MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z WED 20 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-88.35 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -88.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 993 184 18.3 16.1 87 2.3 16.8 215 8 292.1 294.2 290.3 325.1 11.63 2 950 567 24.0 13.6 52 10.4 17.2 267 8 301.5 303.4 292.3 332.1 10.35 3 900 1038 21.2 12.1 56 9.1 15.4 312 8 303.4 305.2 292.5 332.9 9.92 4 850 1530 17.5 9.6 60 7.9 12.6 315 9 304.4 306.1 292.0 331.0 8.86 5 800 2045 13.1 8.0 71 5.1 10.0 305 9 305.1 306.7 291.9 330.5 8.43 6 750 2584 8.7 5.7 82 2.9 7.0 307 9 306.0 307.4 291.5 329.3 7.70 7 700 3152 7.0 -6.9 36 13.9 0.7 302 10 310.3 310.9 288.9 320.6 3.26 8 650 3760 5.2 -27.9 7 33.1 -4.4 316 15 314.9 315.0 287.8 316.9 0.60 9 600 4407 0.9 -30.4 7 31.4 -7.4 314 19 317.2 317.3 288.4 319.0 0.51 10 550 5099 -3.6 -39.6 4 36.0 -11.0 316 21 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.7 0.22 11 500 5844 -8.8 -43.5 4 34.7 -14.8 317 22 322.4 322.4 289.6 323.0 0.16 12 450 6650 -14.9 -45.4 6 30.4 -19.4 319 24 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.0 0.15 13 400 7529 -21.6 -51.6 5 30.0 -24.8 323 26 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.2 0.08 14 350 8498 -28.8 -54.0 7 25.1 -30.9 329 30 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.07 15 300 9581 -37.5 -56.0 13 18.5 -38.5 333 35 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.8 0.06 16 250 10816 -45.7 -60.0 18 14.3 -46.2 340 53 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 17 200 12271 -54.0 -66.9 19 12.9 -54.2 337 65 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.02 18 150 14100 -57.6 -77.4 6 19.8 -57.9 328 55 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16645 -58.9 -84.7 2 25.9 -59.2 300 15 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.63 m Freezing level: 589.60 mb = 4550.92 m = 14930.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.48 mb = 3229.03 m = 10593.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.03 mb = 475.06 m = 1558.57 ft T: 22.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 16.00 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.29 mb = 2349.91 m = 7709.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lifted Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.37 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 18.36 C K Index: 21.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6290.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.28 mb = 1698.64 m = 5572.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.6 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 340.6 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.18 Bulk Shear: 19.89 m/s