MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.5,-87.66 Latitude: 44.50 Longitude: -87.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 988 207 25.7 21.1 76 4.5 22.5 202 12 299.9 302.8 296.0 347.2 16.19 2 950 553 25.3 20.3 74 5.0 21.7 213 28 302.8 305.8 296.6 350.0 15.94 3 900 1028 24.0 15.3 58 8.7 18.1 223 33 306.3 308.6 295.1 343.2 12.27 4 850 1527 22.5 13.1 55 9.4 16.2 224 31 309.7 311.8 295.2 343.8 11.18 5 800 2053 19.6 10.7 57 8.9 13.8 226 27 312.0 313.9 295.1 343.3 10.15 6 750 2606 16.1 8.3 60 7.8 11.2 234 23 314.1 315.9 295.0 342.7 9.21 7 700 3189 12.1 5.2 63 6.8 8.0 244 20 315.9 317.4 294.6 340.9 7.97 8 650 3806 8.3 -4.3 41 12.6 2.0 254 17 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.2 4.27 9 600 4461 3.5 -9.9 37 13.4 -2.4 266 18 320.2 320.8 291.7 330.1 3.00 10 550 5159 -2.8 -10.5 55 7.7 -6.1 270 19 320.8 321.4 292.0 331.1 3.13 11 500 5905 -9.5 -11.8 83 2.3 -10.4 286 17 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.7 3.10 12 450 6710 -15.1 -23.3 50 8.2 -17.3 256 16 324.3 324.6 291.4 328.8 1.30 13 400 7591 -20.1 -36.9 21 16.8 -22.9 232 11 328.9 328.9 291.8 330.4 0.40 14 350 8567 -27.6 -31.6 68 4.0 -28.3 225 12 331.6 331.8 292.9 334.5 0.78 15 300 9654 -36.8 -42.4 56 5.6 -37.3 190 10 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.7 0.30 16 250 10890 -46.3 -54.3 40 7.9 -46.7 188 13 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.10 17 200 12338 -56.1 -62.2 47 6.0 -56.3 200 9 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.04 18 150 14131 -61.7 -72.9 21 11.1 -61.9 196 15 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16647 -60.0 -84.2 3 24.2 -60.3 210 11 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.18 m Freezing level: 572.04 mb = 4851.35 m = 15916.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.78 mb = 4090.52 m = 13420.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.73 % Est. max temperature: 36.02 C = 96.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.17 mb = 785.25 m = 2576.26 ft T: 24.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 13.71 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.01 mb = 2799.32 m = 9184.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.45 C = 104.80 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 38.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 481.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1623.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 366.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.35 mb = 1472.37 m = 4830.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.35 mb = 4456.27 m = 14620.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.35 mb = 12646.19 m = 41489.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1618.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.35 mb = 15497.58 m = 50844.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.3 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 272.3 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.6 neg: -12.8 tot: 111.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.25 Bulk Rich Number: 86.64 Bulk Shear: 18.74 m/s