MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 42.71,-88.85 Latitude: 42.71 Longitude: -88.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 267 22.5 21.5 94 1.1 21.8 200 6 297.2 300.3 295.6 345.4 16.62 2 950 553 23.7 19.0 75 4.7 20.5 207 18 301.3 304.0 295.4 344.7 14.75 3 900 1026 22.2 16.4 70 5.8 18.2 223 21 304.4 306.9 295.2 343.6 13.16 4 850 1521 18.8 14.5 76 4.3 15.9 231 22 305.8 308.1 295.0 342.7 12.29 5 800 2040 15.3 12.3 82 3.0 13.3 238 22 307.4 309.6 294.7 341.5 11.28 6 750 2585 12.1 9.4 84 2.6 10.4 242 25 309.7 311.5 294.3 340.1 9.96 7 700 3161 9.2 5.8 79 3.4 7.2 250 29 312.7 314.3 293.9 338.4 8.29 8 650 3773 5.9 0.2 66 5.8 2.8 264 26 315.7 316.8 292.9 334.6 5.97 9 600 4423 1.0 -3.7 71 4.6 -1.3 282 20 317.2 318.2 292.5 332.8 4.87 10 550 5116 -4.2 -5.9 87 1.8 -5.0 288 19 319.1 320.0 292.7 333.6 4.46 11 500 5862 -8.2 -9.8 88 1.6 -8.9 294 22 323.1 323.8 293.1 335.1 3.64 12 450 6674 -12.6 -14.7 84 2.1 -13.4 293 21 327.4 328.0 293.5 336.7 2.71 13 400 7564 -18.0 -20.1 83 2.1 -18.6 285 18 331.6 332.0 293.9 338.4 1.94 14 350 8549 -24.9 -25.2 98 0.2 -25.0 260 16 335.1 335.4 294.4 340.2 1.41 15 300 9651 -33.0 -33.2 98 0.2 -33.0 247 27 338.9 339.1 294.8 341.8 0.78 16 250 10906 -43.0 -44.0 90 1.0 -43.1 235 34 342.1 342.1 295.1 343.3 0.31 17 200 12368 -55.1 -55.5 94 0.5 -55.1 228 36 345.6 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.10 18 150 14147 -66.1 -69.2 65 3.1 -66.1 233 43 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16662 -61.0 -84.3 3 23.3 -61.2 226 20 409.9 409.9 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.39 m Freezing level: 590.67 mb = 4552.15 m = 14934.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.07 mb = 4208.03 m = 13805.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.28 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.81 mb = 399.89 m = 1311.95 ft T: 23.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 12.51 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.94 mb = 1923.59 m = 6310.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.32 C = 90.17 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 38.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 604.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.70 mb = 1312.72 m = 4306.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.70 mb = 3575.57 m = 11730.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.70 mb = 11576.27 m = 37979.42 ft B at Equ Level: 602.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.70 mb = 14768.29 m = 48451.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 16.37 Bulk Shear: 36.92 m/s