MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.12,-88.50 Latitude: 42.12 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 192 SFC 991 272 26.7 18.4 60 8.3 20.9 144 6 300.7 303.2 294.4 340.4 13.55 2 950 641 22.3 15.4 65 6.8 17.7 133 9 299.8 301.9 292.8 334.0 11.69 3 900 1108 17.9 14.5 81 3.4 15.7 125 10 299.9 302.0 292.7 333.9 11.61 4 850 1595 13.7 12.8 94 0.9 13.1 128 12 300.5 302.5 292.5 332.9 11.03 5 800 2105 11.6 7.6 77 3.9 9.2 154 13 303.5 305.0 291.2 328.0 8.22 6 750 2642 8.7 0.9 58 7.9 4.6 178 12 306.0 307.1 289.6 322.7 5.43 7 700 3210 5.9 -6.5 40 12.4 0.3 190 13 309.0 309.7 288.6 319.6 3.36 8 650 3813 2.5 -6.9 50 9.4 -1.7 197 12 311.8 312.5 289.7 323.0 3.51 9 600 4455 -1.5 -9.8 53 8.3 -5.0 196 8 314.4 315.0 290.0 324.2 3.03 10 550 5143 -5.9 -12.9 58 7.0 -8.6 193 7 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.5 2.58 11 500 5883 -10.8 -16.8 61 6.1 -12.8 194 8 319.9 320.3 290.8 326.8 2.05 12 450 6686 -15.3 -26.2 39 10.9 -18.0 185 9 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.5 1.00 13 400 7566 -21.0 -31.7 37 10.8 -23.1 200 9 327.7 327.9 291.7 330.2 0.67 14 350 8536 -29.0 -35.5 54 6.5 -30.0 216 15 329.6 329.8 292.2 331.6 0.53 15 300 9617 -38.2 -42.3 65 4.1 -38.5 221 23 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.7 0.31 16 250 10845 -47.0 -53.2 49 6.2 -47.3 232 22 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.11 17 200 12302 -52.6 -64.1 24 11.4 -52.9 293 24 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14150 -55.6 -79.2 4 23.7 -55.9 268 16 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.01 19 100 16696 -61.8 -83.7 4 21.8 -62.1 286 13 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.03 m Freezing level: 618.35 mb = 4219.69 m = 13843.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.62 mb = 3284.43 m = 10775.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.04 % Est. max temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.42 mb = 1324.51 m = 4345.44 ft T: 16.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 20.82 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.45 mb = 1530.45 m = 5021.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.51 C = 79.72 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.60 C K Index: 24.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 312.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.96 mb = 1475.83 m = 4841.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.96 mb = 1624.90 m = 5330.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 806.96 mb = 2031.94 m = 6666.38 ft B at Equ Level: 3.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.96 mb = 12078.67 m = 39627.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.7 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 202.7 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 33.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 65.55 Bulk Shear: 4.76 m/s