MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 45.84,-91.85 Latitude: 45.84 Longitude: -91.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 971 354 25.4 19.1 68 6.3 21.0 209 10 301.1 303.7 295.2 343.7 14.49 2 950 545 22.7 18.0 75 4.7 19.5 212 19 300.2 302.8 294.5 340.7 13.79 3 900 1014 19.3 16.5 84 2.7 17.4 215 25 301.3 303.8 294.4 340.3 13.24 4 850 1505 17.6 12.8 74 4.8 14.5 218 31 304.6 306.6 293.7 337.5 11.01 5 800 2022 15.9 6.6 54 9.3 10.3 214 28 308.1 309.5 292.1 331.5 7.66 6 750 2568 12.8 -0.5 40 13.3 5.8 211 26 310.5 311.4 290.5 325.9 4.92 7 700 3142 7.6 0.8 62 6.8 3.9 221 22 310.9 312.0 291.4 328.9 5.80 8 650 3747 2.3 -1.0 79 3.3 0.6 236 22 311.6 312.6 291.3 328.7 5.48 9 600 4388 -2.6 -4.9 84 2.3 -3.7 242 24 313.1 314.0 290.9 327.2 4.44 10 550 5075 -5.7 -12.5 59 6.8 -8.4 251 31 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.0 2.66 11 500 5817 -9.5 -23.8 30 14.3 -13.5 252 36 321.5 321.7 290.4 325.4 1.12 12 450 6622 -14.9 -27.6 33 12.6 -18.0 250 38 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.6 0.88 13 400 7503 -20.1 -26.1 59 6.0 -21.5 254 42 328.9 329.1 292.5 332.9 1.14 14 350 8480 -26.9 -34.5 49 7.5 -28.2 238 45 332.5 332.6 293.0 334.7 0.59 15 300 9572 -35.4 -39.5 67 4.0 -35.9 243 42 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.0 0.41 16 250 10814 -45.6 -46.8 87 1.2 -45.7 247 41 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.2 0.23 17 200 12260 -57.6 -59.0 83 1.5 -57.6 249 48 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.07 18 150 14054 -57.2 -77.0 6 19.8 -57.5 240 35 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.6 0.01 19 100 16612 -58.1 -84.4 2 26.3 -58.5 251 19 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.80 m Freezing level: 626.39 mb = 4049.97 m = 13287.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.92 mb = 3834.99 m = 12581.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.99 mb = 1148.74 m = 3768.79 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 17.80 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.63 mb = 2305.59 m = 7564.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.62 C = 92.51 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 33.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 751.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.09 mb = 1324.17 m = 4344.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.09 mb = 3105.36 m = 10188.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.09 mb = 11552.00 m = 37899.81 ft B at Equ Level: 750.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.09 mb = 13927.23 m = 45692.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.4 neg: -35.8 tot: 58.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 40.71 Bulk Shear: 18.47 m/s