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: 45.00,-90.08 Latitude: 45.00 Longitude: -90.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 964 418 30.2 23.0 66 7.1 24.9 196 13 306.5 310.0 299.2 362.8 18.70 2 950 549 28.5 21.0 64 7.5 23.0 199 21 306.1 309.2 298.0 356.4 16.74 3 900 1027 23.7 19.0 75 4.7 20.4 205 27 306.0 308.9 297.2 352.7 15.60 4 850 1525 19.8 16.4 81 3.4 17.5 218 31 306.9 309.6 296.4 349.0 13.98 5 800 2048 19.5 10.5 56 9.0 13.6 238 35 311.9 313.8 295.0 342.7 9.99 6 750 2601 16.3 8.2 59 8.1 11.2 244 32 314.3 316.0 295.0 342.7 9.13 7 700 3185 12.5 1.6 47 10.9 6.3 250 25 316.4 317.5 293.3 335.9 6.17 8 650 3802 9.2 -12.1 21 21.3 -0.0 275 15 319.4 319.8 290.9 327.1 2.32 9 600 4459 3.7 -13.4 27 17.1 -3.3 291 15 320.4 320.8 291.2 328.0 2.26 10 550 5157 -2.4 -15.3 37 12.9 -7.2 290 12 321.2 321.7 291.3 328.4 2.12 11 500 5904 -8.3 -18.1 45 9.8 -11.6 280 10 323.0 323.3 291.5 329.2 1.84 12 450 6713 -14.0 -25.6 37 11.6 -17.0 285 13 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.4 1.05 13 400 7596 -20.4 -32.6 33 12.2 -22.7 281 12 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.8 0.62 14 350 8570 -27.3 -41.9 24 14.6 -29.1 251 11 332.0 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.28 15 300 9663 -35.4 -37.9 77 2.5 -35.7 313 7 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.4 0.49 16 250 10903 -45.8 -49.4 67 3.6 -46.0 290 12 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12353 -56.8 -58.2 84 1.4 -56.8 264 19 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.07 18 150 14138 -63.4 -72.1 30 8.7 -63.5 299 11 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.02 19 100 16639 -61.8 -84.0 4 22.2 -62.0 217 8 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.66 m Freezing level: 569.68 mb = 4881.96 m = 16016.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.30 mb = 3798.48 m = 12462.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.41 % Est. max temperature: 34.09 C = 93.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.85 mb = 1323.72 m = 4342.85 ft T: 21.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 35.72 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.08 mb = 2543.49 m = 8344.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.62 C = 99.72 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -6.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -4.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.71 C K Index: 33.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2680.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.70 mb = 1599.09 m = 5246.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.70 mb = 3958.97 m = 12988.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.70 mb = 13827.05 m = 45363.79 ft B at Equ Level: 2640.01 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.2 neg: -2.0 tot: 218.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.60 Bulk Rich Number: 73.46 Bulk Shear: 36.49 m/s