MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.15,-88.07 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -88.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 983 233 31.2 24.5 68 6.7 26.2 212 11 305.8 309.6 299.9 366.2 20.08 2 950 542 28.7 23.3 73 5.4 24.7 215 25 306.3 309.9 299.5 364.5 19.33 3 900 1021 24.7 21.3 82 3.3 22.2 224 29 306.9 310.3 299.0 361.3 18.05 4 850 1523 23.6 13.8 54 9.8 17.0 250 31 310.9 313.1 296.0 346.9 11.77 5 800 2051 21.8 8.8 43 13.0 13.5 259 30 314.4 316.1 294.8 342.3 8.95 6 750 2608 18.1 7.0 48 11.1 11.2 268 29 316.2 317.8 294.9 342.5 8.38 7 700 3195 13.8 5.4 57 8.4 8.6 280 29 317.7 319.3 295.1 343.2 8.04 8 650 3815 8.9 3.0 66 6.0 5.4 294 27 319.1 320.5 294.9 342.4 7.31 9 600 4472 3.0 1.3 89 1.7 2.0 294 23 319.6 320.9 294.8 342.0 7.03 10 550 5170 -2.5 -8.6 63 6.1 -5.3 277 20 321.1 321.8 292.5 333.0 3.63 11 500 5918 -7.8 -22.5 30 14.7 -12.2 288 23 323.6 323.8 291.1 327.9 1.26 12 450 6728 -13.6 -20.4 56 6.8 -15.7 302 22 326.1 326.4 292.2 331.9 1.67 13 400 7612 -20.3 -28.3 49 8.0 -22.1 287 23 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.9 0.92 14 350 8586 -27.5 -39.1 32 11.6 -29.1 276 21 331.7 331.7 292.6 333.1 0.37 15 300 9677 -35.9 -41.5 56 5.6 -36.4 260 21 334.8 334.9 293.3 336.1 0.34 16 250 10919 -44.0 -56.3 24 12.3 -44.5 210 28 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.08 17 200 12383 -53.8 -65.3 23 11.6 -54.0 204 34 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14202 -60.6 -75.9 12 15.3 -60.8 265 32 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16691 -65.0 -82.9 7 17.8 -65.2 215 14 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.47 m Freezing level: 573.00 mb = 4848.62 m = 15907.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.15 mb = 4658.95 m = 15285.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.80 % Est. max temperature: 37.39 C = 99.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.90 mb = 1090.86 m = 3578.90 ft T: 24.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 23.91 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.60 mb = 2419.31 m = 7937.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.93 C = 105.68 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -9.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 36.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3963.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.03 mb = 1328.59 m = 4358.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.03 mb = 3266.47 m = 10716.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.03 mb = 14034.86 m = 46045.57 ft B at Equ Level: 3948.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.5 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 298.5 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 257.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.61 Bulk Rich Number: 65.61 Bulk Shear: 60.40 m/s