MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 42.23,-89.14 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -89.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 983 257 24.0 20.9 83 3.1 21.8 256 7 298.6 301.5 295.6 345.3 16.06 2 950 556 22.2 18.6 80 3.5 19.7 263 14 299.7 302.3 294.7 341.6 14.36 3 900 1024 18.5 16.2 86 2.3 17.0 270 15 300.6 303.0 294.0 338.7 13.00 4 850 1513 15.8 13.0 83 2.8 14.0 275 15 302.7 304.7 293.2 335.6 11.11 5 800 2027 14.3 5.2 54 9.1 9.0 277 16 306.3 307.6 291.0 327.5 6.95 6 750 2570 11.1 2.3 55 8.8 6.2 264 19 308.6 309.8 290.9 327.2 6.05 7 700 3142 8.0 -3.1 45 11.1 2.5 261 22 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.1 4.36 8 650 3750 5.1 -10.2 32 15.4 -1.5 259 26 314.8 315.3 289.8 323.5 2.70 9 600 4399 1.6 -20.0 18 21.6 -5.7 261 31 318.0 318.3 289.5 322.5 1.31 10 550 5094 -2.1 -28.5 11 26.3 -9.4 267 35 321.5 321.7 289.9 323.9 0.66 11 500 5844 -6.8 -30.5 13 23.7 -12.8 273 31 324.7 324.9 290.8 326.9 0.60 12 450 6657 -12.7 -38.3 10 25.6 -17.5 279 30 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.31 13 400 7544 -18.9 -43.4 10 24.5 -22.5 273 37 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.20 14 350 8526 -24.5 -48.7 9 24.3 -27.2 262 45 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.13 15 300 9629 -32.8 -54.7 9 21.9 -34.4 252 56 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.4 0.08 16 250 10889 -41.5 -59.0 13 17.5 -42.3 230 56 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.05 17 200 12364 -53.5 -62.9 31 9.4 -53.8 219 70 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.04 18 150 14162 -62.5 -70.5 33 8.0 -62.6 238 47 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.02 19 100 16681 -61.2 -83.9 3 22.7 -61.4 245 18 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.87 m Freezing level: 578.28 mb = 4701.13 m = 15423.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.87 mb = 3515.47 m = 11533.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.09 mb = 646.47 m = 2120.93 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 22.86 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1333.95 m = 4376.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.60 C Cross Totals Index: 19.76 C K Index: 24.48 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 118.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.18 mb = 1088.96 m = 3572.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.18 mb = 4423.24 m = 14511.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.18 mb = 8563.72 m = 28095.85 ft B at Equ Level: 118.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.18 mb = 10937.22 m = 35882.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.7 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 296.7 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 34.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 6.34 Bulk Shear: 18.75 m/s