MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.72,-91.27 Latitude: 44.72 Longitude: -91.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 979 316 27.3 22.1 73 5.2 23.5 197 11 302.3 305.5 297.4 353.6 17.35 2 950 583 24.3 20.2 78 4.1 21.3 201 18 301.8 304.7 296.3 348.6 15.86 3 900 1055 20.0 19.1 94 0.9 19.4 207 19 302.1 305.0 296.3 348.4 15.65 4 850 1550 20.9 13.6 63 7.4 16.0 226 26 308.1 310.2 295.1 343.1 11.56 5 800 2073 18.8 10.9 60 7.9 13.7 236 23 311.2 313.1 295.0 342.8 10.28 6 750 2625 15.7 5.6 51 10.0 9.6 248 21 313.6 315.0 293.7 337.4 7.64 7 700 3206 11.5 -1.5 41 12.9 4.6 263 18 315.2 316.1 291.9 330.8 4.91 8 650 3820 6.5 -4.5 45 11.0 1.0 282 17 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.8 4.21 9 600 4470 1.0 -7.5 53 8.5 -2.9 292 19 317.3 318.0 291.5 329.0 3.63 10 550 5163 -4.4 -11.1 59 6.7 -7.1 284 22 318.9 319.5 291.3 328.7 2.98 11 500 5906 -9.6 -17.0 55 7.4 -12.1 289 24 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.2 2.02 12 450 6713 -13.7 -23.1 45 9.3 -16.4 309 22 326.0 326.2 291.9 330.6 1.33 13 400 7598 -19.9 -28.5 46 8.6 -21.8 307 25 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.4 0.91 14 350 8574 -26.9 -38.0 34 11.1 -28.5 301 26 332.5 332.6 292.8 334.1 0.41 15 300 9667 -35.3 -46.8 30 11.5 -36.2 298 23 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.19 16 250 10908 -45.8 -54.6 36 8.8 -46.2 289 25 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.09 17 200 12353 -57.4 -57.5 98 0.2 -57.3 254 25 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.3 0.08 18 150 14122 -62.0 -73.1 21 11.1 -62.1 304 24 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16654 -59.9 -84.4 3 24.5 -60.2 266 9 411.9 411.9 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.74 m Freezing level: 590.63 mb = 4599.88 m = 15091.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.87 mb = 3985.65 m = 13076.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.56 % Est. max temperature: 34.33 C = 93.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.08 mb = 977.04 m = 3205.48 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 25.39 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.21 mb = 2442.15 m = 8012.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.77 C = 99.99 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.51 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 31.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1940.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 194.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.28 mb = 1168.47 m = 3833.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.28 mb = 3652.38 m = 11982.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.28 mb = 13234.99 m = 43421.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1904.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.28 mb = 15875.43 m = 52084.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.4 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 290.4 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.48 Bulk Rich Number: 42.37 Bulk Shear: 45.81 m/s