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: 42.8,-88.4 Latitude: 42.80 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 987 268 26.7 22.2 76 4.6 23.4 187 6 301.0 304.2 297.0 351.8 17.27 2 950 607 24.9 19.7 73 5.3 21.2 198 14 302.5 305.3 296.2 347.9 15.37 3 900 1080 20.9 18.1 84 2.8 19.0 201 16 303.1 305.8 295.9 346.6 14.70 4 850 1573 18.0 14.8 82 3.2 15.9 211 13 305.0 307.4 295.0 342.6 12.57 5 800 2092 16.1 7.8 58 8.3 11.0 256 8 308.3 309.9 292.7 333.8 8.36 6 750 2638 13.2 5.0 58 8.2 8.4 297 12 310.9 312.3 292.7 333.5 7.32 7 700 3215 9.8 3.3 64 6.5 6.1 315 22 313.4 314.7 293.1 335.0 6.94 8 650 3826 4.9 -0.3 69 5.2 2.2 314 25 314.6 315.7 292.5 332.8 5.79 9 600 4474 0.4 -5.2 66 5.6 -2.3 323 24 316.6 317.4 291.9 330.5 4.32 10 550 5167 -4.1 -9.6 65 5.5 -6.5 330 26 319.2 319.8 291.7 330.1 3.35 11 500 5911 -9.4 -13.0 75 3.7 -10.8 338 22 321.6 322.2 292.0 331.0 2.80 12 450 6718 -14.4 -18.4 71 4.1 -15.7 340 17 325.2 325.6 292.3 332.0 1.98 13 400 7602 -19.0 -24.0 65 4.9 -20.3 315 16 330.3 330.5 293.1 335.2 1.38 14 350 8583 -26.1 -29.0 76 3.0 -26.6 301 14 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.3 0.99 15 300 9679 -34.6 -37.4 76 2.8 -35.0 300 15 336.5 336.7 294.0 338.5 0.51 16 250 10924 -45.3 -49.8 61 4.5 -45.6 309 16 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.4 0.16 17 200 12371 -57.6 -59.6 77 2.0 -57.6 312 18 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.06 18 150 14148 -64.1 -68.8 52 4.7 -64.1 234 19 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.02 19 100 16663 -60.6 -84.1 3 23.5 -60.9 214 2 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.05 m Freezing level: 595.53 mb = 4536.12 m = 14882.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.44 mb = 4138.18 m = 13576.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.92 mb = 850.61 m = 2790.69 ft T: 22.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 18.23 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1604.81 m = 5265.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.96 C = 87.73 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.40 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 35.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1754.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.98 mb = 1264.36 m = 4148.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.98 mb = 3026.47 m = 9929.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.98 mb = 13161.30 m = 43179.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1737.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.98 mb = 16302.62 m = 53485.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.5 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 337.5 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 106.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 20.83 Bulk Shear: 84.20 m/s