MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z WED 20 AUG 25 Station: 44.32,-87.06 Latitude: 44.32 Longitude: -87.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 994 178 23.4 19.3 78 4.1 20.5 181 11 297.0 299.6 293.9 338.4 14.30 2 950 578 24.9 12.0 45 12.8 16.7 197 12 302.4 304.1 291.7 330.1 9.34 3 900 1050 21.6 11.6 53 10.0 15.2 230 8 303.7 305.5 292.3 332.3 9.56 4 850 1543 18.0 10.8 63 7.2 13.4 289 9 305.0 306.8 292.7 333.8 9.61 5 800 2059 13.4 9.6 78 3.8 11.0 301 12 305.4 307.2 292.7 333.8 9.44 6 750 2598 8.8 7.6 92 1.2 8.0 311 14 306.1 307.7 292.4 332.5 8.76 7 700 3168 7.1 0.5 63 6.6 3.6 322 10 310.4 311.5 291.2 328.0 5.68 8 650 3775 4.3 -10.0 35 14.3 -1.8 312 9 313.8 314.4 289.6 322.7 2.75 9 600 4422 1.0 -20.8 18 21.8 -6.2 327 14 317.2 317.5 289.2 321.4 1.21 10 550 5115 -2.9 -39.9 4 37.0 -10.6 333 16 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.4 0.22 11 500 5862 -8.3 -38.3 7 30.0 -14.3 335 18 322.9 323.0 289.9 324.0 0.28 12 450 6669 -14.4 -41.9 8 27.5 -18.9 328 25 325.1 325.2 290.6 325.9 0.21 13 400 7550 -21.1 -35.3 27 14.2 -23.6 321 34 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.3 0.47 14 350 8520 -29.2 -42.5 26 13.4 -30.7 318 38 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.26 15 300 9601 -37.9 -49.2 30 11.2 -38.7 317 41 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.14 16 250 10831 -46.6 -61.1 18 14.5 -47.0 327 43 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.04 17 200 12290 -52.0 -67.3 14 15.3 -52.4 330 53 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14137 -56.5 -77.4 6 20.9 -56.8 319 46 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.01 19 100 16673 -62.2 -84.0 4 21.8 -62.4 296 27 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.17 m Freezing level: 587.51 mb = 4595.06 m = 15075.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.84 mb = 3565.19 m = 11696.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.30 mb = 705.21 m = 2313.64 ft T: 23.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 12.42 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.14 mb = 2387.74 m = 7833.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.20 C = 89.95 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 30.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5498.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.98 mb = 1890.60 m = 6202.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.3 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 342.3 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 66.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 59.02 m/s