MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.03,-87.98 Latitude: 43.03 Longitude: -87.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 195 SFC 996 227 27.6 19.8 62 7.9 22.1 171 7 301.1 303.8 295.3 344.3 14.70 2 950 645 22.8 17.3 71 5.4 19.1 191 12 300.3 302.7 294.1 339.0 13.22 3 900 1114 18.5 16.2 86 2.3 17.0 197 12 300.6 302.9 294.0 338.6 12.95 4 850 1602 14.5 13.8 96 0.7 14.1 199 13 301.3 303.5 293.3 336.0 11.76 5 800 2114 12.9 7.3 69 5.6 9.5 207 16 304.9 306.3 291.5 329.0 8.04 6 750 2653 10.1 1.5 55 8.5 5.5 212 14 307.5 308.6 290.3 325.0 5.70 7 700 3224 6.8 -5.4 41 12.3 1.1 216 11 310.0 310.7 289.2 321.5 3.64 8 650 3828 3.0 -6.6 49 9.6 -1.4 236 9 312.4 313.1 289.9 323.8 3.59 9 600 4472 -1.1 -10.2 50 9.1 -4.9 263 7 314.8 315.4 290.0 324.3 2.93 10 550 5161 -4.8 -15.3 44 10.5 -8.7 271 9 318.4 318.8 290.4 325.4 2.11 11 500 5905 -8.4 -18.1 45 9.7 -11.7 256 10 322.8 323.2 291.5 329.1 1.84 12 450 6715 -13.0 -19.5 58 6.5 -15.1 264 9 326.8 327.2 292.6 333.1 1.81 13 400 7603 -19.0 -24.0 65 5.0 -20.3 262 8 330.3 330.6 293.1 335.2 1.37 14 350 8582 -26.2 -33.0 53 6.8 -27.4 277 16 333.4 333.6 293.3 336.0 0.68 15 300 9678 -34.6 -43.1 42 8.6 -35.4 259 22 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.8 0.28 16 250 10922 -45.3 -50.9 53 5.7 -45.6 257 20 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.14 17 200 12373 -56.7 -59.2 73 2.5 -56.8 250 13 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.07 18 150 14175 -58.6 -76.1 9 17.4 -58.9 259 19 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16710 -60.9 -84.1 3 23.2 -61.2 235 8 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.72 m Freezing level: 613.58 mb = 4296.86 m = 14097.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.17 mb = 3482.23 m = 11424.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.92 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.42 mb = 1224.45 m = 4017.19 ft T: 17.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 22.78 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.36 mb = 1380.15 m = 4527.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 24.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 416.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.00 mb = 1325.14 m = 4347.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.00 mb = 1472.26 m = 4830.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.00 mb = 11106.95 m = 36439.68 ft B at Equ Level: 415.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.00 mb = 13654.57 m = 44797.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.0 neg: -3.3 tot: 27.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 67.97 Bulk Shear: 6.12 m/s