22.1 15.9 68 6.3 17.9 207 28 304.3 306.7 294.8 342.2 12.70 4 850 1556 20.4 12.7 62 7.6 15.4 213 30 307.5 309.5 294.4 340.6 10.96 5 800 2078 17.7 10.1 61 7.6 12.9 216 25 310.0 311.8 294.3 339.8 9.75 6 750 2627 14.2 7.2 63 7.0 9.9 230 21 312.0 313.7 293.9 338.4 8.53 7 700 3206 10.5 2.2 56 8.3 5.8 251 20 314.1 315.3 292.9 334.3 6.42 8 650 3819 6.3 -2.7 53 9.0 1.7 270 17 316.1 317.0 292.1 331.5 4.83 9 600 4469 1.3 -6.7 55 8.1 -2.4 280 19 317.6 318.4 291.7 330.1 3.85 10 550 5163 -4.2 -12.1 54 8.0 -7.4 282 24 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.2 2.75 11 500 5906 -10.1 -16.2 61 6.1 -12.2 281 30 320.7 321.1 291.2 328.0 2.16 12 450 6710 -15.1 -19.1 71 4.0 -16.3 291 29 324.3 324.7 291.9 330.7 1.88 13 400 7592 -20.3 -25.2 65 4.9 -21.5 292 29 328.6 328.9 292.5 333.0 1.23 14 350 8567 -27.2 -31.1 69 3.9 -27.9 287 23 332.1 332.2 293.1 335.1 0.81 15 300 9658 -35.5 -38.9 71 3.4 -35.8 279 19 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.1 0.44 16 250 10900 -45.7 -48.2 76 2.4 -45.9 277 19 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.9 0.19 17 200 12345 -57.8 -58.3 94 0.5 -57.9 288 24 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 18 150 14111 -61.8 -72.9 21 11.1 -62.0 287 31 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16652 -60.4 -84.2 3 23.8 -60.7 231 10 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.82 m Freezing level: 587.95 mb = 4636.42 m = 15211.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.76 mb = 4075.92 m = 13372.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.99 % Est. max temperature: 33.60 C = 92.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.10 mb = 962.02 m = 3156.19 ft T: 22.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 21.43 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.23 mb = 2545.11 m = 8349.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.89 C = 98.40 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 34.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1207.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 240.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.43 mb = 1429.73 m = 4690.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.43 mb = 3977.55 m = 13049.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.43 mb = 12743.58 m = 41809.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1187.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.43 mb = 15133.10 m = 49648.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.6 neg: -12.1 tot: 150.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 23.59 Bulk Shear: 51.19 m/s