MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 42.34,-88.92 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 236 SFC 997 260 22.4 13.8 58 8.6 16.9 57 7 295.8 297.6 290.2 324.7 9.99 2 950 679 18.4 8.3 52 10.1 12.5 54 11 295.9 297.2 287.7 316.9 7.23 3 900 1139 14.1 7.2 63 6.8 10.2 47 10 296.0 297.3 287.6 316.7 7.11 4 850 1617 9.6 6.2 79 3.4 7.6 41 10 296.2 297.4 287.6 316.5 6.99 5 800 2117 5.2 3.4 88 1.8 4.3 34 9 296.7 297.8 287.0 314.7 6.12 6 750 2644 6.5 -19.4 14 25.9 -2.1 31 8 303.6 303.8 284.2 307.2 1.10 7 700 3208 5.2 -22.0 12 27.2 -3.4 24 7 308.2 308.4 285.8 311.4 0.94 8 650 3809 2.2 -27.1 9 29.3 -6.0 349 8 311.5 311.6 286.6 313.7 0.64 9 600 4449 -1.9 -30.8 9 28.9 -9.1 317 13 313.9 314.0 287.3 315.7 0.49 10 550 5135 -5.9 -37.2 6 31.3 -12.3 313 16 317.1 317.1 288.1 318.1 0.28 11 500 5874 -11.2 -39.2 8 28.1 -16.2 312 22 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.4 0.25 12 450 6674 -16.5 -42.2 9 25.7 -20.4 306 27 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.3 0.21 13 400 7548 -22.6 -44.7 12 22.0 -25.4 299 34 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.18 14 350 8513 -29.8 -40.3 35 10.5 -31.1 294 44 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.32 15 300 9591 -38.2 -46.5 41 8.3 -38.8 285 55 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.3 0.19 16 250 10823 -46.9 -51.1 62 4.2 -47.1 286 67 336.3 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.14 17 200 12274 -54.2 -62.1 37 8.0 -54.4 286 63 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14107 -56.6 -78.3 5 21.6 -56.9 290 56 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16645 -62.0 -84.8 3 22.8 -62.3 285 35 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.94 m Freezing level: 623.09 mb = 4153.73 m = 13627.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.36 mb = 2467.64 m = 8095.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.80 % Est. max temperature: 22.82 C = 73.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.06 mb = 1345.30 m = 4413.66 ft T: 12.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 17.49 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.02 mb = 1873.14 m = 6145.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.08 C = 73.54 F Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lifted Index: 5.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.34 C Showalter Index: 7.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.74 C Cross Totals Index: 17.32 C K Index: -0.27 Risk: None Sweat Index: 115.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.85 mb = 1805.14 m = 5922.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.85 mb = 1955.30 m = 6414.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.85 mb = 2262.65 m = 7423.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 775.85 mb = 2367.18 m = 7766.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.8 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 17.8 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -5.8 tot: -4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 18.57 m/s