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: 42.48,-88.7 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -88.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 978 277 29.4 25.4 79 3.9 26.4 214 13 304.5 308.4 300.3 368.5 21.37 2 950 533 28.4 23.7 76 4.7 24.9 217 25 306.0 309.7 299.8 365.7 19.82 3 900 1013 25.2 20.7 76 4.5 21.9 230 34 307.5 310.7 298.7 359.9 17.37 4 850 1515 24.7 12.5 47 12.2 16.5 248 35 312.0 314.0 295.6 345.1 10.76 5 800 2046 23.0 7.7 37 15.3 13.3 261 34 315.7 317.3 294.7 341.6 8.27 6 750 2604 19.1 6.0 42 13.0 11.0 273 31 317.3 318.8 294.8 342.2 7.87 7 700 3193 14.6 2.3 44 12.3 7.5 293 23 318.6 319.9 294.1 339.3 6.47 8 650 3813 9.4 -2.0 45 11.4 3.3 297 23 319.6 320.6 293.3 336.0 5.09 9 600 4470 3.5 -7.2 45 10.7 -1.6 292 20 320.2 320.9 292.3 332.3 3.71 10 550 5168 -2.1 -19.6 25 17.5 -8.1 288 19 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.6 1.47 11 500 5917 -8.0 -21.7 32 13.7 -12.2 303 21 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.0 1.35 12 450 6726 -13.9 -20.9 56 7.0 -16.0 292 20 325.7 326.0 292.0 331.3 1.61 13 400 7609 -20.7 -28.9 47 8.3 -22.5 277 27 328.1 328.3 292.0 331.3 0.87 14 350 8582 -27.8 -33.7 57 5.9 -28.7 275 25 331.3 331.4 292.7 333.6 0.63 15 300 9670 -36.4 -38.2 84 1.8 -36.7 251 24 334.0 334.1 293.3 335.8 0.47 16 250 10909 -44.8 -56.7 25 11.9 -45.3 223 29 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.07 17 200 12372 -53.2 -66.7 18 13.5 -53.5 213 35 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14196 -60.7 -76.0 12 15.3 -60.9 259 37 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16689 -64.0 -83.0 6 19.1 -64.1 212 13 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.74 m Freezing level: 568.62 mb = 4908.15 m = 16102.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.06 mb = 4253.21 m = 13953.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.59 % Est. max temperature: 38.44 C = 101.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.12 mb = 778.08 m = 2552.74 ft T: 26.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 26.87 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.51 mb = 2655.61 m = 8712.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.23 C = 108.02 F Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lifted Index: -9.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.47 C K Index: 32.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3904.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 88.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 230.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.79 mb = 1363.67 m = 4473.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.79 mb = 3437.95 m = 11279.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.79 mb = 14204.82 m = 46603.19 ft B at Equ Level: 3860.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.4 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 301.4 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 309.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 309.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.99 Bulk Rich Number: 62.82 Bulk Shear: 62.14 m/s