MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 46.94,-90.28 Latitude: 46.94 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 984 204 20.2 19.6 96 0.6 19.8 188 14 294.7 297.4 293.6 336.9 14.74 2 950 510 21.9 20.6 92 1.3 21.0 218 27 299.4 302.4 296.0 346.9 16.27 3 900 979 19.4 18.5 94 1.0 18.8 229 30 301.5 304.3 295.7 345.8 15.02 4 850 1471 18.0 13.9 77 4.1 15.3 241 26 305.0 307.2 294.4 340.3 11.80 5 800 1992 18.1 4.4 40 13.8 10.1 246 28 310.5 311.7 291.9 330.8 6.55 6 750 2541 14.8 -1.2 33 16.0 6.3 242 32 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.4 4.67 7 700 3120 10.8 -5.8 31 16.6 2.8 243 37 314.4 315.1 290.5 325.8 3.53 8 650 3732 6.4 -11.4 27 17.8 -1.2 245 41 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.3 2.46 9 600 4382 1.4 -13.1 33 14.5 -4.4 247 48 317.7 318.2 290.4 325.4 2.31 10 550 5075 -3.9 -11.8 54 7.9 -7.1 241 51 319.5 320.1 291.4 328.8 2.82 11 500 5819 -10.0 -14.2 71 4.2 -11.6 238 51 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.3 2.55 12 450 6623 -15.1 -19.0 72 4.0 -16.3 234 49 324.3 324.7 291.9 330.7 1.89 13 400 7505 -20.4 -27.1 55 6.6 -22.0 228 48 328.4 328.6 292.3 332.2 1.04 14 350 8481 -26.7 -30.0 74 3.3 -27.3 220 48 332.7 332.9 293.3 336.0 0.90 15 300 9578 -33.3 -33.3 100 0.0 -33.3 199 40 338.4 338.5 294.6 341.2 0.77 16 250 10834 -42.3 -42.4 99 0.1 -42.3 178 40 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.6 0.37 17 200 12302 -54.3 -54.6 96 0.3 -54.3 185 43 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.3 0.11 18 150 14091 -63.5 -69.5 44 6.0 -63.6 197 41 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.02 19 100 16610 -60.8 -84.4 3 23.6 -61.0 224 8 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.76 m Freezing level: 586.84 mb = 4564.47 m = 14975.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.67 mb = 3547.44 m = 11638.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.61 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.53 mb = 279.73 m = 917.73 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 22.63 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 984.10 mb = 203.65 m = 668.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.32 C = 68.58 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.03 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 25.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 907.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.11 mb = 806.57 m = 2646.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.11 mb = 3945.68 m = 12945.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.11 mb = 11017.95 m = 36147.70 ft B at Equ Level: 905.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.11 mb = 14832.65 m = 48662.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.1 neg: -10.2 tot: 176.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 15.99 Bulk Shear: 56.78 m/s