MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.12,-89.69 Latitude: 42.12 Longitude: -89.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 988 250 29.2 23.6 72 5.6 25.0 183 10 303.4 306.9 298.6 359.5 18.87 2 950 596 25.6 20.3 72 5.3 21.8 184 15 303.2 306.1 296.7 350.4 15.94 3 900 1070 21.2 19.2 89 2.0 19.8 186 16 303.3 306.2 296.7 350.1 15.75 4 850 1564 19.8 12.8 64 7.0 15.2 208 15 306.8 308.9 294.3 340.0 10.99 5 800 2084 16.7 10.9 69 5.8 13.0 224 13 309.0 310.9 294.4 340.3 10.31 6 750 2632 13.9 7.8 67 6.1 10.1 242 11 311.6 313.3 294.1 339.1 8.91 7 700 3212 10.9 2.6 56 8.3 6.1 270 11 314.5 315.8 293.1 335.2 6.59 8 650 3826 7.0 -3.7 47 10.7 1.6 294 15 316.8 317.7 292.0 331.2 4.48 9 600 4477 1.5 -6.6 55 8.1 -2.3 302 21 317.8 318.6 291.8 330.4 3.88 10 550 5171 -4.5 -8.7 73 4.2 -6.4 296 18 318.7 319.4 291.8 330.5 3.60 11 500 5914 -10.2 -12.5 83 2.3 -11.1 296 10 320.7 321.2 291.8 330.4 2.94 12 450 6718 -15.3 -17.0 87 1.7 -15.9 287 15 324.0 324.4 292.2 331.6 2.25 13 400 7598 -21.1 -23.7 79 2.6 -21.8 299 14 327.6 327.8 292.4 332.5 1.41 14 350 8569 -28.5 -30.9 80 2.4 -28.9 328 12 330.4 330.5 292.6 333.4 0.83 15 300 9655 -36.3 -42.1 55 5.7 -36.9 19 9 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.4 0.32 16 250 10895 -45.4 -50.9 54 5.5 -45.7 37 6 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.14 17 200 12349 -55.9 -59.8 62 3.9 -56.0 329 6 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14137 -61.4 -73.0 20 11.6 -61.6 230 18 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16659 -61.2 -83.8 3 22.6 -61.4 222 9 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.48 m Freezing level: 587.68 mb = 4648.19 m = 15249.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.82 mb = 4082.48 m = 13393.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.11 % Est. max temperature: 33.12 C = 91.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.59 mb = 957.49 m = 3141.35 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 19.52 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.12 mb = 1787.73 m = 5865.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.53 C = 92.35 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -7.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 34.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2553.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.22 mb = 1242.11 m = 4075.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.22 mb = 3007.60 m = 9867.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.22 mb = 13100.51 m = 42980.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2543.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.8 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 292.8 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 60.20 Bulk Shear: 42.42 m/s