MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.95,-88.02 Latitude: 42.95 Longitude: -88.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 986 231 31.4 21.3 55 10.1 24.0 185 13 305.7 308.8 297.7 354.8 16.37 2 950 561 27.2 19.2 61 8.1 21.5 186 22 304.8 307.6 296.4 349.2 14.86 3 900 1037 23.1 17.7 72 5.4 19.3 185 22 305.3 307.9 296.2 348.0 14.30 4 850 1535 22.1 11.9 52 10.2 15.4 199 19 309.3 311.3 294.6 340.9 10.37 5 800 2060 19.1 7.2 46 11.9 11.7 212 15 311.5 313.0 293.3 336.1 7.96 6 750 2611 15.4 5.8 52 9.7 9.6 240 13 313.3 314.8 293.7 337.4 7.72 7 700 3192 11.6 3.5 57 8.2 6.9 267 10 315.4 316.7 293.7 337.5 7.03 8 650 3808 8.0 -3.0 46 11.0 2.3 311 10 318.0 318.9 292.6 333.2 4.71 9 600 4462 2.7 -6.9 49 9.7 -1.8 330 9 319.3 320.0 292.2 331.7 3.79 10 550 5159 -3.2 -10.6 56 7.5 -6.3 337 13 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.5 3.09 11 500 5904 -9.7 -14.8 66 5.1 -11.6 338 17 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.3 2.42 12 450 6707 -16.2 -18.4 83 2.2 -16.9 276 2 322.9 323.3 291.6 329.7 1.99 13 400 7588 -19.9 -26.7 54 6.9 -21.5 194 6 329.2 329.4 292.5 333.0 1.07 14 350 8565 -26.8 -46.1 14 19.3 -29.0 167 4 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.17 15 300 9655 -36.1 -49.0 25 12.9 -37.1 158 5 334.4 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.15 16 250 10893 -46.0 -56.6 29 10.5 -46.4 113 5 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.07 17 200 12342 -56.3 -62.2 47 6.0 -56.4 71 12 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.8 0.04 18 150 14123 -63.1 -71.0 34 7.9 -63.2 189 13 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.02 19 100 16651 -59.0 -84.5 2 25.5 -59.3 245 17 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.28 m Freezing level: 576.86 mb = 4784.82 m = 15698.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.90 mb = 4169.46 m = 13679.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.88 % Est. max temperature: 35.54 C = 95.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.76 mb = 1506.92 m = 4943.91 ft T: 22.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 18.71 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.83 mb = 2623.96 m = 8608.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.99 C = 102.18 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2028.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 211.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.48 mb = 1642.93 m = 5390.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.48 mb = 4005.83 m = 13142.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.48 mb = 13187.04 m = 43264.04 ft B at Equ Level: 2002.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.3 neg: -4.0 tot: 60.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 41.24 Bulk Shear: 49.19 m/s