MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 42.07,-88.90 Latitude: 42.07 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 983 257 24.2 22.9 93 1.3 23.3 241 6 298.8 302.1 297.0 351.9 18.21 2 950 555 23.4 20.6 85 2.8 21.4 250 15 300.9 303.9 296.4 348.9 16.31 3 900 1026 20.2 18.8 92 1.4 19.2 250 17 302.3 305.2 296.1 347.8 15.38 4 850 1519 17.8 16.5 92 1.3 16.9 250 20 304.8 307.4 295.9 346.6 14.01 5 800 2037 15.6 13.3 86 2.3 14.1 247 22 307.8 310.1 295.4 344.4 12.11 6 750 2584 13.2 9.9 80 3.3 11.1 243 23 310.9 312.9 294.9 342.3 10.24 7 700 3163 9.8 6.7 81 3.1 7.9 242 24 313.3 315.0 294.5 340.7 8.82 8 650 3775 5.5 4.0 90 1.5 4.6 245 24 315.2 316.7 294.3 340.0 7.89 9 600 4426 1.3 1.2 99 0.1 1.3 246 27 317.6 319.0 294.3 339.8 6.98 10 550 5122 -2.3 -2.8 97 0.4 -2.6 250 30 321.3 322.4 294.3 339.7 5.68 11 500 5874 -7.2 -8.1 93 1.0 -7.6 262 33 324.3 325.1 293.9 338.0 4.15 12 450 6689 -11.3 -13.7 82 2.5 -12.2 257 31 329.1 329.7 294.1 339.2 2.95 13 400 7584 -16.7 -17.8 91 1.1 -17.1 247 31 333.3 333.8 294.7 341.6 2.36 14 350 8574 -23.6 -23.8 98 0.2 -23.7 239 32 337.0 337.3 295.0 342.8 1.60 15 300 9682 -32.2 -32.2 99 0.1 -32.2 230 38 340.0 340.2 295.1 343.2 0.85 16 250 10940 -42.7 -42.7 100 0.0 -42.6 221 49 342.6 342.7 295.3 344.1 0.36 17 200 12406 -54.5 -55.3 91 0.8 -54.5 213 54 346.4 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.11 18 150 14202 -64.0 -69.3 48 5.3 -64.1 222 52 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.02 19 100 16699 -62.3 -83.4 4 21.1 -62.5 244 26 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.18 m Freezing level: 581.97 mb = 4676.89 m = 15343.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.59 mb = 4647.73 m = 15248.26 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.16 mb = 416.25 m = 1365.64 ft T: 23.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 13.90 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1215.18 m = 3986.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 38.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1038.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.51 mb = 963.08 m = 3159.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.51 mb = 2908.86 m = 9543.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.51 mb = 13011.33 m = 42687.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1015.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.51 mb = 15499.15 m = 50849.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 38.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 56.76 Bulk Shear: 18.29 m/s