MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.25,-89.69 Latitude: 42.25 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 94 SFC 981 261 26.8 23.7 83 3.2 24.5 200 9 301.6 305.1 298.3 358.1 19.10 2 950 545 24.7 20.9 79 3.8 22.0 201 16 302.3 305.3 296.9 351.3 16.61 3 900 1018 20.9 19.1 89 1.9 19.6 202 20 303.1 306.0 296.5 349.3 15.60 4 850 1513 19.1 15.3 79 3.8 16.5 214 21 306.2 308.6 295.6 345.2 12.99 5 800 2033 17.3 11.8 70 5.5 13.7 228 26 309.5 311.6 295.0 342.9 10.93 6 750 2582 13.9 9.7 76 4.2 11.2 232 34 311.6 313.5 295.0 342.8 10.12 7 700 3161 9.7 6.1 78 3.7 7.5 234 36 313.3 314.9 294.2 339.5 8.46 8 650 3773 5.1 2.4 83 2.7 3.6 236 36 314.7 316.1 293.5 336.7 7.02 9 600 4421 0.3 -1.6 87 1.9 -0.7 241 36 316.5 317.6 292.9 334.5 5.68 10 550 5114 -4.2 -5.0 94 0.8 -4.6 251 36 319.1 320.0 292.9 334.5 4.79 11 500 5861 -8.2 -10.3 85 2.0 -9.1 254 36 323.0 323.7 293.0 334.6 3.50 12 450 6671 -13.2 -17.5 70 4.3 -14.7 246 33 326.6 327.0 292.8 334.0 2.15 13 400 7559 -18.4 -22.8 68 4.4 -19.7 252 21 331.1 331.4 293.4 336.5 1.52 14 350 8543 -25.1 -27.6 79 2.5 -25.6 258 13 335.0 335.2 294.1 339.1 1.13 15 300 9645 -32.6 -34.7 82 2.1 -32.9 265 7 339.4 339.6 294.8 342.0 0.67 16 250 10904 -42.7 -45.4 74 2.7 -42.9 327 9 342.6 342.6 295.2 343.6 0.26 17 200 12366 -55.7 -57.3 82 1.6 -55.8 323 23 344.5 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.08 18 150 14148 -64.0 -69.9 44 5.9 -64.1 214 13 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.02 19 100 16655 -61.2 -84.0 3 22.8 -61.4 226 16 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.77 m Freezing level: 596.62 mb = 4468.01 m = 14658.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.04 mb = 4313.33 m = 14151.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.53 mb = 660.68 m = 2167.56 ft T: 23.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 23.54 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.62 mb = 1607.89 m = 5275.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.99 C = 89.59 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 39.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1862.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.08 mb = 1094.42 m = 3590.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.08 mb = 2728.20 m = 8950.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.08 mb = 13479.62 m = 44223.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1832.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.08 mb = 16231.75 m = 53253.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 157.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 33.53 Bulk Shear: 55.55 m/s