MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.09,-89.03 Latitude: 42.09 Longitude: -89.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 184 SFC 992 253 26.9 18.5 60 8.4 21.1 67 3 300.7 303.2 294.5 340.7 13.62 2 950 635 22.9 14.7 60 8.2 17.5 82 5 300.4 302.5 292.6 333.2 11.17 3 900 1103 18.4 13.8 74 4.6 15.4 91 6 300.5 302.5 292.5 333.0 11.08 4 850 1590 13.8 12.6 93 1.2 13.1 97 7 300.6 302.6 292.4 332.6 10.87 5 800 2099 11.3 4.5 63 6.8 7.5 130 6 303.2 304.4 289.7 323.1 6.62 6 750 2636 9.1 -0.2 52 9.2 4.2 193 6 306.4 307.3 289.3 321.9 5.04 7 700 3205 6.7 -17.3 16 24.0 -2.0 207 5 309.9 310.1 286.9 314.5 1.41 8 650 3809 3.1 -23.7 12 26.8 -5.1 245 5 312.5 312.6 287.2 315.4 0.87 9 600 4451 -1.1 -25.2 14 24.1 -8.1 250 7 314.8 315.0 288.0 317.7 0.82 10 550 5139 -5.5 -14.5 49 8.9 -8.8 251 11 317.5 317.9 290.3 325.0 2.27 11 500 5880 -10.0 -17.6 54 7.6 -12.6 243 16 320.8 321.2 290.9 327.3 1.91 12 450 6686 -14.4 -24.3 43 9.9 -17.1 247 22 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.3 1.19 13 400 7567 -20.8 -35.7 25 14.9 -23.4 264 21 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.7 0.46 14 350 8540 -27.9 -46.8 15 18.9 -29.9 273 22 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.16 15 300 9629 -34.2 -47.9 24 13.8 -35.4 320 28 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.17 16 250 10877 -45.3 -48.0 74 2.7 -45.4 332 52 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.6 0.20 17 200 12329 -55.4 -59.4 62 3.9 -55.5 344 50 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.06 18 150 14163 -55.0 -78.7 4 23.7 -55.4 261 25 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.4 0.01 19 100 16707 -61.7 -83.9 4 22.2 -61.9 275 9 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.53 m Freezing level: 613.17 mb = 4281.93 m = 14048.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.88 mb = 3020.13 m = 9908.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.05 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.87 mb = 1314.96 m = 4314.11 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 26.19 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.92 mb = 1640.17 m = 5381.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 12.53 Risk: None Sweat Index: 182.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 78.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.53 mb = 1594.50 m = 5231.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.53 mb = 2051.55 m = 6730.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 794.53 mb = 2156.10 m = 7073.74 ft B at Equ Level: 0.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 764.53 mb = 2476.61 m = 8125.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.0 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 254.0 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.61 Bulk Shear: 17.12 m/s