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: 42.21,-88.70 Latitude: 42.21 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 78 SFC 979 269 27.4 24.0 82 3.3 24.9 171 11 302.4 306.0 298.8 360.5 19.60 2 950 530 25.5 21.3 78 4.2 22.5 173 20 303.1 306.2 297.4 353.7 17.07 3 900 1006 24.0 16.9 64 7.2 19.1 196 27 306.3 308.8 296.0 346.9 13.54 4 850 1507 23.6 11.5 47 12.1 15.7 226 32 310.9 312.8 294.7 341.7 10.07 5 800 2034 20.7 6.8 41 13.9 12.1 239 34 313.2 314.7 293.7 337.4 7.78 6 750 2588 17.0 2.2 37 14.8 8.5 245 32 315.0 316.1 292.7 333.9 5.99 7 700 3171 12.5 -0.5 41 12.9 5.4 259 25 316.3 317.3 292.6 333.2 5.29 8 650 3788 8.1 -1.8 49 9.9 2.8 275 26 318.2 319.2 293.0 334.7 5.16 9 600 4442 2.6 -4.9 57 7.6 -1.1 295 27 319.2 320.0 292.7 333.5 4.42 10 550 5139 -3.1 -8.9 64 5.8 -5.7 305 26 320.4 321.1 292.3 332.1 3.55 11 500 5885 -9.4 -11.6 84 2.2 -10.2 305 25 321.6 322.2 292.3 332.1 3.15 12 450 6692 -14.3 -16.3 85 2.0 -15.0 298 26 325.3 325.8 292.6 333.4 2.38 13 400 7577 -19.2 -21.0 86 1.8 -19.7 272 23 330.0 330.4 293.4 336.3 1.80 14 350 8558 -25.8 -26.5 93 0.8 -25.9 251 23 334.0 334.3 294.0 338.5 1.25 15 300 9657 -33.5 -34.6 90 1.1 -33.7 254 18 338.1 338.3 294.5 340.7 0.67 16 250 10910 -43.6 -44.5 91 0.9 -43.6 261 8 341.3 341.3 294.9 342.4 0.29 17 200 12369 -55.8 -56.4 92 0.7 -55.8 210 6 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.09 18 150 14152 -62.3 -70.8 31 8.6 -62.4 191 23 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.02 19 100 16656 -61.4 -83.5 4 22.1 -61.6 241 15 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.93 m Freezing level: 577.01 mb = 4762.83 m = 15625.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.93 mb = 4254.81 m = 13959.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.37 % Est. max temperature: 36.78 C = 98.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.24 mb = 687.01 m = 2253.95 ft T: 25.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 27.31 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.89 mb = 2725.36 m = 8941.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.21 C = 104.38 F Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lifted Index: -6.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.95 C Cross Totals Index: 20.84 C K Index: 31.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1886.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 294.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.54 mb = 1449.83 m = 4756.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.54 mb = 3780.95 m = 12404.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.54 mb = 13003.28 m = 42661.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1885.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.54 mb = 16037.26 m = 52615.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.1 neg: -3.4 tot: 358.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.15 Bulk Rich Number: 14.22 Bulk Shear: 132.62 m/s