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: 42.79,-89.52 Latitude: 42.79 Longitude: -89.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 983 291 29.3 22.4 66 6.9 24.2 187 11 303.9 307.2 298.0 356.4 17.61 2 950 594 25.9 20.2 71 5.7 21.8 188 17 303.4 306.4 296.7 350.4 15.84 3 900 1068 21.4 19.2 87 2.2 19.8 190 16 303.6 306.5 296.7 350.3 15.73 4 850 1562 18.8 14.5 76 4.4 15.9 208 16 305.9 308.2 295.0 342.7 12.27 5 800 2082 16.4 11.5 72 5.0 13.2 228 16 308.7 310.7 294.6 341.2 10.69 6 750 2629 13.5 8.8 73 4.7 10.5 241 14 311.2 313.0 294.4 340.4 9.51 7 700 3208 10.8 3.2 60 7.6 6.4 264 13 314.4 315.7 293.3 336.0 6.90 8 650 3822 6.9 -3.5 47 10.4 1.6 289 16 316.8 317.6 292.1 331.3 4.54 9 600 4474 1.5 -5.6 60 7.0 -1.9 289 21 317.8 318.6 292.1 331.4 4.21 10 550 5167 -4.3 -7.8 77 3.5 -5.8 282 19 319.0 319.7 292.2 331.6 3.87 11 500 5911 -10.0 -12.2 83 2.3 -10.9 292 16 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.8 2.99 12 450 6715 -15.6 -17.3 86 1.7 -16.1 285 15 323.7 324.1 292.0 331.1 2.19 13 400 7594 -21.0 -23.5 80 2.5 -21.7 283 14 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.7 1.44 14 350 8567 -27.7 -34.0 55 6.3 -28.7 318 8 331.4 331.5 292.7 333.7 0.62 15 300 9656 -35.9 -44.1 43 8.2 -36.7 20 10 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.7 0.25 16 250 10896 -45.8 -53.2 43 7.4 -46.2 22 7 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.11 17 200 12346 -56.3 -60.0 63 3.7 -56.3 313 7 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.06 18 150 14133 -61.5 -72.5 22 11.0 -61.7 237 17 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16658 -60.6 -84.0 3 23.4 -60.9 224 9 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.26 m Freezing level: 587.32 mb = 4649.44 m = 15253.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.22 mb = 4112.46 m = 13492.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.16 C = 89.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.84 mb = 1165.70 m = 3824.44 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 25.05 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.67 mb = 1676.71 m = 5500.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.86 C = 89.34 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 35.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2420.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.66 mb = 1324.32 m = 4344.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.66 mb = 2756.93 m = 9044.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.66 mb = 13046.84 m = 42804.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2413.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 56.38 Bulk Shear: 42.94 m/s