MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 46.02,-90.98 Latitude: 46.02 Longitude: -90.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 964 430 29.2 18.7 53 10.5 21.8 203 10 305.5 308.2 296.2 348.0 14.20 2 950 557 27.1 17.4 55 9.7 20.4 205 19 304.7 307.2 295.3 344.3 13.26 3 900 1032 22.3 16.2 68 6.1 18.1 209 25 304.5 306.9 295.1 343.1 12.96 4 850 1526 17.7 15.1 85 2.5 16.0 212 26 304.6 307.0 295.0 342.9 12.84 5 800 2042 13.3 13.3 100 0.0 13.3 220 27 305.3 307.6 294.7 341.5 12.09 6 750 2585 12.3 7.2 71 5.0 9.2 248 29 309.9 311.5 293.3 336.1 8.56 7 700 3160 8.5 1.0 59 7.5 4.4 265 22 311.9 313.0 291.7 330.2 5.87 8 650 3767 3.1 -3.4 62 6.5 -0.1 283 21 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.0 4.58 9 600 4410 -1.5 -12.4 43 10.8 -5.8 294 22 314.3 314.8 289.5 322.4 2.47 10 550 5099 -4.4 -21.7 25 17.3 -9.8 280 18 318.9 319.1 289.7 323.1 1.23 11 500 5843 -9.1 -30.2 16 21.1 -14.2 273 20 321.9 322.1 290.0 324.2 0.62 12 450 6649 -14.7 -32.0 21 17.3 -18.4 260 16 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.9 0.58 13 400 7528 -22.1 -32.3 39 10.2 -24.0 267 16 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.6 0.63 14 350 8493 -30.1 -43.8 25 13.7 -31.6 272 18 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.0 0.23 15 300 9570 -38.9 -47.9 38 8.9 -39.6 282 18 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.17 16 250 10792 -49.1 -53.1 63 4.0 -49.3 279 28 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.11 17 200 12227 -57.2 -62.7 50 5.5 -57.3 276 29 342.1 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.04 18 150 14023 -61.2 -74.2 16 12.9 -61.4 257 29 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16534 -61.0 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.2 271 21 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.52 m Freezing level: 616.53 mb = 4197.54 m = 13771.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.08 mb = 3753.58 m = 12314.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.70 mb = 1751.93 m = 5747.73 ft T: 15.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 25.66 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.77 mb = 1854.59 m = 6084.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1763.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.26 mb = 1797.69 m = 5897.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.26 mb = 1954.16 m = 6411.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 768.26 mb = 2382.31 m = 7815.89 ft B at Equ Level: 4.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 738.26 mb = 2716.38 m = 8911.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.71 Bulk Rich Number: 47.60 Bulk Shear: 37.06 m/s