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: 43.96,-89.7 Latitude: 43.96 Longitude: -89.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 974 295 26.0 21.3 76 4.7 22.6 225 14 301.4 304.4 296.7 350.2 16.59 2 950 512 22.9 19.7 82 3.2 20.7 229 25 300.4 303.3 295.7 345.6 15.41 3 900 981 18.9 17.8 94 1.0 18.2 236 28 301.0 303.6 295.1 343.4 14.44 4 850 1472 17.9 12.3 70 5.6 14.3 251 30 304.9 306.8 293.5 336.7 10.64 5 800 1990 15.5 10.4 72 5.1 12.2 247 35 307.6 309.5 293.7 337.7 9.93 6 750 2535 12.1 8.0 76 4.1 9.6 241 37 309.7 311.4 293.7 337.4 9.05 7 700 3111 8.8 5.7 81 3.2 6.9 243 41 312.3 313.8 293.7 337.7 8.23 8 650 3722 5.9 0.7 69 5.2 3.1 250 47 315.7 316.9 293.2 335.3 6.21 9 600 4372 1.1 -5.6 61 6.7 -2.1 249 42 317.4 318.2 292.0 330.9 4.19 10 550 5065 -4.1 -9.0 69 4.9 -6.2 248 41 319.2 319.9 291.9 330.7 3.52 11 500 5813 -7.4 -13.4 62 6.0 -9.8 242 47 324.0 324.5 292.6 333.2 2.73 12 450 6627 -11.4 -19.2 53 7.7 -14.0 239 47 328.9 329.2 293.2 335.4 1.87 13 400 7521 -16.3 -35.8 17 19.5 -20.2 247 46 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.5 0.45 14 350 8511 -23.9 -43.3 15 19.3 -26.6 255 47 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.4 0.24 15 300 9614 -33.3 -47.9 22 14.6 -34.7 247 46 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.1 0.17 16 250 10867 -43.7 -46.4 75 2.6 -43.9 237 47 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.0 0.24 17 200 12325 -55.6 -57.6 78 2.0 -55.6 246 51 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.1 0.08 18 150 14117 -64.9 -69.6 52 4.7 -65.0 237 55 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.02 19 100 16627 -58.6 -84.6 2 26.0 -58.9 250 22 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.37 m Freezing level: 589.37 mb = 4519.75 m = 14828.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.26 mb = 4102.50 m = 13459.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.39 mb = 881.84 m = 2893.13 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 13.52 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.88 mb = 1676.91 m = 5501.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.52 C = 86.93 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 34.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 508.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.88 mb = 1078.56 m = 3538.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.88 mb = 3052.96 m = 10016.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.88 mb = 12167.17 m = 39918.05 ft B at Equ Level: 505.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.88 mb = 14332.12 m = 47020.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.3 neg: -2.0 tot: 140.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 13.11 Bulk Shear: 38.80 m/s