MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.27,-89.06 Latitude: 42.27 Longitude: -89.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 SFC 990 256 22.9 18.1 75 4.7 19.6 51 4 296.9 299.3 293.2 335.4 13.34 2 950 614 22.2 12.8 55 9.4 16.1 68 6 299.7 301.5 291.3 328.4 9.79 3 900 1080 17.9 11.9 68 6.0 14.1 93 6 299.9 301.7 291.3 328.6 9.75 4 850 1566 13.7 10.4 81 3.3 11.7 130 9 300.5 302.2 291.2 328.0 9.36 5 800 2075 10.5 6.5 76 4.0 8.2 150 16 302.4 303.8 290.3 325.1 7.62 6 750 2610 8.4 -7.3 32 15.7 1.4 162 11 305.6 306.2 287.0 314.8 2.93 7 700 3177 5.8 -18.6 15 24.5 -2.6 155 9 309.0 309.2 286.4 313.1 1.26 8 650 3779 2.9 -26.9 9 29.8 -5.6 163 6 312.3 312.4 286.9 314.5 0.65 9 600 4422 -0.6 -32.3 7 31.8 -8.4 218 5 315.5 315.5 287.8 317.0 0.42 10 550 5111 -5.0 -26.4 17 21.3 -10.9 246 7 318.1 318.3 289.0 320.9 0.80 11 500 5853 -9.9 -23.6 32 13.7 -13.8 251 12 320.9 321.2 290.2 324.9 1.14 12 450 6657 -15.2 -28.8 30 13.6 -18.3 236 16 324.1 324.3 290.8 326.9 0.79 13 400 7535 -21.6 -24.8 75 3.3 -22.4 238 11 326.9 327.2 292.1 331.4 1.27 14 350 8505 -28.7 -30.3 86 1.6 -29.0 257 14 330.1 330.3 292.6 333.3 0.88 15 300 9589 -37.4 -38.6 89 1.2 -37.5 277 20 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.3 0.45 16 250 10818 -48.1 -48.7 94 0.5 -48.1 283 20 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.18 17 200 12252 -55.9 -60.2 59 4.3 -56.1 281 15 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.06 18 150 14097 -54.6 -79.7 3 25.1 -55.0 275 20 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16655 -61.5 -84.0 4 22.5 -61.7 297 16 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.14 m Freezing level: 608.25 mb = 4316.24 m = 14160.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.36 mb = 2805.70 m = 9204.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.30 mb = 859.56 m = 2820.04 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 15.46 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.28 mb = 1936.72 m = 6354.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.82 C = 82.07 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: 2.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.33 C K Index: 9.55 Risk: None Sweat Index: 155.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6076.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.48 mb = 1620.90 m = 5317.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 175.9 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 205.9 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.8 neg: -5.0 tot: 46.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 19.05 m/s