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: 42.73,-88.79 Latitude: 42.73 Longitude: -88.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 986 269 29.5 22.2 65 7.3 24.2 187 10 303.9 307.1 297.8 355.6 17.38 2 950 598 26.0 19.7 68 6.2 21.5 189 14 303.5 306.4 296.5 349.2 15.39 3 900 1072 21.5 18.8 85 2.7 19.6 191 14 303.6 306.5 296.4 349.2 15.32 4 850 1565 17.6 16.2 92 1.3 16.7 205 13 304.5 307.1 295.7 345.6 13.77 5 800 2084 16.2 10.6 69 5.7 12.6 231 11 308.5 310.4 294.1 339.1 10.07 6 750 2631 13.5 6.4 62 7.1 9.2 245 10 311.2 312.7 293.3 336.0 8.04 7 700 3210 10.3 4.4 67 5.9 6.9 274 13 313.9 315.4 293.7 337.4 7.53 8 650 3823 6.2 -1.0 60 7.2 2.4 288 16 316.0 317.1 292.7 333.5 5.50 9 600 4473 1.2 -5.4 61 6.6 -2.0 294 19 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.2 4.26 10 550 5166 -4.6 -8.3 75 3.7 -6.2 299 15 318.6 319.3 291.9 330.7 3.71 11 500 5909 -10.0 -12.6 82 2.5 -11.0 308 13 320.8 321.4 291.9 330.5 2.91 12 450 6713 -15.1 -17.9 80 2.7 -16.0 284 16 324.2 324.6 292.1 331.3 2.08 13 400 7594 -21.1 -24.4 74 3.3 -21.9 293 15 327.6 327.9 292.3 332.3 1.32 14 350 8567 -27.6 -37.3 39 9.7 -29.0 305 8 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.3 0.44 15 300 9656 -36.2 -44.4 43 8.2 -37.0 5 6 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.3 0.25 16 250 10894 -45.8 -55.3 34 9.5 -46.2 12 4 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.08 17 200 12345 -56.3 -60.7 58 4.4 -56.4 351 7 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.05 18 150 14133 -61.1 -73.4 18 12.3 -61.2 232 20 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16660 -60.9 -84.1 3 23.2 -61.2 219 12 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.07 m Freezing level: 589.92 mb = 4612.91 m = 15134.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.44 mb = 4174.68 m = 13696.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.27 mb = 1194.78 m = 3919.85 ft T: 20.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 19.62 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1454.99 m = 4773.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -7.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -5.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 26.23 C K Index: 37.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2304.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.70 mb = 1367.53 m = 4486.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.70 mb = 1517.77 m = 4979.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 834.70 mb = 1720.82 m = 5645.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 814.70 mb = 1928.34 m = 6326.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.3 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 296.3 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 44.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 62.95 Bulk Shear: 36.61 m/s