MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 44.18,-89.97 Latitude: 44.18 Longitude: -89.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 983 302 22.7 12.9 54 9.9 16.5 247 8 297.4 299.1 290.3 325.1 9.53 2 950 594 19.6 10.3 55 9.2 13.9 248 15 297.0 298.5 289.1 321.3 8.31 3 900 1056 15.2 9.1 67 6.1 11.6 251 15 297.2 298.6 289.0 320.8 8.10 4 850 1537 10.8 7.8 82 3.0 9.0 256 15 297.4 298.8 288.8 320.2 7.82 5 800 2039 6.4 5.7 96 0.7 6.1 259 15 298.0 299.3 288.5 319.2 7.22 6 750 2566 3.6 0.4 80 3.1 2.0 281 15 300.4 301.4 287.5 316.2 5.26 7 700 3125 1.4 -5.0 62 6.4 -1.5 299 17 304.0 304.7 287.3 315.6 3.76 8 650 3718 -1.5 -7.5 64 6.0 -4.1 303 17 307.2 307.9 288.0 317.7 3.34 9 600 4352 -5.1 -11.9 59 6.8 -7.7 306 18 310.2 310.7 288.2 318.4 2.56 10 550 5030 -9.7 -16.2 59 6.6 -11.8 311 19 312.6 313.0 288.4 319.0 1.96 11 500 5759 -14.7 -19.8 65 5.0 -16.2 318 20 315.1 315.4 288.9 320.4 1.60 12 450 6547 -20.5 -27.0 56 6.4 -21.9 317 20 317.4 317.6 288.9 320.6 0.93 13 400 7407 -27.1 -34.2 51 7.1 -28.2 325 19 319.8 319.9 289.3 321.7 0.53 14 350 8355 -34.4 -43.3 40 8.9 -35.2 331 22 322.4 322.4 289.8 323.3 0.24 15 300 9412 -43.4 -48.9 54 5.5 -43.6 337 22 324.2 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.15 16 250 10612 -52.4 -56.2 64 3.7 -52.5 342 32 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.08 17 200 12043 -52.2 -69.4 11 17.2 -52.6 320 45 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 13908 -52.9 -81.1 2 28.2 -53.4 311 49 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16492 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 323 36 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.84 m Freezing level: 676.41 mb = 3405.05 m = 11171.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.75 mb = 2877.29 m = 9439.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.02 % Est. max temperature: 22.98 C = 73.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.58 mb = 1541.37 m = 5056.94 ft T: 10.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 9.51 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.68 mb = 1817.96 m = 5964.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.11 C = 73.60 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: 0.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 26.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.70 mb = 1747.48 m = 5733.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.70 mb = 1898.77 m = 6229.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 713.70 mb = 2968.07 m = 9737.66 ft B at Equ Level: 17.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 633.70 mb = 3919.49 m = 12859.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.2 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 322.2 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 17.95 m/s