MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.09,-88.07 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -88.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 191 SFC 994 240 23.5 18.9 75 4.6 20.3 117 9 297.1 299.6 293.7 337.3 13.92 2 950 636 18.8 17.2 90 1.6 17.8 134 11 296.3 298.7 292.8 334.1 13.12 3 900 1099 17.1 14.4 84 2.7 15.3 142 12 299.1 301.2 292.4 332.7 11.53 4 850 1587 15.3 11.2 76 4.1 12.7 152 12 302.2 304.0 292.1 331.3 9.84 5 800 2099 12.2 8.4 78 3.8 9.9 169 11 304.2 305.8 291.7 330.2 8.70 6 750 2637 8.8 5.9 82 2.9 7.1 188 13 306.1 307.6 291.6 329.7 7.78 7 700 3206 5.3 0.6 71 4.8 2.8 204 14 308.4 309.5 290.6 326.0 5.70 8 650 3807 1.6 -7.4 51 9.0 -2.4 214 12 310.8 311.4 289.2 321.5 3.37 9 600 4448 -2.2 -12.2 46 10.0 -6.1 226 9 313.5 314.0 289.2 321.6 2.49 10 550 5133 -6.8 -13.8 58 6.9 -9.4 249 10 316.0 316.4 289.9 323.8 2.39 11 500 5870 -10.9 -12.0 92 1.1 -11.3 267 10 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.8 3.05 12 450 6674 -15.2 -15.8 95 0.6 -15.4 237 11 324.1 324.6 292.4 332.5 2.48 13 400 7556 -20.2 -22.3 83 2.1 -20.8 208 22 328.7 329.0 292.9 334.3 1.60 14 350 8531 -27.7 -28.8 90 1.2 -27.9 203 22 331.5 331.7 293.1 335.1 1.01 15 300 9619 -36.5 -36.5 100 -0.0 -36.5 213 22 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.56 16 250 10856 -46.5 -46.7 97 0.2 -46.5 208 28 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.23 17 200 12302 -55.0 -60.8 49 5.8 -55.1 236 25 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14151 -54.8 -79.4 3 24.6 -55.2 269 21 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16699 -61.9 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.1 286 17 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.06 m Freezing level: 628.90 mb = 4077.57 m = 13377.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.84 mb = 3526.86 m = 11570.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.63 mb = 821.74 m = 2695.95 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 15.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.31 mb = 1633.71 m = 5359.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 32.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.52 mb = 1018.63 m = 3341.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.52 mb = 2820.44 m = 9253.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 413.52 mb = 7307.02 m = 23972.88 ft B at Equ Level: 206.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.52 mb = 11298.32 m = 37067.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.6 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 228.6 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 10.12 Bulk Shear: 20.51 m/s