MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 42.43,-88.95 Latitude: 42.43 Longitude: -88.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 982 260 19.5 19.0 97 0.5 19.2 163 4 294.1 296.7 293.0 334.8 14.24 2 950 549 20.9 16.6 76 4.3 18.0 197 7 298.4 300.7 293.0 335.0 12.60 3 900 1017 18.8 15.6 82 3.2 16.7 261 17 300.9 303.2 293.7 337.6 12.49 4 850 1507 16.5 14.2 86 2.3 15.0 249 29 303.4 305.7 294.1 339.3 12.07 5 800 2023 14.6 12.4 87 2.2 13.1 248 36 306.7 308.8 294.6 340.9 11.37 6 750 2567 11.4 10.2 92 1.2 10.6 258 34 308.9 310.9 294.5 340.8 10.47 7 700 3142 8.2 7.4 95 0.8 7.8 261 37 311.6 313.3 294.4 340.2 9.29 8 650 3752 4.7 4.2 96 0.5 4.4 261 43 314.3 315.9 294.1 339.3 7.99 9 600 4401 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 269 39 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.6 6.71 10 550 5095 -3.6 -4.5 93 1.0 -4.0 271 32 319.9 320.8 293.3 336.0 4.98 11 500 5843 -7.8 -8.8 92 1.0 -8.2 283 35 323.6 324.4 293.4 336.6 3.94 12 450 6657 -12.2 -13.2 92 1.0 -12.6 283 32 327.8 328.5 293.9 338.3 3.07 13 400 7548 -17.7 -17.9 98 0.2 -17.8 276 33 332.0 332.5 294.4 340.1 2.34 14 350 8535 -23.7 -23.8 100 0.0 -23.8 268 29 336.8 337.1 294.9 342.6 1.60 15 300 9643 -31.9 -32.0 100 0.0 -31.9 248 24 340.4 340.6 295.2 343.7 0.88 16 250 10902 -42.5 -42.5 100 -0.0 -42.5 232 28 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.3 0.36 17 200 12370 -54.6 -54.6 99 0.0 -54.6 202 38 346.3 346.4 295.9 346.8 0.11 18 150 14150 -67.1 -69.1 75 2.1 -67.1 196 33 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.02 19 100 16652 -59.8 -83.5 3 23.7 -60.1 214 25 412.1 412.1 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.89 m Freezing level: 588.93 mb = 4554.72 m = 14943.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.36 mb = 4516.67 m = 14818.31 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.97 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.83 mb = 317.55 m = 1041.82 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 4.90 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.82 mb = 2120.57 m = 6957.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.36 C = 90.25 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: 0.66 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 37.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4067.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.54 mb = 1126.87 m = 3697.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.4 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 293.4 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 198.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 112.04 m/s