MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.30,-88.90 Latitude: 42.30 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 191 SFC 992 260 26.1 16.2 54 9.9 19.5 89 5 300.0 302.1 292.9 334.4 11.77 2 950 640 22.2 12.3 54 9.9 16.0 95 6 299.7 301.5 291.0 327.7 9.53 3 900 1106 17.7 11.5 67 6.2 13.8 99 6 299.7 301.5 291.0 327.6 9.49 4 850 1592 13.1 10.5 85 2.5 11.5 104 7 299.8 301.5 291.0 327.5 9.43 5 800 2099 9.5 6.1 79 3.4 7.6 133 6 301.3 302.7 289.8 323.3 7.42 6 750 2634 8.2 -4.9 39 13.1 2.1 190 5 305.5 306.1 287.6 316.4 3.53 7 700 3200 5.4 -15.7 20 21.0 -2.4 206 5 308.4 308.7 286.6 313.7 1.61 8 650 3801 2.4 -26.9 9 29.3 -5.9 219 5 311.6 311.8 286.7 313.9 0.65 9 600 4443 -1.2 -29.4 10 28.2 -8.5 235 6 314.7 314.8 287.6 316.7 0.56 10 550 5130 -6.0 -16.3 44 10.3 -9.6 253 7 316.9 317.3 289.8 323.4 1.94 11 500 5869 -10.9 -19.6 48 8.8 -13.6 272 6 319.8 320.1 290.3 325.3 1.62 12 450 6670 -16.5 -18.7 83 2.3 -17.1 274 10 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.1 1.94 13 400 7546 -22.4 -24.8 80 2.4 -22.9 277 12 325.9 326.2 291.8 330.4 1.28 14 350 8511 -30.1 -32.3 81 2.2 -30.5 261 10 328.1 328.3 291.9 330.7 0.73 15 300 9590 -38.1 -49.9 28 11.8 -38.9 253 12 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.13 16 250 10824 -45.3 -58.0 22 12.8 -45.7 293 21 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.06 17 200 12289 -50.4 -68.6 10 18.2 -50.8 281 22 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 18 150 14159 -53.5 -79.6 3 26.1 -53.9 259 29 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16700 -62.4 -83.9 4 21.6 -62.6 258 7 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.96 m Freezing level: 616.87 mb = 4226.12 m = 13865.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.75 mb = 2891.92 m = 9487.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.23 C = 79.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.44 mb = 1507.92 m = 4947.17 ft T: 13.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 20.77 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.89 mb = 1924.02 m = 6312.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.98 C = 80.56 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 13.41 Risk: None Sweat Index: 145.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6163.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.10 mb = 1799.97 m = 5905.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.1 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 232.1 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 11.29 m/s