MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.08,-88.16 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -88.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 987 240 31.1 22.8 61 8.3 24.9 208 9 305.4 308.7 298.5 359.2 17.97 2 950 575 27.1 20.6 68 6.5 22.4 208 15 304.7 307.7 297.4 353.4 16.32 3 900 1051 22.9 19.2 80 3.7 20.2 208 14 305.1 308.0 297.1 352.0 15.71 4 850 1548 20.3 15.2 73 5.1 16.8 225 15 307.5 309.9 295.8 346.5 12.93 5 800 2071 17.6 11.5 67 6.2 13.6 242 16 309.9 311.9 294.9 342.5 10.68 6 750 2620 13.8 8.1 68 5.7 10.3 257 18 311.6 313.3 294.2 339.6 9.08 7 700 3198 9.7 1.6 57 8.2 5.2 262 24 313.3 314.4 292.4 332.5 6.13 8 650 3809 5.2 -1.2 63 6.4 1.9 260 29 314.9 315.9 292.3 332.0 5.40 9 600 4457 0.4 -5.0 67 5.4 -2.2 248 31 316.6 317.4 291.9 330.7 4.40 10 550 5148 -4.8 -8.2 77 3.4 -6.3 238 31 318.3 319.1 291.9 330.5 3.74 11 500 5891 -9.8 -13.1 77 3.3 -11.1 236 31 321.1 321.7 291.8 330.4 2.79 12 450 6698 -13.9 -14.5 95 0.6 -14.2 257 32 325.7 326.3 293.1 335.1 2.76 13 400 7583 -19.8 -20.0 98 0.2 -19.8 269 29 329.3 329.6 293.3 336.1 1.95 14 350 8561 -26.3 -27.9 87 1.6 -26.6 265 25 333.3 333.5 293.7 337.3 1.11 15 300 9657 -34.4 -36.7 80 2.3 -34.7 260 22 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.9 0.55 16 250 10905 -43.9 -50.7 47 6.8 -44.3 285 26 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.15 17 200 12365 -55.6 -59.1 64 3.6 -55.7 277 14 344.7 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.07 18 150 14159 -61.5 -71.8 24 10.3 -61.7 247 23 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.02 19 100 16675 -61.5 -83.9 4 22.4 -61.7 257 19 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.80 m Freezing level: 596.23 mb = 4508.99 m = 14793.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.10 mb = 4099.11 m = 13448.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.07 % Est. max temperature: 33.76 C = 92.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.44 mb = 1291.97 m = 4238.68 ft T: 21.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 28.81 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.62 mb = 1989.05 m = 6525.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.19 C = 95.35 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -8.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.01 C K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2627.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.01 mb = 1436.49 m = 4712.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.01 mb = 2551.74 m = 8371.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.01 mb = 13526.41 m = 44377.44 ft B at Equ Level: 2590.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.1 neg: -1.6 tot: 49.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 90.36 Bulk Shear: 29.07 m/s