MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.39,-89.11 Latitude: 42.39 Longitude: -89.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 990 259 25.8 16.0 55 9.8 19.2 106 4 299.8 302.0 292.7 333.9 11.64 2 950 620 22.0 12.1 53 9.9 15.8 111 6 299.6 301.3 290.9 327.2 9.40 3 900 1086 17.6 11.2 66 6.4 13.6 115 7 299.6 301.3 290.8 326.9 9.29 4 850 1571 12.9 10.0 83 2.9 11.2 119 8 299.7 301.3 290.7 326.5 9.14 5 800 2077 9.4 2.8 63 6.6 5.9 138 11 301.2 302.2 288.3 318.7 5.85 6 750 2612 8.9 -25.3 7 34.3 -1.4 160 7 306.3 306.4 284.7 308.5 0.65 7 700 3180 6.4 -7.6 36 14.0 0.1 233 4 309.6 310.2 288.5 319.3 3.07 8 650 3783 2.1 -2.0 74 4.2 0.0 261 8 311.4 312.4 290.9 327.3 5.07 9 600 4425 -2.3 -6.5 73 4.2 -4.2 256 12 313.4 314.1 290.5 325.9 3.92 10 550 5110 -6.3 -16.3 45 10.0 -9.8 247 13 316.6 317.0 289.7 323.1 1.95 11 500 5850 -10.8 -14.3 75 3.5 -12.1 247 11 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.2 2.52 12 450 6652 -15.4 -25.5 42 10.1 -18.0 250 9 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.6 1.07 13 400 7532 -20.8 -27.9 53 7.1 -22.4 245 12 327.9 328.1 292.1 331.4 0.96 14 350 8505 -28.1 -34.3 56 6.1 -29.1 263 16 330.8 330.9 292.5 333.0 0.60 15 300 9591 -37.3 -43.2 54 6.0 -37.8 268 23 332.9 332.9 292.8 333.9 0.28 16 250 10821 -47.7 -49.8 79 2.1 -47.8 280 23 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.16 17 200 12263 -55.4 -62.0 44 6.6 -55.6 280 20 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14098 -54.6 -79.9 3 25.4 -54.9 263 13 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16650 -62.3 -83.9 4 21.6 -62.6 288 11 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.29 m Freezing level: 626.11 mb = 4089.72 m = 13417.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 759.87 mb = 2503.55 m = 8213.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.96 C = 78.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.67 mb = 1494.59 m = 4903.46 ft T: 13.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 25.44 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.55 mb = 1926.67 m = 6321.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: 2.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 19.76 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6153.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.52 mb = 1794.73 m = 5888.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.5 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 247.5 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.6 neg: -2.3 tot: 26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 17.46 m/s