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: 42.89,-88.99 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -88.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 264 25.1 23.7 92 1.4 24.1 159 5 300.1 303.6 298.0 356.3 19.16 2 950 528 25.1 22.8 87 2.4 23.4 182 16 302.7 306.1 298.3 358.0 18.65 3 900 1004 22.9 20.2 85 2.7 20.9 205 27 305.1 308.2 297.7 355.3 16.79 4 850 1502 21.4 13.8 62 7.6 16.3 226 30 308.6 310.8 295.3 344.3 11.78 5 800 2026 19.0 9.7 54 9.4 13.0 239 31 311.4 313.2 294.4 340.5 9.46 6 750 2578 15.3 7.2 58 8.1 10.3 249 35 313.2 314.9 294.3 339.8 8.55 7 700 3159 10.9 5.7 70 5.2 7.8 259 37 314.5 316.1 294.4 340.2 8.22 8 650 3773 6.5 4.1 84 2.4 5.1 272 39 316.3 317.9 294.6 341.3 7.92 9 600 4426 2.1 1.6 97 0.4 1.8 283 37 318.5 319.9 294.7 341.4 7.20 10 550 5122 -3.2 -5.3 85 2.1 -4.3 292 36 320.3 321.2 293.2 335.5 4.68 11 500 5869 -8.5 -14.4 62 5.9 -10.7 295 35 322.7 323.2 292.0 331.1 2.51 12 450 6679 -13.0 -17.8 67 4.8 -14.6 312 28 326.9 327.3 292.8 334.1 2.09 13 400 7568 -18.6 -20.1 88 1.5 -19.0 315 19 330.9 331.2 293.7 337.7 1.94 14 350 8551 -25.2 -26.4 90 1.2 -25.5 286 12 334.8 335.0 294.1 339.3 1.26 15 300 9656 -31.8 -39.9 45 8.1 -32.9 261 5 340.5 340.6 294.8 342.1 0.40 16 250 10915 -42.7 -50.2 44 7.5 -43.1 202 5 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.3 0.16 17 200 12379 -54.8 -59.1 59 4.3 -54.9 192 20 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 14170 -64.4 -69.6 49 5.2 -64.5 211 26 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.02 19 100 16665 -62.0 -83.6 4 21.6 -62.2 269 9 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.29 m Freezing level: 580.58 mb = 4696.44 m = 15408.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.93 mb = 4629.41 m = 15188.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.06 % Est. max temperature: 34.72 C = 94.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.30 mb = 442.88 m = 1452.99 ft T: 25.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 18.19 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.37 mb = 2011.18 m = 6598.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.32 C = 97.38 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -7.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 38.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 466.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2543.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.40 mb = 1058.15 m = 3471.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.40 mb = 2812.12 m = 9226.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.40 mb = 13791.86 m = 45248.32 ft B at Equ Level: 2537.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 434.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 434.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.75 Bulk Rich Number: 17.23 Bulk Shear: 147.66 m/s