MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.08,-89.57 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -89.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 988 252 26.6 24.0 86 2.6 24.7 161 7 300.8 304.3 298.2 357.6 19.33 2 950 603 25.4 20.5 74 4.9 21.9 182 18 303.0 305.9 296.8 350.9 16.18 3 900 1077 21.8 18.3 81 3.5 19.4 203 20 303.9 306.7 296.2 348.2 14.87 4 850 1572 19.7 13.2 66 6.5 15.4 219 15 306.8 308.9 294.5 340.8 11.29 5 800 2093 17.4 9.0 58 8.4 12.1 246 10 309.7 311.4 293.6 337.3 9.02 6 750 2642 14.2 6.3 59 7.9 9.4 267 9 312.0 313.5 293.5 336.7 8.01 7 700 3221 10.5 1.3 53 9.2 5.4 292 12 314.1 315.3 292.6 333.1 6.02 8 650 3834 6.5 -3.0 51 9.4 1.7 304 18 316.3 317.2 292.1 331.4 4.74 9 600 4484 1.0 -4.1 69 5.1 -1.6 308 23 317.3 318.2 292.3 332.4 4.70 10 550 5177 -4.4 -8.0 76 3.6 -6.0 315 26 318.9 319.6 292.1 331.3 3.82 11 500 5920 -10.3 -15.2 67 4.9 -12.1 328 25 320.5 321.0 291.2 328.3 2.34 12 450 6726 -14.2 -15.9 87 1.6 -14.8 352 16 325.4 325.8 292.7 333.7 2.47 13 400 7611 -19.0 -21.6 80 2.6 -19.8 320 15 330.3 330.6 293.4 336.2 1.69 14 350 8592 -26.1 -29.2 75 3.2 -26.8 316 12 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.1 0.97 15 300 9688 -34.6 -39.1 64 4.4 -35.2 318 10 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.2 0.43 16 250 10932 -45.4 -51.0 53 5.7 -45.7 335 14 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.2 0.14 17 200 12379 -57.5 -61.0 64 3.5 -57.5 319 11 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 14155 -64.8 -70.3 47 5.5 -64.9 259 15 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.02 19 100 16665 -60.5 -84.2 3 23.7 -60.8 314 3 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.08 m Freezing level: 590.84 mb = 4611.14 m = 15128.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.24 mb = 4162.37 m = 13655.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.56 % Est. max temperature: 33.25 C = 91.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.90 mb = 585.36 m = 1920.45 ft T: 25.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 26.23 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.84 mb = 1934.96 m = 6348.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.63 C = 94.33 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -7.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 33.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2285.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.48 mb = 1217.74 m = 3995.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.48 mb = 3095.89 m = 10157.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.48 mb = 13365.12 m = 43848.30 ft B at Equ Level: 2283.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.7 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 318.7 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.7 neg: -1.5 tot: 125.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.72 Bulk Rich Number: 25.40 Bulk Shear: 89.96 m/s