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: 42.48,-89.88 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -89.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 979 283 26.3 23.6 85 2.7 24.3 198 10 301.4 304.9 298.2 357.7 19.09 2 950 543 24.0 21.1 84 2.9 21.9 199 17 301.6 304.6 296.9 351.1 16.81 3 900 1015 20.4 18.8 90 1.6 19.3 204 19 302.6 305.4 296.2 348.1 15.38 4 850 1508 18.4 15.8 85 2.6 16.6 220 21 305.4 307.9 295.6 345.4 13.37 5 800 2028 17.0 11.7 71 5.3 13.6 231 29 309.3 311.3 294.9 342.4 10.89 6 750 2577 14.1 9.5 74 4.6 11.2 236 36 311.9 313.7 295.0 342.6 10.00 7 700 3156 9.5 5.9 78 3.6 7.3 243 39 313.0 314.6 294.0 338.9 8.34 8 650 3767 4.5 1.6 81 2.9 2.9 253 40 314.1 315.3 293.0 334.8 6.62 9 600 4414 -0.1 -2.0 87 1.8 -1.1 255 41 316.0 317.0 292.7 333.5 5.53 10 550 5107 -4.0 -5.4 91 1.3 -4.7 254 41 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.4 4.67 11 500 5854 -8.0 -9.7 88 1.7 -8.8 249 40 323.2 324.0 293.2 335.4 3.67 12 450 6667 -12.2 -17.0 68 4.7 -13.9 245 40 327.9 328.3 293.2 335.6 2.25 13 400 7558 -18.1 -23.8 61 5.7 -19.7 251 26 331.4 331.7 293.4 336.4 1.40 14 350 8542 -25.0 -26.9 84 1.9 -25.4 257 16 335.1 335.4 294.2 339.5 1.21 15 300 9645 -32.6 -33.4 92 0.8 -32.7 243 9 339.4 339.6 294.8 342.3 0.76 16 250 10902 -43.0 -43.4 96 0.4 -43.0 293 14 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.5 0.33 17 200 12365 -55.6 -55.7 99 0.1 -55.6 308 21 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.2 0.10 18 150 14149 -64.9 -69.1 56 4.2 -65.0 228 14 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.02 19 100 16653 -61.7 -84.0 4 22.3 -61.9 234 20 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.38 m Freezing level: 601.28 mb = 4397.62 m = 14427.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.72 mb = 4231.26 m = 13881.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.99 C = 89.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.03 mb = 625.80 m = 2053.12 ft T: 23.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 15.25 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.70 mb = 1300.65 m = 4267.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.57 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 38.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1686.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.36 mb = 1040.20 m = 3412.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.36 mb = 2892.45 m = 9489.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.36 mb = 13287.02 m = 43592.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1670.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 215.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.64 Bulk Rich Number: 20.37 Bulk Shear: 82.78 m/s