MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.23,-89.24 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -89.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 984 259 29.6 23.2 69 6.3 24.9 182 11 304.1 307.5 298.5 359.3 18.52 2 950 574 26.2 19.7 67 6.5 21.5 184 19 303.8 306.6 296.5 349.4 15.35 3 900 1049 21.9 18.2 80 3.7 19.2 186 20 304.0 306.8 296.1 347.8 14.73 4 850 1545 22.0 7.4 39 14.6 13.1 200 16 309.2 310.7 292.4 332.6 7.62 5 800 2069 19.6 6.0 41 13.6 11.4 206 12 312.0 313.4 293.0 334.8 7.35 6 750 2621 15.8 3.1 43 12.7 8.4 214 9 313.7 314.9 292.7 333.6 6.37 7 700 3202 11.2 0.7 48 10.5 5.4 218 5 314.9 316.0 292.6 333.2 5.77 8 650 3816 6.4 -2.5 53 9.0 1.8 246 1 316.3 317.2 292.2 331.9 4.89 9 600 4467 1.3 -3.2 72 4.5 -1.0 5 5 317.6 318.6 292.7 333.8 5.03 10 550 5160 -4.1 -10.4 61 6.3 -6.8 27 8 319.2 319.8 291.6 329.5 3.14 11 500 5905 -9.2 -16.0 57 6.8 -11.6 45 10 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.3 2.19 12 450 6712 -14.0 -23.4 45 9.4 -16.6 359 4 325.6 325.9 291.7 330.2 1.29 13 400 7596 -19.8 -39.0 16 19.2 -22.9 286 4 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.5 0.33 14 350 8574 -26.7 -38.8 31 12.1 -28.4 259 7 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.38 15 300 9666 -35.7 -38.2 78 2.5 -36.0 191 5 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.8 0.47 16 250 10906 -45.8 -47.3 84 1.5 -45.9 156 9 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.9 0.21 17 200 12354 -57.1 -58.3 86 1.2 -57.1 146 6 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.07 18 150 14139 -61.3 -73.1 20 11.7 -61.5 198 13 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16654 -62.7 -83.6 4 20.9 -62.9 207 11 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.26 m Freezing level: 588.01 mb = 4633.17 m = 15200.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.36 mb = 4234.85 m = 13893.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.41 % Est. max temperature: 35.54 C = 95.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.58 mb = 1062.47 m = 3485.74 ft T: 21.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 26.67 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.91 mb = 2576.71 m = 8453.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.00 C = 102.20 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.21 C Cross Totals Index: 16.58 C K Index: 28.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2084.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 208.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.39 mb = 1429.55 m = 4690.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.39 mb = 3486.23 m = 11437.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.39 mb = 13133.20 m = 43087.40 ft B at Equ Level: 2062.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.39 mb = 16269.62 m = 53377.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.1 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 221.1 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 325.85 Bulk Shear: 6.40 m/s