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: 42.96,-88.78 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -88.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 268 24.1 23.0 94 1.1 23.3 152 6 299.1 302.4 297.2 352.5 18.31 2 950 527 24.9 22.1 85 2.7 22.9 184 19 302.4 305.7 297.8 355.6 17.95 3 900 1003 23.4 19.2 77 4.2 20.4 210 28 305.6 308.5 297.2 352.7 15.71 4 850 1502 21.8 12.9 57 8.9 15.9 232 30 309.0 311.1 295.0 342.8 11.10 5 800 2026 18.8 9.6 55 9.2 12.9 245 29 311.2 312.9 294.3 340.1 9.40 6 750 2577 15.2 6.9 58 8.3 10.1 253 32 313.1 314.7 294.1 339.1 8.37 7 700 3158 10.8 5.5 70 5.3 7.6 262 35 314.4 315.9 294.3 339.8 8.12 8 650 3772 6.3 3.9 85 2.4 4.9 273 38 316.1 317.6 294.5 340.7 7.82 9 600 4424 1.8 1.1 95 0.7 1.4 286 37 318.2 319.5 294.4 340.2 6.91 10 550 5120 -3.2 -5.2 86 2.0 -4.2 299 39 320.3 321.2 293.2 335.6 4.72 11 500 5868 -8.4 -13.6 66 5.2 -10.4 303 39 322.8 323.4 292.2 331.8 2.67 12 450 6678 -12.8 -15.9 78 3.1 -13.9 304 29 327.1 327.6 293.2 335.5 2.46 13 400 7568 -18.2 -19.3 91 1.1 -18.6 306 20 331.3 331.7 294.0 338.5 2.07 14 350 8551 -25.1 -26.1 92 1.0 -25.3 280 13 334.9 335.2 294.2 339.7 1.31 15 300 9656 -32.1 -38.0 56 5.9 -32.9 269 7 340.1 340.2 294.8 342.0 0.48 16 250 10914 -42.7 -48.9 51 6.1 -43.2 248 5 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.3 0.18 17 200 12378 -55.0 -57.5 73 2.5 -55.1 202 18 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.08 18 150 14167 -64.5 -68.8 55 4.3 -64.6 204 29 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.02 19 100 16663 -62.0 -83.6 4 21.6 -62.2 273 8 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.25 m Freezing level: 581.96 mb = 4675.22 m = 15338.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.72 mb = 4589.53 m = 15057.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.91 % Est. max temperature: 34.85 C = 94.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.28 mb = 405.79 m = 1331.33 ft T: 24.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 16.51 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2139.16 m = 7018.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.48 C = 97.66 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 37.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2066.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.80 mb = 1171.39 m = 3843.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.80 mb = 2946.40 m = 9666.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.80 mb = 13470.04 m = 44192.51 ft B at Equ Level: 2059.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 435.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 435.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 145.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.87 Bulk Rich Number: 12.47 Bulk Shear: 165.77 m/s