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: 43.4,-90.08 Latitude: 43.40 Longitude: -90.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 318 20.9 20.6 98 0.3 20.7 223 8 296.3 299.2 294.8 342.1 15.88 2 950 536 20.1 19.1 94 1.0 19.5 217 17 297.6 300.3 294.4 340.6 14.83 3 900 1003 18.4 16.3 88 2.1 17.0 224 23 300.5 302.9 294.0 338.8 13.07 4 850 1493 16.2 13.0 81 3.3 14.1 230 31 303.2 305.2 293.4 336.2 11.14 5 800 2008 13.6 9.5 76 4.1 11.1 234 33 305.7 307.4 292.8 333.9 9.39 6 750 2550 10.2 6.2 76 4.0 7.8 238 33 307.7 309.2 292.2 331.9 7.95 7 700 3122 6.5 3.5 81 3.0 4.8 243 34 309.7 311.0 292.1 331.3 7.03 8 650 3728 2.8 0.6 86 2.2 1.7 248 34 312.1 313.3 292.1 331.4 6.18 9 600 4375 0.4 -2.1 83 2.5 -0.9 248 36 316.6 317.7 292.8 334.1 5.47 10 550 5070 -3.4 -5.1 88 1.7 -4.2 245 37 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.6 4.77 11 500 5818 -7.3 -8.2 94 0.9 -7.7 241 37 324.1 324.9 293.8 337.8 4.13 12 450 6632 -11.9 -12.5 95 0.6 -12.1 241 38 328.3 329.0 294.1 339.4 3.26 13 400 7523 -17.2 -17.5 98 0.2 -17.3 239 39 332.6 333.1 294.6 341.1 2.43 14 350 8509 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 232 38 336.9 337.2 295.0 342.7 1.61 15 300 9616 -31.4 -31.4 100 -0.0 -31.4 219 36 341.1 341.3 295.4 344.6 0.92 16 250 10878 -41.0 -41.0 100 -0.0 -41.0 207 30 345.1 345.2 295.9 346.8 0.42 17 200 12351 -54.2 -54.3 99 0.1 -54.2 219 25 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.4 0.12 18 150 14127 -67.6 -67.9 95 0.4 -67.6 228 51 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.8 0.03 19 100 16638 -60.8 -84.1 3 23.3 -61.1 202 22 410.2 410.3 306.5 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.51 m Freezing level: 594.10 mb = 4457.40 m = 14623.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.05 mb = 4148.81 m = 13611.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.82 mb = 357.77 m = 1173.78 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 10.74 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.08 mb = 1441.99 m = 4730.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.48 C = 81.47 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.31 C K Index: 33.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 133.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.73 mb = 976.85 m = 3204.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.73 mb = 2575.27 m = 8448.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 447.73 mb = 6670.17 m = 21883.48 ft B at Equ Level: 132.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 307.73 mb = 9432.97 m = 30947.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 2.96 Bulk Shear: 45.12 m/s