MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 42.66,-88.43 Latitude: 42.66 Longitude: -88.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 980 275 24.6 22.7 89 1.9 23.3 216 6 299.4 302.7 297.1 352.2 18.03 2 950 548 22.6 20.9 90 1.7 21.4 222 12 300.1 303.1 296.3 348.7 16.59 3 900 1018 19.8 18.4 92 1.4 18.8 238 15 301.9 304.7 295.8 346.1 14.98 4 850 1511 17.7 16.1 90 1.6 16.6 246 18 304.6 307.2 295.6 345.3 13.64 5 800 2029 15.7 12.5 81 3.2 13.6 252 21 307.9 310.1 295.0 342.7 11.48 6 750 2575 12.4 9.5 83 2.9 10.6 255 23 310.0 311.9 294.4 340.6 10.00 7 700 3151 8.6 5.8 83 2.7 6.9 257 22 312.0 313.5 293.7 337.7 8.32 8 650 3760 4.4 0.9 78 3.5 2.5 254 23 314.0 315.2 292.7 333.8 6.30 9 600 4408 0.3 -6.8 58 7.2 -3.0 251 24 316.5 317.3 291.4 328.8 3.82 10 550 5101 -2.9 -14.5 40 11.6 -7.4 262 24 320.7 321.1 291.2 328.2 2.26 11 500 5851 -7.0 -20.1 34 13.2 -11.3 266 24 324.6 324.9 291.7 329.9 1.55 12 450 6664 -12.5 -26.0 31 13.5 -16.1 259 26 327.5 327.7 292.0 331.1 1.02 13 400 7552 -18.7 -35.4 22 16.6 -21.8 261 30 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.4 0.47 14 350 8531 -26.4 -41.4 23 15.1 -28.3 254 31 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.29 15 300 9631 -32.7 -41.1 43 8.4 -33.7 231 46 339.3 339.4 294.5 340.6 0.35 16 250 10887 -43.1 -44.8 83 1.7 -43.2 226 56 342.0 342.0 295.1 343.1 0.28 17 200 12353 -53.6 -61.9 35 8.3 -53.8 233 54 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.05 18 150 14154 -62.1 -72.5 24 10.4 -62.3 214 36 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16666 -60.9 -83.8 3 22.9 -61.2 253 15 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.92 m Freezing level: 594.61 mb = 4482.55 m = 14706.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.95 mb = 4052.47 m = 13295.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.90 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.45 mb = 507.55 m = 1665.17 ft T: 22.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 23.94 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1146.46 m = 3761.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.93 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 37.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1223.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.67 mb = 935.00 m = 3067.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.67 mb = 2533.89 m = 8313.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.67 mb = 12233.44 m = 40135.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1223.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.67 mb = 15349.58 m = 50358.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 65.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 54.27 Bulk Shear: 22.55 m/s