MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 44.75,-91.43 Latitude: 44.75 Longitude: -91.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 984 306 18.6 15.1 80 3.6 16.4 127 5 293.2 295.1 290.2 324.6 11.02 2 950 603 16.1 13.3 83 2.8 14.4 148 8 293.5 295.4 289.5 322.6 10.16 3 900 1062 13.6 11.8 89 1.8 12.5 181 8 295.6 297.3 289.9 323.6 9.71 4 850 1542 11.6 8.8 83 2.8 10.0 239 7 298.3 299.9 289.6 323.0 8.41 5 800 2048 8.8 6.0 83 2.8 7.2 284 13 300.5 301.9 289.5 322.4 7.37 6 750 2579 5.1 4.1 93 1.0 4.6 311 17 302.1 303.4 289.6 322.7 6.88 7 700 3139 1.2 0.4 94 0.9 0.8 319 19 303.8 304.9 289.0 320.8 5.62 8 650 3734 -1.0 -4.6 77 3.5 -2.7 322 18 307.8 308.6 289.0 320.8 4.20 9 600 4369 -4.5 -6.8 84 2.3 -5.5 322 20 310.9 311.6 289.7 323.0 3.83 10 550 5049 -8.5 -12.0 75 3.6 -9.8 326 23 314.0 314.6 289.6 323.0 2.76 11 500 5783 -12.9 -20.5 53 7.7 -15.1 328 20 317.4 317.6 289.5 322.4 1.49 12 450 6578 -17.8 -35.0 21 17.2 -20.8 328 26 320.9 320.9 289.5 322.4 0.43 13 400 7448 -23.6 -41.0 19 17.4 -25.9 323 32 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.3 0.27 14 350 8412 -29.3 -40.8 32 11.4 -30.7 329 45 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.31 15 300 9493 -38.0 -41.8 67 3.8 -38.4 321 50 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.32 16 250 10720 -48.2 -50.1 81 1.9 -48.3 315 58 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.0 0.16 17 200 12154 -56.9 -62.4 49 5.6 -57.0 315 58 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 13982 -56.7 -78.5 5 21.8 -57.1 321 47 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.01 19 100 16529 -60.3 -84.4 3 24.1 -60.6 326 26 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.28 m Freezing level: 673.05 mb = 3459.87 m = 11351.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.70 mb = 3270.00 m = 10728.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.85 % Est. max temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.02 mb = 756.27 m = 2481.17 ft T: 15.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 2.00 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1580.82 m = 5186.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.95 C = 75.10 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 32.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.84 mb = 1082.04 m = 3549.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.84 mb = 2767.22 m = 9078.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 672.84 mb = 3456.85 m = 11341.23 ft B at Equ Level: 17.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 602.84 mb = 4331.49 m = 14210.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.9 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 345.9 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 132.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 74.31 m/s