MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.41,-89.06 Latitude: 42.41 Longitude: -89.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 185 SFC 992 258 26.6 20.8 71 5.7 22.5 168 6 300.4 303.3 295.9 346.8 15.82 2 950 636 23.3 16.6 66 6.7 18.8 172 11 300.8 303.2 293.8 337.9 12.63 3 900 1105 19.1 15.2 78 3.9 16.5 172 11 301.2 303.4 293.6 337.0 12.18 4 850 1594 14.8 13.3 90 1.5 13.8 171 10 301.7 303.8 293.1 335.3 11.37 5 800 2107 15.0 -3.8 27 18.7 5.8 211 7 307.1 307.8 288.2 318.4 3.62 6 750 2650 12.7 -11.2 18 23.9 2.5 264 6 310.3 310.8 287.9 317.4 2.17 7 700 3225 9.6 -9.7 25 19.3 1.1 323 7 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.5 2.61 8 650 3835 5.9 -8.0 36 13.9 -0.4 337 13 315.6 316.2 290.6 326.0 3.22 9 600 4485 1.3 -6.7 55 8.0 -2.4 314 14 317.6 318.4 291.7 330.1 3.86 10 550 5179 -3.9 -11.6 55 7.7 -7.1 303 14 319.4 320.0 291.4 328.8 2.85 11 500 5924 -9.1 -17.4 51 8.3 -11.9 298 14 322.0 322.3 291.3 328.6 1.95 12 450 6732 -13.5 -23.3 44 9.7 -16.3 281 15 326.2 326.5 291.9 330.8 1.30 13 400 7617 -19.9 -34.5 26 14.7 -22.6 269 17 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.1 0.51 14 350 8592 -27.8 -40.1 30 12.3 -29.4 265 17 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.33 15 300 9679 -36.1 -51.1 20 14.9 -37.2 247 9 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.12 16 250 10915 -46.8 -53.9 44 7.1 -47.1 54 6 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.10 17 200 12356 -58.3 -58.6 96 0.4 -58.3 333 14 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.07 18 150 14158 -58.0 -76.5 8 18.5 -58.2 267 23 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16698 -61.2 -84.3 3 23.1 -61.4 233 13 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.82 m Freezing level: 587.55 mb = 4658.06 m = 15282.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.74 mb = 3650.84 m = 11977.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.33 mb = 987.25 m = 3238.98 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 29.48 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.28 mb = 1501.22 m = 4925.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.93 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 17.96 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 448.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.41 mb = 1410.82 m = 4628.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.41 mb = 4573.43 m = 15004.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.41 mb = 11936.77 m = 39162.16 ft B at Equ Level: 444.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.41 mb = 13621.43 m = 44689.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.6 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 315.6 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -52.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.9 neg: -2.7 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 12.21 Bulk Shear: 36.70 m/s