MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.08,-88.51 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -88.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 979 272 28.0 24.2 80 3.8 25.2 172 10 303.0 306.7 299.1 361.8 19.78 2 950 533 26.0 21.6 77 4.4 22.8 175 18 303.5 306.8 297.7 355.2 17.38 3 900 1009 23.5 19.1 76 4.4 20.4 190 26 305.7 308.6 297.1 352.4 15.61 4 850 1509 23.3 12.2 49 11.2 15.9 223 30 310.6 312.6 295.0 342.8 10.53 5 800 2036 20.6 7.5 43 13.1 12.4 239 33 313.1 314.6 293.9 338.3 8.13 6 750 2590 17.1 1.3 35 15.7 8.2 247 30 315.1 316.2 292.5 332.9 5.62 7 700 3173 12.7 -1.0 38 13.8 5.3 286 22 316.6 317.6 292.4 332.8 5.06 8 650 3790 8.2 -3.5 43 11.7 2.2 299 24 318.2 319.1 292.5 332.8 4.53 9 600 4445 2.7 -6.3 52 8.9 -1.6 304 26 319.2 320.0 292.3 332.2 3.98 10 550 5142 -3.1 -9.6 61 6.5 -5.9 309 28 320.4 321.1 292.1 331.4 3.35 11 500 5887 -10.0 -10.9 93 0.9 -10.4 310 22 320.8 321.5 292.2 331.9 3.34 12 450 6693 -13.9 -14.6 94 0.7 -14.2 299 22 325.7 326.3 293.0 335.0 2.73 13 400 7578 -19.5 -20.1 95 0.6 -19.7 258 26 329.7 330.1 293.4 336.5 1.94 14 350 8558 -25.9 -26.1 98 0.3 -25.9 252 23 333.9 334.2 294.0 338.6 1.30 15 300 9657 -33.5 -34.1 94 0.6 -33.6 265 16 338.2 338.3 294.5 340.8 0.71 16 250 10910 -43.6 -44.0 97 0.3 -43.7 234 6 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.4 0.31 17 200 12370 -55.4 -55.8 96 0.3 -55.4 128 5 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.10 18 150 14151 -62.0 -71.5 27 9.5 -62.1 194 24 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.02 19 100 16660 -62.0 -83.4 4 21.4 -62.2 244 14 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.69 m Freezing level: 576.92 mb = 4766.49 m = 15637.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.28 mb = 4159.94 m = 13647.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.99 % Est. max temperature: 36.54 C = 97.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.62 mb = 752.14 m = 2467.63 ft T: 24.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.39 C/km ThetaE index: 29.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.98 mb = 2578.55 m = 8459.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.98 C = 103.96 F Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lifted Index: -8.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 31.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 507.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2427.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 231.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.08 mb = 1324.86 m = 4346.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.08 mb = 3624.52 m = 11891.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.08 mb = 13264.77 m = 43519.07 ft B at Equ Level: 2426.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.0 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 300.0 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 375.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 375.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.18 Bulk Rich Number: 18.75 Bulk Shear: 129.49 m/s