MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.18,-89.11 Latitude: 42.18 Longitude: -89.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 199 SFC 993 255 11.3 8.8 85 2.4 9.9 273 5 284.9 286.2 283.4 304.9 7.17 2 950 633 15.7 6.5 54 9.2 10.6 297 9 293.1 294.3 285.9 311.6 6.40 3 900 1089 12.2 3.8 57 8.3 7.8 311 8 294.0 295.0 285.4 310.3 5.59 4 850 1564 8.0 1.8 65 6.2 4.8 327 7 294.5 295.4 285.1 309.5 5.12 5 800 2061 3.7 -1.1 71 4.8 1.4 342 8 295.0 295.8 284.6 308.0 4.40 6 750 2583 2.8 -15.9 24 18.8 -3.5 346 10 299.7 299.9 283.1 304.3 1.47 7 700 3139 0.6 -21.8 17 22.4 -6.0 335 14 303.2 303.3 283.9 306.3 0.95 8 650 3729 -2.7 -28.2 12 25.5 -9.0 333 20 305.9 306.0 284.5 307.9 0.58 9 600 4361 -4.8 -40.1 4 35.3 -11.4 334 25 310.6 310.6 285.8 311.3 0.19 10 550 5040 -8.5 -29.6 16 21.1 -13.4 336 30 314.0 314.1 287.5 316.1 0.60 11 500 5771 -13.4 -34.9 14 21.6 -17.4 342 35 316.7 316.8 288.1 318.2 0.39 12 450 6566 -18.1 -43.2 9 25.2 -21.5 344 37 320.5 320.6 289.1 321.2 0.19 13 400 7434 -25.0 -41.4 20 16.4 -27.1 339 40 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.4 0.25 14 350 8392 -31.1 -43.3 29 12.1 -32.4 339 49 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.24 15 300 9464 -39.9 -48.9 38 9.0 -40.5 330 54 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.15 16 250 10682 -49.8 -53.5 64 3.8 -49.9 322 57 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 17 200 12111 -56.9 -63.5 43 6.7 -57.0 319 57 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 13942 -55.9 -78.4 4 22.5 -56.2 322 54 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.01 19 100 16504 -57.7 -84.9 2 27.2 -58.1 326 28 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5572.67 m Freezing level: 690.80 mb = 3247.73 m = 10655.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 785.51 mb = 2208.61 m = 7246.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.40 % Est. max temperature: 20.84 C = 69.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.28 mb = 568.11 m = 1863.84 ft T: 14.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 7.29 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.15 mb = 2038.75 m = 6688.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.30 C = 70.34 F Cap Strength: 8.48 C Lifted Index: 9.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.80 C Showalter Index: 9.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.33 C Cross Totals Index: 15.16 C K Index: 0.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 70.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12086.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.69 mb = 1644.76 m = 5396.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.3 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 5.3 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.5 neg: -7.0 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.32 Bulk Shear: 26.14 m/s