MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.41,-87.66 Latitude: 42.41 Longitude: -87.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 998 192 20.5 16.3 77 4.2 17.7 113 4 293.8 295.9 290.9 327.3 11.73 2 950 619 18.8 11.4 62 7.4 14.3 107 6 296.2 297.9 289.4 322.2 8.96 3 900 1080 15.1 8.3 64 6.8 11.1 101 7 297.1 298.5 288.5 319.4 7.64 4 850 1561 11.4 4.6 63 6.8 7.7 108 12 298.1 299.2 287.6 316.6 6.28 5 800 2066 9.7 -3.3 40 13.0 3.5 108 17 301.5 302.2 286.4 312.9 3.75 6 750 2600 7.6 -8.7 31 16.2 0.7 111 17 304.8 305.3 286.4 313.1 2.65 7 700 3165 4.9 -17.5 18 22.4 -2.9 98 12 307.9 308.2 286.2 312.5 1.39 8 650 3765 2.0 -22.1 15 24.1 -5.5 88 8 311.2 311.4 286.9 314.6 1.00 9 600 4405 -2.0 -27.6 12 25.5 -8.8 53 3 313.8 313.9 287.5 316.1 0.66 10 550 5090 -6.5 -36.4 7 29.9 -12.6 246 2 316.4 316.4 287.9 317.5 0.31 11 500 5827 -11.4 -45.0 4 33.6 -16.6 244 4 319.1 319.2 288.6 319.7 0.14 12 450 6627 -16.1 -47.6 5 31.5 -20.3 213 8 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.4 0.12 13 400 7504 -21.5 -40.8 16 19.2 -24.3 207 10 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.0 0.27 14 350 8473 -29.3 -33.2 69 3.9 -29.9 213 8 329.2 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.66 15 300 9554 -37.6 -39.5 83 1.8 -37.8 220 12 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.9 0.41 16 250 10789 -46.0 -46.0 100 -0.0 -46.0 246 21 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.25 17 200 12234 -55.7 -57.6 79 2.0 -55.7 238 33 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.08 18 150 14075 -54.9 -79.5 3 24.6 -55.2 272 28 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16617 -62.6 -84.5 4 21.8 -62.9 285 13 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.79 m Freezing level: 625.45 mb = 4079.32 m = 13383.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.71 mb = 2701.73 m = 8863.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.71 % Est. max temperature: 24.91 C = 76.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.96 mb = 727.74 m = 2387.56 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 14.38 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.59 mb = 2237.37 m = 7340.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.25 C = 84.64 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: 3.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.38 C Showalter Index: 6.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 16.05 C K Index: 5.08 Risk: None Sweat Index: 83.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8552.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.04 mb = 1443.01 m = 4734.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 106.7 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 136.7 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.6 neg: -13.0 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.63 Bulk Shear: 1.31 m/s