MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 44.77,-91.38 Latitude: 44.77 Longitude: -91.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 SFC 981 310 16.0 15.1 94 0.9 15.4 232 5 290.7 292.7 289.3 322.0 11.07 2 950 585 18.7 14.2 75 4.5 15.8 240 15 296.1 298.1 290.9 327.2 10.77 3 900 1048 15.9 11.7 76 4.2 13.3 260 12 297.9 299.6 290.6 325.9 9.64 4 850 1531 12.6 8.7 77 3.8 10.3 302 11 299.3 300.8 289.9 323.9 8.36 5 800 2038 9.3 2.9 64 6.4 5.9 320 13 301.1 302.1 288.3 318.7 5.91 6 750 2570 5.8 -1.4 60 7.2 2.3 317 16 302.9 303.8 287.7 316.9 4.60 7 700 3131 2.1 -4.1 64 6.1 -0.7 312 19 304.8 305.5 287.8 317.2 4.04 8 650 3725 -1.5 -7.5 63 6.0 -4.0 308 23 307.3 307.9 288.0 317.8 3.34 9 600 4358 -5.1 -12.4 57 7.3 -7.8 310 28 310.2 310.7 288.1 318.2 2.47 10 550 5037 -9.1 -16.5 55 7.4 -11.6 310 29 313.3 313.6 288.6 319.5 1.91 11 500 5767 -13.8 -18.2 70 4.4 -15.2 311 30 316.2 316.5 289.5 322.3 1.83 12 450 6559 -19.6 -23.1 73 3.5 -20.5 309 31 318.6 318.9 289.7 323.1 1.32 13 400 7422 -26.2 -28.4 82 2.2 -26.6 306 35 320.9 321.1 290.0 324.1 0.92 14 350 8373 -33.5 -33.7 97 0.3 -33.5 311 34 323.6 323.8 290.5 325.9 0.63 15 300 9435 -42.3 -42.3 100 -0.0 -42.3 308 34 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.9 0.31 16 250 10639 -52.4 -52.5 99 0.1 -52.4 304 50 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.12 17 200 12078 -53.1 -67.8 15 14.7 -53.4 323 50 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 13928 -54.4 -81.5 2 27.2 -54.8 327 53 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16516 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 330 30 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.38 m Freezing level: 670.83 mb = 3477.37 m = 11408.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.18 mb = 2990.38 m = 9810.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.41 % Est. max temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.19 mb = 422.60 m = 1386.46 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 10.32 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.62 mb = 1703.97 m = 5590.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.13 C = 77.23 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 29.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 156.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.08 mb = 1246.90 m = 4090.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.08 mb = 2634.08 m = 8641.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 354.08 mb = 8290.61 m = 27199.83 ft B at Equ Level: 156.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.08 mb = 11063.25 m = 36296.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.2 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 336.2 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.8 neg: -0.7 tot: 61.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.27 Bulk Shear: 47.94 m/s