MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.82,-91.52 Latitude: 44.82 Longitude: -91.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 979 305 27.1 23.2 79 3.9 24.2 186 11 302.1 305.5 298.1 357.0 18.57 2 950 566 25.4 21.6 79 3.8 22.6 191 21 303.0 306.2 297.6 354.4 17.34 3 900 1040 21.4 19.7 90 1.7 20.2 200 27 303.6 306.6 297.0 351.9 16.27 4 850 1537 22.2 12.7 55 9.5 15.9 220 33 309.4 311.5 295.0 342.8 10.93 5 800 2063 20.2 10.2 52 10.0 13.7 230 31 312.7 314.6 295.0 343.1 9.81 6 750 2617 16.4 8.8 61 7.6 11.6 241 28 314.3 316.2 295.3 344.0 9.53 7 700 3201 11.8 6.8 71 5.0 8.7 255 22 315.5 317.3 295.1 343.3 8.87 8 650 3816 7.2 -1.3 55 8.5 2.7 265 17 317.1 318.1 292.9 334.2 5.36 9 600 4469 2.4 -11.3 36 13.7 -3.4 283 16 318.9 319.4 291.1 327.7 2.69 10 550 5164 -3.7 -11.4 55 7.8 -6.8 295 19 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.3 2.90 11 500 5909 -9.4 -15.9 59 6.5 -11.7 302 19 321.6 322.0 291.5 329.1 2.21 12 450 6715 -14.7 -22.7 50 8.1 -16.9 307 23 324.8 325.0 291.6 329.5 1.37 13 400 7598 -19.9 -31.2 36 11.3 -22.2 306 22 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.7 0.70 14 350 8575 -27.1 -37.9 35 10.8 -28.7 288 23 332.2 332.2 292.7 333.7 0.42 15 300 9664 -36.3 -46.9 33 10.6 -37.2 276 28 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.19 16 250 10900 -46.7 -52.9 49 6.2 -47.0 257 27 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.11 17 200 12344 -57.3 -63.1 48 5.8 -57.4 257 37 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.04 18 150 14122 -61.1 -72.6 20 11.6 -61.2 296 29 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16657 -59.6 -84.3 3 24.7 -59.9 281 10 412.6 412.6 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.29 m Freezing level: 580.33 mb = 4742.55 m = 15559.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.20 mb = 4094.44 m = 13433.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.82 % Est. max temperature: 35.75 C = 96.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.04 mb = 799.56 m = 2623.18 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 16.24 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.23 mb = 2444.65 m = 8020.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.76 C = 101.76 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: -7.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 39.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 479.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2753.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.95 mb = 1176.99 m = 3861.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.95 mb = 3429.87 m = 11252.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.95 mb = 13314.17 m = 43681.14 ft B at Equ Level: 2738.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 235.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 234.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.82 Bulk Rich Number: 50.68 Bulk Shear: 54.32 m/s