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: 42.15,-88.39 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -88.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 980 264 28.4 23.8 76 4.6 25.0 172 9 303.3 306.9 298.8 360.7 19.27 2 950 534 26.1 21.3 75 4.8 22.6 176 17 303.7 306.8 297.5 354.1 16.98 3 900 1011 23.9 18.1 70 5.8 19.8 193 23 306.1 308.8 296.7 350.2 14.69 4 850 1511 23.0 12.7 52 10.3 16.1 224 28 310.2 312.3 295.1 343.5 10.89 5 800 2037 20.4 7.6 44 12.7 12.4 240 33 312.9 314.4 293.9 338.5 8.24 6 750 2591 16.7 2.4 38 14.3 8.5 248 30 314.7 315.8 292.7 333.8 6.07 7 700 3173 12.4 -0.2 42 12.6 5.5 276 23 316.2 317.2 292.6 333.3 5.38 8 650 3790 7.9 -2.9 46 10.8 2.3 287 26 317.9 318.8 292.6 333.1 4.74 9 600 4444 2.4 -5.8 55 8.2 -1.6 294 27 318.9 319.7 292.3 332.3 4.14 10 550 5140 -3.2 -9.3 63 6.1 -5.9 303 27 320.2 320.9 292.2 331.5 3.44 11 500 5885 -9.7 -11.2 89 1.5 -10.4 305 24 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.9 3.24 12 450 6692 -14.2 -14.8 95 0.7 -14.4 297 25 325.4 326.0 292.9 334.5 2.69 13 400 7577 -19.3 -20.0 94 0.7 -19.6 263 27 329.9 330.2 293.5 336.7 1.95 14 350 8557 -25.8 -26.3 96 0.5 -25.9 255 23 333.9 334.2 294.0 338.5 1.27 15 300 9656 -33.5 -35.1 86 1.5 -33.7 264 18 338.1 338.3 294.4 340.6 0.65 16 250 10908 -43.6 -44.1 94 0.5 -43.6 244 7 341.3 341.3 294.9 342.5 0.30 17 200 12369 -55.4 -55.9 94 0.5 -55.4 174 4 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14151 -62.0 -71.2 28 9.2 -62.1 193 25 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.02 19 100 16659 -61.8 -83.4 4 21.7 -62.0 245 14 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.94 m Freezing level: 578.77 mb = 4739.26 m = 15548.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.20 mb = 4173.26 m = 13691.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.07 % Est. max temperature: 36.29 C = 97.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.52 mb = 850.51 m = 2790.35 ft T: 24.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 29.11 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.22 mb = 2599.34 m = 8527.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.70 C = 103.46 F Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lifted Index: -7.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 501.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2196.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 232.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.11 mb = 1417.57 m = 4650.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.11 mb = 3611.35 m = 11848.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.11 mb = 13227.50 m = 43396.79 ft B at Equ Level: 2186.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.9 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 296.9 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 327.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.15 Bulk Rich Number: 18.53 Bulk Shear: 118.54 m/s