MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.75,-91.41 Latitude: 44.75 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 194 SFC 987 308 25.3 17.3 61 8.0 19.8 149 8 299.5 301.9 293.5 336.6 12.70 2 950 642 22.0 13.6 59 8.3 16.6 153 12 299.5 301.4 291.7 329.9 10.38 3 900 1109 17.6 12.6 73 5.0 14.4 156 12 299.6 301.5 291.6 329.6 10.24 4 850 1594 13.1 11.3 89 1.8 12.0 159 13 299.9 301.7 291.5 329.2 9.97 5 800 2101 9.1 8.3 94 0.9 8.6 163 12 300.9 302.5 290.7 326.3 8.61 6 750 2635 7.4 -0.6 57 8.0 3.4 180 11 304.6 305.5 288.6 319.5 4.89 7 700 3201 5.2 -10.7 31 15.9 -1.4 198 7 308.2 308.7 287.4 315.9 2.41 8 650 3802 0.9 -3.9 70 4.9 -1.4 238 6 310.0 310.9 289.9 323.8 4.41 9 600 4440 -3.4 -9.1 64 5.7 -5.8 266 8 312.2 312.8 289.5 322.5 3.20 10 550 5123 -7.1 -12.6 65 5.5 -9.2 286 10 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.3 2.64 11 500 5861 -11.0 -22.4 38 11.5 -14.2 288 13 319.7 319.9 290.0 324.0 1.27 12 450 6663 -15.9 -25.3 44 9.4 -18.3 286 15 323.3 323.5 290.9 327.1 1.09 13 400 7539 -22.3 -34.9 31 12.6 -24.4 310 16 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.8 0.49 14 350 8504 -30.2 -41.9 31 11.7 -31.6 308 21 328.0 328.0 291.5 329.0 0.27 15 300 9581 -38.8 -49.2 33 10.4 -39.5 314 33 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.14 16 250 10806 -48.2 -54.2 49 6.1 -48.4 324 51 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 17 200 12254 -52.0 -65.6 18 13.7 -52.3 303 26 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.6 0.03 18 150 14125 -52.1 -79.8 2 27.7 -52.5 274 20 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16689 -60.3 -84.3 3 24.0 -60.6 261 9 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.87 m Freezing level: 639.00 mb = 3941.95 m = 12932.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.39 mb = 3034.05 m = 9954.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.06 % Est. max temperature: 25.90 C = 78.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.50 mb = 1314.05 m = 4311.13 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 20.76 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.57 mb = 1707.44 m = 5601.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.87 C = 78.57 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 19.53 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.65 mb = 1637.12 m = 5371.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.65 mb = 1786.81 m = 5862.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.65 mb = 2849.52 m = 9348.72 ft B at Equ Level: 17.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 270.65 mb = 10272.68 m = 33702.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.3 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 244.3 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -3.3 tot: 20.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.77 Bulk Shear: 15.66 m/s