MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.67,-88.11 Latitude: 42.67 Longitude: -88.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 207 SFC 996 240 26.7 20.5 69 6.2 22.3 188 6 300.2 303.0 295.6 345.4 15.44 2 950 656 21.9 17.6 76 4.4 18.9 188 9 299.4 301.9 294.0 338.6 13.41 3 900 1123 17.6 16.5 93 1.2 16.8 187 10 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.3 13.19 4 850 1611 14.9 12.8 87 2.1 13.5 192 12 301.7 303.7 292.8 334.1 10.96 5 800 2123 12.5 8.3 76 4.1 10.0 204 12 304.4 306.0 291.8 330.3 8.63 6 750 2662 9.3 4.3 71 5.0 6.5 206 11 306.7 308.0 291.1 327.9 6.98 7 700 3230 5.5 1.9 77 3.6 3.5 207 10 308.6 309.8 291.1 327.9 6.27 8 650 3833 2.1 -1.4 78 3.4 0.3 215 10 311.3 312.3 291.1 327.9 5.33 9 600 4475 -1.6 -5.2 76 3.6 -3.3 231 8 314.3 315.1 291.2 328.1 4.33 10 550 5164 -5.3 -9.9 70 4.6 -7.2 255 8 317.8 318.4 291.3 328.4 3.27 11 500 5906 -9.7 -14.8 67 5.1 -11.5 282 8 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.4 2.43 12 450 6712 -14.5 -19.8 64 5.3 -16.2 303 9 325.0 325.4 292.0 331.1 1.77 13 400 7594 -20.7 -27.5 54 6.8 -22.2 328 11 328.1 328.3 292.2 331.7 1.00 14 350 8566 -28.3 -33.5 61 5.2 -29.2 347 14 330.6 330.7 292.5 333.0 0.65 15 300 9652 -37.0 -39.9 74 2.9 -37.2 2 23 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.40 16 250 10885 -47.0 -48.2 87 1.2 -47.1 355 28 336.2 336.2 293.6 336.9 0.19 17 200 12329 -54.2 -63.0 33 8.8 -54.4 323 15 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14184 -54.3 -78.3 4 24.0 -54.7 265 18 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.01 19 100 16725 -61.9 -83.9 4 22.0 -62.1 214 4 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.58 m Freezing level: 621.87 mb = 4194.58 m = 13761.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.63 mb = 3887.40 m = 12753.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.03 mb = 1018.13 m = 3340.26 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 17.52 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.11 mb = 1246.40 m = 4089.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.72 C = 80.10 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.19 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 33.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 903.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.18 mb = 1178.76 m = 3867.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.18 mb = 1420.51 m = 4660.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.18 mb = 11448.22 m = 37559.32 ft B at Equ Level: 895.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.18 mb = 13801.12 m = 45278.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -1.9 tot: 14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 338.83 Bulk Shear: 2.67 m/s