MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.16,-88.95 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -88.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 980 258 27.7 25.3 86 2.5 25.9 183 9 302.6 306.5 299.7 365.3 21.10 2 950 533 26.7 23.6 83 3.1 24.4 191 19 304.3 308.0 299.3 363.1 19.67 3 900 1010 23.1 21.5 91 1.6 21.9 205 25 305.3 308.6 298.7 359.7 18.17 4 850 1509 21.8 14.2 62 7.6 16.7 232 28 309.0 311.3 295.6 345.6 12.04 5 800 2034 19.8 7.1 44 12.7 12.0 245 29 312.2 313.8 293.6 336.9 7.95 6 750 2586 16.1 4.4 46 11.7 9.2 249 31 314.1 315.4 293.3 336.1 7.02 7 700 3168 11.5 3.3 57 8.2 6.7 254 33 315.2 316.5 293.6 337.0 6.94 8 650 3783 7.0 2.7 74 4.3 4.5 269 33 316.9 318.3 294.2 339.6 7.17 9 600 4437 2.3 -0.5 81 2.9 0.8 279 31 318.8 320.0 293.9 338.4 6.14 10 550 5134 -3.0 -7.2 73 4.2 -5.0 286 24 320.5 321.3 292.7 333.7 4.05 11 500 5882 -8.0 -13.5 65 5.5 -10.2 289 24 323.2 323.8 292.3 332.3 2.69 12 450 6692 -13.3 -18.0 68 4.7 -14.9 290 24 326.5 326.9 292.7 333.6 2.05 13 400 7579 -19.0 -20.8 86 1.7 -19.6 289 21 330.3 330.6 293.5 336.7 1.83 14 350 8560 -25.5 -28.8 74 3.3 -26.2 296 15 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.1 1.01 15 300 9663 -32.7 -40.7 45 8.0 -33.6 209 4 339.3 339.4 294.5 340.8 0.37 16 250 10920 -42.7 -45.3 76 2.5 -42.9 126 15 342.5 342.6 295.2 343.6 0.27 17 200 12384 -54.8 -55.4 94 0.5 -54.8 139 29 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.4 0.11 18 150 14172 -62.8 -71.8 29 9.0 -62.9 224 20 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.02 19 100 16672 -62.8 -83.4 5 20.7 -63.0 248 15 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.36 m Freezing level: 578.42 mb = 4737.50 m = 15542.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.20 mb = 4528.04 m = 14855.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.84 % Est. max temperature: 35.33 C = 95.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.16 mb = 568.85 m = 1866.28 ft T: 26.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 29.26 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.14 mb = 1829.08 m = 6000.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.04 C = 96.87 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -8.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3537.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.81 mb = 1050.74 m = 3447.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.81 mb = 2690.35 m = 8826.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.81 mb = 14138.72 m = 46386.31 ft B at Equ Level: 3523.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 277.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 277.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.38 Bulk Rich Number: 40.31 Bulk Shear: 87.74 m/s