MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 0Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 43.84,-88.4 Latitude: 43.84 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 983 259 25.7 23.6 88 2.1 24.2 190 6 300.3 303.8 297.9 356.0 18.96 2 950 564 25.9 21.1 75 4.8 22.5 207 15 303.5 306.6 297.4 353.6 16.86 3 900 1040 24.5 13.4 50 11.1 17.1 231 22 306.8 308.8 294.1 339.4 10.81 4 850 1539 21.9 11.3 51 10.6 15.0 245 26 309.1 311.0 294.1 339.4 9.93 5 800 2063 17.9 10.1 60 7.8 12.9 251 30 310.2 312.1 294.3 340.0 9.72 6 750 2612 13.9 7.7 66 6.2 10.0 253 26 311.6 313.3 294.0 338.8 8.81 7 700 3190 9.6 5.2 74 4.4 7.0 253 28 313.1 314.6 293.8 337.8 7.94 8 650 3801 5.4 2.6 82 2.8 3.8 258 29 315.1 316.4 293.7 337.4 7.10 9 600 4451 1.0 -2.3 78 3.4 -0.7 263 27 317.3 318.3 292.9 334.5 5.37 10 550 5147 -2.5 -5.3 81 2.8 -3.8 252 32 321.1 322.0 293.4 336.4 4.69 11 500 5898 -6.6 -8.6 85 2.0 -7.5 243 36 325.0 325.8 293.9 338.2 3.99 12 450 6714 -11.4 -12.0 96 0.6 -11.7 247 31 328.9 329.5 294.4 340.4 3.39 13 400 7609 -17.0 -18.1 91 1.1 -17.3 225 26 332.9 333.4 294.6 341.0 2.30 14 350 8598 -23.9 -27.3 74 3.3 -24.7 230 26 336.5 336.7 294.5 340.8 1.17 15 300 9704 -32.3 -37.0 63 4.7 -33.0 234 26 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.8 0.53 16 250 10963 -42.2 -48.3 52 6.1 -42.6 221 30 343.3 343.4 295.3 344.1 0.19 17 200 12433 -53.7 -59.7 48 6.0 -53.9 222 31 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.06 18 150 14228 -64.2 -69.8 46 5.6 -64.3 223 26 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.02 19 100 16713 -62.8 -83.3 5 20.5 -63.0 274 21 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.60 m Freezing level: 585.68 mb = 4650.30 m = 15256.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.95 mb = 4344.25 m = 14252.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.60 % Est. max temperature: 34.85 C = 94.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.60 mb = 531.04 m = 1742.23 ft T: 25.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 16.63 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.29 mb = 2373.48 m = 7786.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.38 C = 97.48 F Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.52 C Cross Totals Index: 17.88 C K Index: 35.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 885.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 177.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.86 mb = 1581.50 m = 5188.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.86 mb = 3060.72 m = 10041.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.86 mb = 12404.92 m = 40698.07 ft B at Equ Level: 881.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.86 mb = 15064.72 m = 49424.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.8 neg: -4.6 tot: 149.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 16.76 Bulk Shear: 52.83 m/s