MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.98,-88.08 Latitude: 42.98 Longitude: -88.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 994 235 29.0 19.9 58 9.1 22.6 177 6 302.7 305.4 295.9 346.7 14.90 2 950 637 24.8 17.5 64 7.3 19.8 198 10 302.3 304.8 294.7 341.8 13.34 3 900 1109 20.4 16.4 78 4.0 17.7 202 12 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.3 13.13 4 850 1600 16.0 15.1 94 0.9 15.4 202 13 302.9 305.2 294.5 340.7 12.76 5 800 2113 13.8 8.1 68 5.8 10.3 210 12 305.9 307.5 292.1 331.5 8.49 6 750 2657 12.3 -0.7 41 12.9 5.5 231 8 309.9 310.8 290.3 325.1 4.86 7 700 3231 8.7 -5.3 36 14.1 2.0 245 6 312.2 312.9 289.9 323.8 3.67 8 650 3840 5.4 -7.3 39 12.7 -0.5 311 4 315.0 315.7 290.6 326.0 3.39 9 600 4490 1.9 -12.7 33 14.6 -4.1 349 12 318.3 318.7 290.6 326.2 2.39 10 550 5185 -3.5 -13.2 47 9.6 -7.3 353 13 319.9 320.4 291.2 328.3 2.52 11 500 5930 -9.2 -19.4 44 10.1 -12.5 332 14 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.4 1.65 12 450 6734 -15.9 -26.5 40 10.6 -18.4 342 14 323.3 323.5 290.8 326.7 0.98 13 400 7611 -21.0 -40.0 16 19.0 -23.8 345 2 327.8 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.29 14 350 8585 -28.2 -40.3 30 12.1 -29.7 342 11 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.33 15 300 9669 -37.2 -47.5 34 10.3 -38.0 320 4 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.18 16 250 10903 -46.3 -53.1 46 6.8 -46.6 56 10 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.11 17 200 12354 -53.7 -62.9 31 9.3 -53.9 16 12 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14200 -56.6 -77.5 5 20.9 -56.9 261 23 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16728 -62.0 -83.9 4 21.9 -62.3 197 13 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.29 m Freezing level: 582.74 mb = 4729.65 m = 15517.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.60 mb = 3719.54 m = 12203.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.56 mb = 1384.63 m = 4542.68 ft T: 17.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 22.91 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1587.98 m = 5209.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 26.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1038.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.29 mb = 1536.48 m = 5040.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.29 mb = 3575.27 m = 11729.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.29 mb = 11696.44 m = 38373.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1031.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.29 mb = 14144.79 m = 46406.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.6 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 307.6 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.5 neg: -3.7 tot: 28.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 48.09 Bulk Shear: 21.60 m/s