MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.61,-90.19 Latitude: 44.61 Longitude: -90.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 972 351 30.2 22.9 65 7.3 24.8 197 13 305.9 309.3 298.9 361.1 18.41 2 950 554 28.0 20.4 63 7.7 22.5 200 23 305.6 308.6 297.4 353.7 16.04 3 900 1031 23.4 18.7 75 4.8 20.1 204 27 305.7 308.5 296.9 351.3 15.22 4 850 1529 20.6 15.7 74 4.9 17.2 221 30 307.7 310.2 296.2 348.1 13.35 5 800 2053 19.6 10.4 56 9.1 13.7 236 33 312.0 313.9 295.0 342.8 9.98 6 750 2606 16.0 8.3 60 7.7 11.2 243 30 314.0 315.7 295.0 342.7 9.22 7 700 3189 11.7 5.6 66 6.1 8.0 249 26 315.5 317.0 294.6 341.1 8.17 8 650 3805 8.2 -7.5 32 15.8 0.8 265 18 318.3 318.9 291.5 329.2 3.33 9 600 4460 3.5 -14.2 26 17.7 -3.6 293 15 320.2 320.6 290.9 327.3 2.12 10 550 5158 -2.3 -16.7 32 14.4 -7.5 294 13 321.4 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.88 11 500 5906 -7.8 -21.7 32 13.8 -12.1 278 10 323.5 323.7 291.2 328.2 1.35 12 450 6716 -13.4 -24.1 40 10.7 -16.3 293 13 326.4 326.7 291.9 330.7 1.22 13 400 7601 -20.3 -26.9 56 6.6 -21.8 292 15 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.4 1.06 14 350 8575 -27.6 -35.5 47 7.9 -28.8 269 12 331.6 331.7 292.7 333.6 0.53 15 300 9666 -35.7 -38.3 76 2.7 -36.0 292 11 335.1 335.2 293.6 336.9 0.47 16 250 10906 -45.9 -49.3 68 3.4 -46.0 287 14 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12355 -56.7 -58.6 78 2.0 -56.7 267 19 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.07 18 150 14142 -63.1 -73.4 24 10.3 -63.2 301 12 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16639 -62.1 -83.9 4 21.8 -62.3 213 6 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.30 m Freezing level: 569.80 mb = 4881.39 m = 16014.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.11 mb = 3917.53 m = 12852.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.59 % Est. max temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.72 mb = 1279.19 m = 4196.77 ft T: 22.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 33.87 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.69 mb = 2552.65 m = 8374.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.11 C = 100.60 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 38.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2474.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.51 mb = 1595.04 m = 5233.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.51 mb = 3571.34 m = 11716.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.51 mb = 13419.06 m = 44025.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2462.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 198.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.93 Bulk Rich Number: 69.13 Bulk Shear: 35.79 m/s