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: 45,-89.57 Latitude: 45.00 Longitude: -89.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 959 415 23.2 21.3 89 1.9 21.8 228 14 299.9 303.0 296.5 349.3 16.85 2 950 492 22.3 20.2 88 2.1 20.8 230 22 299.8 302.7 295.8 346.2 15.87 3 900 960 18.2 18.0 99 0.2 18.1 236 32 300.2 302.9 295.0 343.0 14.59 4 850 1450 16.3 15.1 93 1.2 15.5 246 33 303.2 305.5 294.6 341.1 12.77 5 800 1965 13.8 12.3 91 1.5 12.8 243 33 305.8 307.9 294.3 339.8 11.30 6 750 2510 12.4 6.6 68 5.8 8.9 246 37 310.1 311.6 293.1 335.2 8.18 7 700 3085 8.3 5.1 80 3.2 6.4 247 43 311.6 313.1 293.3 336.0 7.88 8 650 3694 4.9 0.9 75 4.0 2.7 242 50 314.5 315.7 292.9 334.4 6.31 9 600 4343 0.1 -5.0 69 5.1 -2.3 241 51 316.2 317.1 291.8 330.4 4.40 10 550 5033 -4.7 -10.7 62 6.1 -7.2 237 49 318.6 319.1 291.3 328.6 3.07 11 500 5780 -7.4 -15.5 52 8.1 -10.4 235 53 324.0 324.4 292.2 331.7 2.29 12 450 6593 -12.0 -23.3 38 11.3 -15.3 234 57 328.2 328.4 292.4 332.8 1.30 13 400 7486 -17.5 -37.5 16 20.0 -21.1 238 52 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.7 0.38 14 350 8473 -24.2 -46.6 11 22.3 -26.9 246 58 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.8 0.17 15 300 9575 -33.5 -51.1 15 17.6 -35.0 242 59 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.12 16 250 10826 -43.8 -53.7 33 9.9 -44.3 236 62 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.10 17 200 12285 -55.2 -55.8 94 0.5 -55.2 235 70 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.10 18 150 14079 -60.1 -75.9 11 15.8 -60.2 246 41 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16618 -58.8 -84.8 2 26.0 -59.2 244 23 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.89 m Freezing level: 598.89 mb = 4358.02 m = 14297.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.06 mb = 4037.24 m = 13245.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.48 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.67 mb = 651.61 m = 2137.80 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 14.10 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.61 mb = 964.16 m = 3163.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.50 C = 74.30 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 35.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 560.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.37 mb = 1004.65 m = 3296.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.37 mb = 1052.64 m = 3453.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 860.37 mb = 1346.36 m = 4417.13 ft B at Equ Level: 12.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.37 mb = 14063.44 m = 46139.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 145.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 12.57 Bulk Shear: 44.60 m/s