MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 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 195 SFC 993 259 25.5 20.9 76 4.6 22.2 120 7 299.2 302.1 295.6 345.4 15.83 2 950 644 21.6 17.5 78 4.1 18.8 121 9 299.1 301.5 293.9 338.0 13.36 3 900 1111 17.3 16.4 95 0.8 16.7 121 10 299.3 301.7 293.7 337.8 13.18 4 850 1598 14.8 12.6 86 2.3 13.4 126 11 301.7 303.7 292.7 333.6 10.82 5 800 2110 12.5 6.5 67 6.0 9.0 143 10 304.5 305.9 290.9 327.3 7.60 6 750 2648 9.3 -0.7 49 10.1 4.2 153 9 306.7 307.6 289.2 321.6 4.83 7 700 3217 5.9 -1.1 61 6.9 2.3 161 9 309.0 310.0 290.2 324.7 5.06 8 650 3820 1.8 -2.1 75 3.9 -0.2 175 9 311.0 311.9 290.7 326.7 5.04 9 600 4460 -2.7 -4.4 88 1.6 -3.5 190 11 312.9 313.8 291.0 327.5 4.61 10 550 5145 -6.7 -8.1 90 1.4 -7.3 204 10 316.1 316.9 291.2 328.3 3.77 11 500 5884 -10.6 -13.9 77 3.2 -11.8 216 7 320.1 320.6 291.4 328.8 2.62 12 450 6688 -15.3 -20.0 68 4.6 -16.7 255 8 323.9 324.3 291.7 329.9 1.74 13 400 7567 -21.4 -23.8 81 2.4 -22.0 236 6 327.2 327.5 292.3 332.1 1.40 14 350 8536 -29.2 -29.9 94 0.6 -29.3 218 9 329.4 329.5 292.4 332.7 0.92 15 300 9617 -37.9 -38.5 94 0.6 -38.0 213 12 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.6 0.46 16 250 10848 -46.7 -47.8 88 1.1 -46.8 210 16 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.20 17 200 12303 -51.7 -65.7 17 14.0 -52.1 272 10 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.03 18 150 14162 -54.1 -78.6 3 24.6 -54.5 269 19 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.01 19 100 16716 -61.8 -83.8 4 22.0 -62.1 308 11 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.02 m Freezing level: 630.45 mb = 4070.14 m = 13353.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.17 mb = 3780.11 m = 12401.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.84 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.51 mb = 841.86 m = 2761.97 ft T: 19.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 23.82 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 1144.38 m = 3754.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.70 C = 78.25 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 31.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1023.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.28 mb = 1108.37 m = 3636.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.28 mb = 1251.58 m = 4106.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.28 mb = 11243.76 m = 36888.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1009.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.28 mb = 13535.08 m = 44405.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.4 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 195.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 166.63 Bulk Shear: 6.14 m/s