MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 42.59,-88.22 Latitude: 42.59 Longitude: -88.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 988 253 24.1 17.9 68 6.2 19.9 61 10 298.3 300.7 293.4 336.6 13.19 2 950 597 20.3 16.0 76 4.3 17.4 64 13 297.8 300.0 292.5 332.9 12.12 3 900 1062 17.1 14.7 86 2.4 15.5 91 7 299.1 301.3 292.6 333.4 11.75 4 850 1550 16.6 10.9 69 5.7 13.0 194 10 303.6 305.3 292.3 332.3 9.66 5 800 2067 16.5 4.6 45 12.0 9.6 218 16 308.7 310.0 291.5 329.1 6.64 6 750 2614 13.0 4.7 57 8.3 8.2 230 17 310.7 312.1 292.4 332.8 7.16 7 700 3190 9.2 3.9 69 5.4 6.1 242 19 312.7 314.1 293.1 335.2 7.23 8 650 3801 5.0 1.7 79 3.3 3.2 243 24 314.6 315.9 293.2 335.6 6.68 9 600 4449 0.4 -1.0 90 1.4 -0.3 235 29 316.6 317.7 293.2 335.5 5.94 10 550 5143 -3.8 -5.9 85 2.1 -4.7 229 33 319.6 320.5 292.9 334.2 4.50 11 500 5890 -8.3 -9.0 94 0.8 -8.6 231 33 323.0 323.7 293.3 335.7 3.87 12 450 6703 -11.8 -12.2 97 0.4 -12.0 236 30 328.4 329.1 294.3 339.7 3.33 13 400 7596 -17.3 -17.5 99 0.2 -17.4 232 30 332.5 333.0 294.6 340.9 2.43 14 350 8585 -23.8 -25.0 89 1.3 -24.1 232 35 336.7 337.0 294.8 341.9 1.43 15 300 9693 -32.0 -36.4 65 4.4 -32.6 229 37 340.3 340.4 294.9 342.5 0.57 16 250 10951 -42.7 -48.0 56 5.3 -43.0 220 36 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.4 0.20 17 200 12416 -55.3 -56.2 89 1.0 -55.3 207 29 345.2 345.3 295.7 345.6 0.09 18 150 14199 -65.5 -70.8 48 5.3 -65.5 222 48 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16679 -60.5 -83.9 3 23.4 -60.7 257 18 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.21 m Freezing level: 595.13 mb = 4517.05 m = 14819.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.72 mb = 4386.02 m = 14389.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.70 mb = 1036.58 m = 3400.81 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 4.30 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.38 mb = 2744.31 m = 9003.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.98 C = 98.56 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.60 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 30.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5349.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.08 mb = 1214.65 m = 3985.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 143.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 144.48 m/s