MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.34,-89.03 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -89.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 988 257 28.9 23.3 72 5.6 24.7 186 12 303.1 306.5 298.3 358.1 18.53 2 950 604 25.3 20.1 73 5.2 21.6 186 20 302.9 305.8 296.5 349.6 15.78 3 900 1077 20.9 18.9 88 2.0 19.5 188 20 303.0 305.9 296.4 348.8 15.43 4 850 1572 20.0 12.7 62 7.4 15.2 198 12 307.1 309.2 294.3 340.0 10.89 5 800 2093 17.8 8.8 56 9.0 12.1 217 6 310.1 311.8 293.7 337.4 8.90 6 750 2643 15.3 4.2 48 11.1 8.8 298 8 313.2 314.5 293.0 334.8 6.93 7 700 3224 11.5 -0.1 45 11.6 5.2 323 16 315.3 316.3 292.4 332.5 5.45 8 650 3838 6.9 -5.2 42 12.0 1.0 316 20 316.7 317.5 291.6 329.6 4.00 9 600 4490 1.6 -7.6 50 9.2 -2.6 313 26 318.0 318.7 291.6 329.7 3.61 10 550 5184 -4.1 -10.4 61 6.3 -6.7 317 35 319.2 319.9 291.6 329.6 3.14 11 500 5927 -10.0 -12.1 85 2.1 -10.8 310 30 320.8 321.4 291.9 330.8 3.02 12 450 6733 -14.6 -18.1 75 3.5 -15.7 298 20 324.9 325.3 292.2 331.9 2.05 13 400 7615 -20.3 -36.1 23 15.8 -23.0 262 15 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.3 0.44 14 350 8590 -27.2 -40.3 28 13.1 -28.9 240 12 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.33 15 300 9682 -35.5 -37.0 85 1.6 -35.7 343 11 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.4 0.53 16 250 10923 -45.9 -51.6 52 5.8 -46.2 335 11 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.4 0.13 17 200 12370 -57.0 -63.5 43 6.5 -57.1 330 19 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.04 18 150 14147 -62.9 -71.8 29 8.9 -63.0 238 15 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.02 19 100 16661 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.0 -61.4 227 9 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.36 m Freezing level: 585.73 mb = 4687.77 m = 15379.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.61 mb = 4007.78 m = 13148.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.61 C = 92.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.04 mb = 970.25 m = 3183.19 ft T: 21.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 28.53 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.29 mb = 2132.67 m = 6996.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.09 C = 96.95 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -7.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 31.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2284.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.59 mb = 1246.03 m = 4087.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.59 mb = 3493.78 m = 11462.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.59 mb = 13462.05 m = 44166.29 ft B at Equ Level: 2246.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.8 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 326.8 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.3 neg: -13.5 tot: 29.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 18.00 Bulk Shear: 126.92 m/s