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: 42.82,-89.37 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -89.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 976 284 25.5 24.0 91 1.5 24.4 173 6 300.7 304.3 298.4 358.2 19.56 2 950 526 25.5 22.8 85 2.6 23.6 185 18 303.0 306.5 298.4 358.7 18.75 3 900 1002 23.2 19.8 81 3.4 20.8 209 28 305.4 308.5 297.5 354.4 16.37 4 850 1500 21.6 13.9 61 7.7 16.4 230 30 308.8 311.0 295.4 344.7 11.83 5 800 2025 20.0 8.7 48 11.3 12.8 245 31 312.4 314.1 294.3 339.8 8.84 6 750 2578 16.1 6.8 54 9.3 10.4 256 32 314.1 315.7 294.3 339.9 8.28 7 700 3161 11.4 5.3 66 6.1 7.8 263 35 315.2 316.7 294.4 340.3 8.03 8 650 3776 7.1 3.8 79 3.3 5.2 271 37 317.0 318.5 294.7 341.5 7.76 9 600 4430 2.4 0.6 88 1.8 1.4 279 32 318.9 320.2 294.4 340.3 6.68 10 550 5127 -3.2 -6.3 79 3.1 -4.6 288 29 320.3 321.2 292.9 334.5 4.36 11 500 5874 -8.8 -13.8 67 5.0 -10.7 293 29 322.3 322.8 292.0 331.1 2.64 12 450 6683 -12.8 -21.6 48 8.8 -15.4 311 25 327.1 327.4 292.4 332.4 1.51 13 400 7571 -18.8 -21.6 78 2.8 -19.6 314 22 330.5 330.9 293.4 336.5 1.69 14 350 8553 -25.4 -27.4 83 2.0 -25.8 297 15 334.5 334.7 294.0 338.7 1.15 15 300 9654 -32.9 -35.9 75 3.0 -33.3 294 6 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.3 0.60 16 250 10911 -42.5 -51.1 39 8.5 -43.0 189 7 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.14 17 200 12377 -54.8 -58.6 63 3.8 -54.9 170 27 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14168 -64.0 -69.8 45 5.8 -64.1 228 21 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.02 19 100 16668 -61.9 -83.7 4 21.8 -62.1 266 7 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.39 m Freezing level: 578.36 mb = 4731.85 m = 15524.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.19 mb = 4589.43 m = 15056.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.85 % Est. max temperature: 35.22 C = 95.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.45 mb = 475.61 m = 1560.37 ft T: 25.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 18.95 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.47 mb = 2236.99 m = 7339.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.79 C = 100.03 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -7.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2562.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.41 mb = 1144.11 m = 3753.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.41 mb = 3036.00 m = 9960.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.41 mb = 13750.69 m = 45113.26 ft B at Equ Level: 2553.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 374.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.25 Bulk Rich Number: 21.40 Bulk Shear: 119.73 m/s