MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 44.57,-85.72 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -85.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 SFC 990 278 26.0 9.3 35 16.7 15.8 217 2 300.0 301.4 289.3 322.0 7.42 2 950 635 21.2 6.8 39 14.4 12.8 182 4 298.7 299.8 288.1 317.9 6.51 3 900 1099 16.7 5.8 48 11.0 10.5 169 5 298.7 299.9 288.0 317.7 6.41 4 850 1582 12.2 4.7 60 7.4 8.0 163 5 298.9 300.0 287.9 317.6 6.33 5 800 2086 7.5 3.6 76 3.9 5.4 160 4 299.2 300.3 287.9 317.5 6.20 6 750 2614 3.6 0.0 77 3.6 1.8 124 3 300.5 301.4 287.3 315.8 5.11 7 700 3171 1.0 -4.9 64 6.0 -1.7 71 4 303.6 304.3 287.2 315.2 3.78 8 650 3764 -1.9 -11.2 49 9.3 -5.5 82 4 306.9 307.3 287.0 314.8 2.50 9 600 4396 -5.5 -14.0 51 8.4 -8.5 119 5 309.7 310.1 287.6 316.7 2.17 10 550 5073 -9.7 -16.9 56 7.2 -12.0 151 6 312.6 312.9 288.3 318.7 1.86 11 500 5803 -13.9 -24.1 42 10.2 -16.5 146 8 316.1 316.3 288.7 319.9 1.09 12 450 6595 -19.5 -28.9 43 9.4 -21.4 130 10 318.8 318.9 289.2 321.5 0.78 13 400 7458 -26.2 -34.5 46 8.2 -27.5 126 10 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.8 0.51 14 350 8409 -33.6 -42.4 41 8.8 -34.4 129 11 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.4 0.26 15 300 9470 -42.7 -45.7 72 3.1 -42.9 128 11 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.21 16 250 10676 -50.8 -56.2 53 5.4 -51.0 125 9 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.9 0.08 17 200 12105 -55.8 -63.8 36 8.0 -56.0 38 9 344.3 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.04 18 150 13935 -56.3 -79.2 4 22.9 -56.6 25 9 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.01 19 100 16503 -56.9 -84.6 2 27.7 -57.3 3 6 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.49 m Freezing level: 682.31 mb = 3381.08 m = 11092.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.67 mb = 2902.52 m = 9522.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.37 % Est. max temperature: 24.92 C = 76.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.74 mb = 2358.63 m = 7738.21 ft T: 5.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 7.22 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.78 mb = 2604.99 m = 8546.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 18.62 C K Index: 24.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 75.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7831.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.24 mb = 2427.65 m = 7964.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.4 at 5.1 knts Storm direction: 168.4 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -2.8 tot: -2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.96 Bulk Shear: 2.11 m/s