MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.62,-88.11 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -88.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 985 242 29.0 21.1 63 7.8 23.3 201 11 303.4 306.4 297.0 351.6 16.23 2 950 559 25.5 19.0 68 6.4 20.9 199 19 303.0 305.7 295.9 346.7 14.73 3 900 1033 22.2 16.6 71 5.6 18.4 208 22 304.4 306.9 295.3 344.2 13.34 4 850 1530 20.6 12.9 61 7.7 15.5 228 22 307.7 309.8 294.6 341.3 11.08 5 800 2051 17.3 9.4 60 7.9 12.3 239 20 309.6 311.3 293.9 338.0 9.31 6 750 2599 13.3 4.3 54 9.0 8.0 242 21 311.0 312.3 292.4 332.5 6.95 7 700 3175 8.7 0.6 57 8.1 4.3 239 24 312.1 313.2 291.7 330.0 5.72 8 650 3783 3.8 -1.2 70 5.0 1.2 230 25 313.3 314.3 291.7 330.2 5.39 9 600 4428 -0.9 -2.8 87 1.9 -1.9 226 22 315.1 316.1 292.1 331.5 5.18 10 550 5119 -4.5 -5.7 91 1.3 -5.1 232 18 318.8 319.7 292.6 333.5 4.53 11 500 5865 -8.1 -9.4 90 1.3 -8.7 254 19 323.2 323.9 293.2 335.6 3.75 12 450 6677 -13.0 -13.9 93 0.9 -13.3 253 20 326.9 327.4 293.5 336.7 2.90 13 400 7565 -18.6 -18.6 99 0.1 -18.6 246 20 330.8 331.3 294.0 338.5 2.20 14 350 8548 -25.3 -25.5 99 0.1 -25.4 240 14 334.6 334.9 294.2 339.6 1.38 15 300 9648 -34.0 -34.0 100 0.0 -34.0 262 14 337.4 337.6 294.3 340.1 0.72 16 250 10899 -42.8 -50.0 45 7.3 -43.2 283 24 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.16 17 200 12367 -54.5 -61.1 44 6.6 -54.7 258 17 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.05 18 150 14147 -65.3 -68.6 63 3.3 -65.3 221 17 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.02 19 100 16659 -61.8 -84.1 4 22.3 -62.0 213 17 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.19 m Freezing level: 609.65 mb = 4303.68 m = 14119.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.44 mb = 4029.22 m = 13219.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.29 % Est. max temperature: 33.80 C = 92.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.31 mb = 1235.12 m = 4052.17 ft T: 21.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 21.60 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.66 mb = 2302.65 m = 7554.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.73 C = 96.32 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 33.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1095.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.20 mb = 1517.55 m = 4978.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.20 mb = 2983.99 m = 9789.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.20 mb = 12166.32 m = 39915.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1095.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.20 mb = 15217.32 m = 49924.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 76.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 70.52 Bulk Shear: 15.53 m/s