MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 42.05,-90.21 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -90.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 986 232 19.1 18.7 98 0.4 18.9 133 8 293.4 295.9 292.5 333.0 13.91 2 950 555 18.8 15.6 82 3.2 16.7 137 5 296.3 298.4 291.8 330.3 11.81 3 900 1021 19.1 13.2 69 5.9 15.3 59 2 301.1 303.1 292.4 332.5 10.65 4 850 1511 16.5 12.4 77 4.1 13.9 216 4 303.5 305.4 293.2 335.4 10.74 5 800 2027 15.1 10.9 76 4.2 12.4 266 6 307.2 309.1 293.9 338.3 10.27 6 750 2572 11.3 7.9 79 3.4 9.2 253 13 308.9 310.5 293.3 336.1 8.93 7 700 3145 7.8 3.7 75 4.1 5.5 274 20 311.1 312.5 292.6 333.3 7.17 8 650 3755 6.2 -0.8 61 7.0 2.4 290 26 315.9 317.0 292.7 333.6 5.55 9 600 4407 2.0 -3.8 65 5.9 -0.9 292 30 318.5 319.4 292.8 333.9 4.80 10 550 5104 -2.7 -6.3 76 3.6 -4.4 279 29 320.8 321.7 293.1 335.0 4.35 11 500 5854 -6.9 -11.0 73 4.1 -8.6 274 32 324.6 325.3 293.2 335.7 3.31 12 450 6669 -12.0 -15.1 78 3.1 -13.2 257 39 328.1 328.6 293.6 337.1 2.63 13 400 7562 -16.9 -18.5 88 1.6 -17.4 246 40 333.0 333.4 294.5 340.8 2.22 14 350 8552 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 226 37 336.9 337.2 295.0 342.7 1.62 15 300 9658 -32.6 -32.6 100 -0.0 -32.6 223 34 339.4 339.6 294.9 342.5 0.82 16 250 10914 -42.8 -42.8 99 0.1 -42.8 215 34 342.5 342.5 295.3 343.8 0.35 17 200 12380 -54.8 -54.9 99 0.0 -54.9 192 31 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.4 0.11 18 150 14154 -67.6 -68.7 86 1.1 -67.6 162 18 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 19 100 16670 -62.1 -80.5 7 18.4 -62.3 236 19 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.78 m Freezing level: 578.71 mb = 4703.69 m = 15431.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.74 mb = 4222.63 m = 13853.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.87 mb = 279.81 m = 918.01 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 4.95 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.38 mb = 2466.87 m = 8093.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.55 F Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lifted Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Showalter Index: 1.87 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 19.35 C K Index: 31.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5712.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.55 mb = 1159.98 m = 3805.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.0 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 307.0 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.1 neg: -14.9 tot: 69.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 75.90 m/s