MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 43.26,-92.86 Latitude: 43.26 Longitude: -92.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 970 352 21.6 18.1 81 3.4 19.2 302 12 297.3 299.8 293.5 336.7 13.63 2 950 532 19.5 15.9 80 3.6 17.1 304 18 297.0 299.1 292.2 331.8 12.04 3 900 996 17.1 10.7 66 6.4 13.1 310 21 299.1 300.7 290.4 325.5 9.01 4 850 1483 16.3 3.0 41 13.3 9.0 303 23 303.2 304.2 288.8 320.1 5.59 5 800 1996 13.4 0.9 42 12.6 6.8 284 28 305.5 306.4 289.0 321.0 5.09 6 750 2537 11.2 0.0 46 11.2 5.3 268 36 308.8 309.7 290.2 324.6 5.12 7 700 3111 9.9 -3.3 39 13.2 3.2 254 46 313.4 314.2 290.9 327.0 4.28 8 650 3723 6.4 -5.9 41 12.2 0.5 251 54 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.4 3.80 9 600 4374 1.7 -8.5 47 10.2 -2.9 259 54 318.1 318.8 291.5 329.1 3.36 10 550 5070 -2.4 -14.2 40 11.8 -7.0 262 48 321.3 321.7 291.5 329.0 2.32 11 500 5820 -6.9 -21.4 30 14.5 -11.5 261 46 324.7 324.9 291.6 329.5 1.39 12 450 6634 -11.9 -29.6 22 17.6 -16.2 262 47 328.2 328.4 292.0 330.9 0.73 13 400 7526 -16.8 -41.0 10 24.2 -20.9 269 54 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.2 0.26 14 350 8514 -24.3 -45.8 12 21.5 -27.0 271 56 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.6 0.18 15 300 9615 -33.9 -44.8 32 10.9 -35.0 260 55 337.6 337.6 294.0 338.5 0.23 16 250 10864 -44.2 -52.6 39 8.3 -44.7 257 63 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.8 0.12 17 200 12327 -54.6 -62.4 38 7.8 -54.8 244 65 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14111 -63.7 -72.1 31 8.4 -63.8 267 54 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.02 19 100 16630 -58.7 -84.4 2 25.7 -59.0 253 20 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.32 m Freezing level: 579.05 mb = 4665.59 m = 15306.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.69 mb = 3815.34 m = 12517.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.32 mb = 785.67 m = 2577.62 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 16.67 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.39 mb = 3406.80 m = 11177.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.88 C = 101.99 F Cap Strength: 6.22 C Lifted Index: 5.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.22 C Showalter Index: 9.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 9.87 C K Index: 12.96 Risk: None Sweat Index: 126.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6993.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.28 mb = 1510.39 m = 4955.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.4 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 295.4 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 7.1 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: -23.1 tot: 10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 109.41 m/s