MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 42.23,-89.00 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 983 256 25.7 22.4 82 3.3 23.3 239 10 300.3 303.5 297.1 352.0 17.61 2 950 555 22.8 19.4 81 3.4 20.4 240 15 300.3 303.1 295.4 344.5 15.07 3 900 1024 18.8 17.9 94 0.9 18.2 241 16 300.9 303.5 295.1 343.4 14.47 4 850 1514 16.3 14.4 89 1.8 15.1 246 15 303.2 305.5 294.2 339.6 12.26 5 800 2029 14.1 9.3 73 4.8 11.1 261 15 306.2 307.9 292.8 334.0 9.22 6 750 2572 11.4 0.4 47 11.0 5.5 259 16 309.0 310.0 290.3 325.3 5.26 7 700 3145 8.4 -5.2 38 13.5 1.9 253 21 311.8 312.5 289.8 323.6 3.72 8 650 3753 4.6 -6.7 44 11.3 -0.6 242 24 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.6 3.57 9 600 4400 0.4 -18.7 22 19.2 -6.2 239 25 316.6 316.9 289.2 321.5 1.45 10 550 5093 -2.0 -30.5 9 28.5 -9.5 262 22 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.55 11 500 5844 -6.1 -29.9 13 23.8 -12.3 278 23 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.9 0.64 12 450 6659 -12.0 -28.6 24 16.6 -16.2 271 29 328.2 328.4 292.0 331.1 0.80 13 400 7551 -17.4 -39.7 12 22.3 -21.2 280 29 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.30 14 350 8535 -25.4 -44.1 16 18.7 -27.8 280 30 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.3 0.22 15 300 9631 -35.1 -45.9 32 10.8 -36.1 283 31 335.9 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.21 16 250 10873 -45.3 -56.4 27 11.2 -45.7 279 24 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.07 17 200 12329 -54.0 -63.2 31 9.2 -54.2 248 35 347.2 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.04 18 150 14138 -61.5 -74.6 16 13.1 -61.7 251 51 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16670 -60.3 -83.5 3 23.2 -60.5 241 22 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.57 m Freezing level: 591.39 mb = 4519.04 m = 14826.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.40 mb = 3597.84 m = 11803.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.13 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.19 mb = 673.00 m = 2207.98 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 28.45 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 1080.32 m = 3544.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.53 C = 79.76 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.40 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 23.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 849.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.03 mb = 1014.35 m = 3327.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.03 mb = 1255.77 m = 4119.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.03 mb = 12134.72 m = 39811.60 ft B at Equ Level: 836.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.03 mb = 14748.63 m = 48387.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: -0.7 tot: 26.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 116.54 Bulk Shear: 7.29 m/s