MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.98,-88.03 Latitude: 42.98 Longitude: -88.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 993 230 30.2 20.1 55 10.1 22.9 216 8 303.9 306.7 296.3 348.6 15.03 2 950 626 24.9 18.3 67 6.6 20.3 218 13 302.5 305.0 295.3 343.9 14.03 3 900 1098 20.5 17.1 81 3.3 18.2 218 13 302.6 305.2 295.1 343.4 13.80 4 850 1590 16.2 15.6 96 0.6 15.8 220 13 303.1 305.5 294.8 342.3 13.22 5 800 2104 14.3 8.5 68 5.8 10.7 232 12 306.4 308.0 292.5 332.9 8.76 6 750 2648 12.3 2.4 51 9.9 6.8 245 10 309.9 311.1 291.3 328.7 6.06 7 700 3223 9.2 0.1 53 9.1 4.3 255 11 312.6 313.7 291.7 329.9 5.50 8 650 3833 4.9 -2.2 60 7.1 1.3 262 14 314.5 315.5 291.8 330.4 5.01 9 600 4481 0.1 -5.4 66 5.5 -2.5 270 16 316.2 317.1 291.7 329.9 4.26 10 550 5171 -5.1 -9.9 69 4.8 -7.1 279 18 318.0 318.6 291.3 328.7 3.27 11 500 5912 -10.8 -13.6 80 2.7 -11.8 290 17 319.8 320.4 291.3 328.7 2.68 12 450 6717 -15.1 -20.6 63 5.5 -16.7 257 2 324.2 324.6 291.7 329.9 1.64 13 400 7597 -20.5 -37.3 21 16.8 -23.3 288 2 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.8 0.39 14 350 8572 -27.3 -38.9 32 11.6 -28.9 29 3 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.4 0.38 15 300 9662 -36.0 -40.5 63 4.5 -36.5 17 10 334.6 334.7 293.3 336.1 0.37 16 250 10902 -45.6 -47.4 81 1.9 -45.7 355 24 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.2 0.21 17 200 12348 -57.2 -59.7 73 2.5 -57.3 340 47 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.06 18 150 14130 -61.6 -73.9 18 12.3 -61.7 250 10 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16661 -60.9 -84.2 3 23.3 -61.2 215 9 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.22 m Freezing level: 598.98 mb = 4494.71 m = 14746.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 4043.16 m = 13264.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.61 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.01 mb = 1508.96 m = 4950.61 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 19.89 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.13 mb = 1517.84 m = 4979.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.30 C = 84.74 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 26.42 C K Index: 33.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1414.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.85 mb = 1490.62 m = 4890.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.85 mb = 1540.77 m = 5054.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 804.85 mb = 2052.73 m = 6734.60 ft B at Equ Level: 6.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 744.85 mb = 2705.16 m = 8875.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.8 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 285.8 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.1 neg: -0.6 tot: 20.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 145.15 Bulk Shear: 9.75 m/s