MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.93,-89.03 Latitude: 43.93 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 175 SFC 991 253 19.0 17.9 94 1.1 18.3 181 5 292.9 295.2 291.8 330.3 13.15 2 950 619 21.5 16.1 72 5.4 17.9 195 17 299.0 301.2 293.0 334.6 12.21 3 900 1087 19.3 14.6 74 4.7 16.2 208 14 301.4 303.5 293.3 335.8 11.67 4 850 1578 17.1 10.7 66 6.4 13.1 229 10 304.1 305.8 292.4 332.6 9.54 5 800 2094 15.5 3.9 46 11.6 8.9 256 7 307.7 308.9 290.9 327.1 6.35 6 750 2639 12.5 3.5 54 9.0 7.3 267 8 310.1 311.4 291.9 330.5 6.58 7 700 3214 8.5 3.3 70 5.2 5.6 269 9 311.9 313.2 292.7 333.6 6.97 8 650 3823 4.2 -0.1 73 4.4 1.9 263 12 313.8 314.9 292.3 332.1 5.83 9 600 4469 -0.5 -3.1 82 2.6 -1.8 259 20 315.5 316.5 292.2 331.6 5.06 10 550 5159 -5.6 -8.9 77 3.3 -7.1 256 27 317.4 318.1 291.4 328.9 3.53 11 500 5898 -11.1 -12.6 89 1.5 -11.7 260 33 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.1 2.91 12 450 6702 -15.3 -23.1 51 7.8 -17.4 249 18 324.0 324.2 291.3 328.6 1.32 13 400 7583 -20.3 -21.7 89 1.4 -20.7 268 8 328.5 328.9 292.9 334.4 1.68 14 350 8558 -27.4 -28.8 88 1.4 -27.7 286 10 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.5 1.01 15 300 9649 -35.6 -36.2 95 0.6 -35.7 300 24 335.1 335.3 293.6 337.3 0.58 16 250 10889 -46.3 -46.9 93 0.6 -46.3 300 34 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.2 0.22 17 200 12331 -58.5 -59.6 86 1.2 -58.5 292 53 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.06 18 150 14117 -58.5 -75.1 10 16.6 -58.7 252 18 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16667 -59.7 -84.5 3 24.8 -60.0 250 9 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.95 m Freezing level: 605.26 mb = 4401.04 m = 14438.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.34 mb = 4147.93 m = 13608.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.86 mb = 386.70 m = 1268.70 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 8.67 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.22 mb = 2647.27 m = 8685.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.22 C = 97.19 F Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.79 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 125.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 359.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.24 mb = 1258.37 m = 4128.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.24 mb = 4639.50 m = 15221.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.24 mb = 7267.66 m = 23843.74 ft B at Equ Level: 125.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 287.24 mb = 9944.96 m = 32627.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.2 neg: -11.9 tot: 37.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.81 Bulk Shear: 26.08 m/s