MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 43.02,-88.06 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -88.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 988 234 19.5 18.9 97 0.5 19.1 276 8 293.7 296.2 292.7 333.8 14.09 2 950 569 20.0 16.6 81 3.4 17.7 281 23 297.5 299.8 292.8 334.0 12.61 3 900 1035 18.8 16.7 88 2.1 17.4 255 22 300.9 303.3 294.4 340.3 13.41 4 850 1526 16.7 15.3 91 1.4 15.7 237 27 303.6 306.0 294.8 342.1 12.93 5 800 2043 15.2 12.4 83 2.8 13.3 214 26 307.3 309.5 294.7 341.6 11.35 6 750 2589 13.5 3.9 52 9.6 7.9 200 27 311.2 312.5 292.3 332.1 6.75 7 700 3166 9.8 2.6 61 7.2 5.8 193 29 313.3 314.6 292.8 334.1 6.62 8 650 3778 5.6 0.5 70 5.0 2.8 194 28 315.3 316.4 293.0 334.6 6.13 9 600 4428 1.3 -6.6 56 7.9 -2.4 193 27 317.6 318.3 291.7 330.1 3.88 10 550 5122 -3.3 -10.8 56 7.5 -6.4 181 25 320.2 320.8 291.8 330.3 3.05 11 500 5871 -7.2 -13.8 59 6.6 -9.8 189 25 324.3 324.8 292.6 333.2 2.63 12 450 6685 -11.8 -19.2 54 7.4 -14.2 213 25 328.4 328.8 293.0 334.9 1.85 13 400 7577 -17.6 -22.8 64 5.2 -19.1 218 25 332.1 332.4 293.7 337.6 1.53 14 350 8563 -24.9 -25.9 92 1.0 -25.2 222 26 335.2 335.4 294.3 340.0 1.32 15 300 9668 -31.8 -31.8 100 0.0 -31.8 241 27 340.6 340.8 295.3 343.9 0.89 16 250 10930 -42.1 -42.0 100 -0.0 -42.1 258 32 343.5 343.6 295.5 345.0 0.38 17 200 12397 -54.7 -54.7 99 0.0 -54.6 260 31 346.2 346.2 295.9 346.7 0.11 18 150 14173 -69.1 -69.4 96 0.3 -69.1 269 52 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 19 100 16670 -60.9 -84.1 3 23.2 -61.2 234 18 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.00 m Freezing level: 586.19 mb = 4619.61 m = 15156.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.15 mb = 4120.58 m = 13518.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.41 mb = 296.60 m = 973.08 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 9.95 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2475.13 m = 8120.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.12 C = 97.02 F Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lifted Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.28 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 31.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4274.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.43 mb = 993.03 m = 3257.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.9 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 235.9 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -124.4 tot: -124.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: -7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 91.90 m/s