MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 43.66,-88.90 Latitude: 43.66 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 981 274 29.5 23.3 69 6.3 24.9 200 12 304.3 307.8 298.7 359.9 18.61 2 950 559 26.6 20.4 69 6.2 22.2 204 19 304.2 307.1 297.1 352.1 16.10 3 900 1034 22.0 19.1 83 3.0 19.9 207 20 304.2 307.1 296.8 350.8 15.63 4 850 1529 19.0 14.9 77 4.1 16.3 219 22 306.1 308.4 295.3 344.1 12.67 5 800 2049 16.5 9.8 65 6.7 12.3 228 24 308.7 310.5 293.8 337.8 9.56 6 750 2595 12.1 6.7 69 5.4 8.8 226 23 309.7 311.3 293.0 334.9 8.22 7 700 3170 8.0 2.3 67 5.7 4.8 221 21 311.4 312.6 292.1 331.5 6.46 8 650 3777 3.9 -2.5 63 6.4 0.7 227 20 313.4 314.3 291.4 328.9 4.89 9 600 4422 -0.8 -6.5 65 5.7 -3.4 229 23 315.2 316.0 291.1 327.8 3.92 10 550 5113 -4.3 -8.0 75 3.7 -6.0 233 26 319.0 319.7 292.1 331.4 3.80 11 500 5859 -8.1 -16.4 51 8.3 -11.1 243 22 323.1 323.5 291.8 330.3 2.12 12 450 6669 -13.2 -23.0 44 9.8 -16.0 255 20 326.6 326.9 292.1 331.3 1.34 13 400 7556 -19.0 -30.1 37 11.2 -21.4 259 23 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.2 0.78 14 350 8536 -26.2 -37.2 35 10.9 -27.9 248 24 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.1 0.45 15 300 9631 -34.5 -40.2 56 5.7 -35.1 248 21 336.8 336.8 293.9 338.2 0.38 16 250 10880 -44.2 -45.5 87 1.3 -44.3 235 30 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.4 0.26 17 200 12336 -55.1 -59.0 62 3.9 -55.2 223 44 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.07 18 150 14133 -62.4 -73.6 21 11.3 -62.5 233 43 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16649 -59.9 -83.6 3 23.8 -60.2 265 25 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.37 m Freezing level: 608.07 mb = 4318.35 m = 14167.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.78 mb = 3879.69 m = 12728.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.71 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.11 mb = 1071.62 m = 3515.78 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 32.03 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.23 mb = 1628.24 m = 5341.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.24 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2383.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.08 mb = 1346.83 m = 4418.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.08 mb = 2230.13 m = 7316.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.08 mb = 13239.42 m = 43435.88 ft B at Equ Level: 2364.43 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.8 neg: -13.0 tot: 49.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 214.35 Bulk Shear: 11.12 m/s