MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 42.34,-89.06 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -89.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 210 SFC 995 257 24.0 14.2 54 9.8 17.7 64 2 297.6 299.4 291.0 327.4 10.28 2 950 656 19.7 10.7 56 9.1 14.2 79 4 297.2 298.8 289.3 322.0 8.51 3 900 1118 15.3 9.7 69 5.6 11.9 86 5 297.3 298.8 289.3 321.8 8.42 4 850 1599 10.7 8.4 86 2.3 9.4 92 6 297.4 298.9 289.1 321.3 8.19 5 800 2102 8.9 -3.3 42 12.2 3.2 110 9 300.6 301.3 286.1 312.0 3.75 6 750 2634 7.2 -13.8 21 21.1 -0.7 114 6 304.4 304.8 285.3 310.0 1.75 7 700 3199 5.2 -24.8 9 29.9 -3.8 100 3 308.2 308.3 285.5 310.7 0.73 8 650 3800 2.6 -30.4 7 32.9 -6.1 67 2 311.9 311.9 286.6 313.5 0.47 9 600 4442 -1.0 -34.8 6 33.8 -8.8 28 1 314.9 315.0 287.5 316.1 0.33 10 550 5130 -5.7 -40.1 5 34.4 -12.3 351 2 317.3 317.3 288.1 318.1 0.21 11 500 5868 -11.1 -45.6 4 34.4 -16.4 339 2 319.5 319.5 288.7 320.0 0.13 12 450 6667 -16.7 -53.0 3 36.2 -20.8 325 8 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.4 0.06 13 400 7541 -22.9 -49.7 7 26.8 -25.8 315 17 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.6 0.10 14 350 8506 -29.8 -39.1 40 9.3 -30.9 322 30 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.37 15 300 9586 -38.2 -41.5 71 3.3 -38.5 313 42 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.8 0.33 16 250 10811 -48.5 -52.9 61 4.3 -48.7 307 40 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.11 17 200 12252 -55.0 -62.3 40 7.3 -55.1 302 40 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 14082 -56.7 -79.3 4 22.7 -57.0 299 34 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16617 -61.6 -84.6 3 23.1 -61.8 289 27 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.66 m Freezing level: 614.24 mb = 4259.49 m = 13974.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 759.45 mb = 2531.19 m = 8304.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.96 % Est. max temperature: 24.12 C = 75.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.80 mb = 1482.96 m = 4865.29 ft T: 11.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 17.43 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.94 mb = 2248.45 m = 7376.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lifted Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Showalter Index: 4.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.85 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 0.36 Risk: None Sweat Index: 115.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7491.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.78 mb = 1729.12 m = 5672.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 85.7 at 3.6 knts Storm direction: 115.7 at 2.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.27 Bulk Shear: 0.08 m/s