MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.32,-89.11 Latitude: 42.32 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 173 SFC 990 258 20.4 14.3 68 6.1 16.5 236 8 294.4 296.3 290.0 324.2 10.41 2 950 613 17.0 9.7 62 7.3 12.7 235 14 294.4 295.9 287.9 317.4 7.97 3 900 1071 12.8 8.3 74 4.5 10.2 234 16 294.7 296.1 287.7 316.8 7.65 4 850 1549 10.2 5.4 72 4.8 7.6 257 19 296.9 298.1 287.5 316.3 6.64 5 800 2052 7.7 4.8 81 3.0 6.1 275 19 299.4 300.6 288.5 319.3 6.73 6 750 2582 4.7 2.6 86 2.1 3.6 289 19 301.7 302.8 288.8 320.1 6.15 7 700 3141 1.4 -2.7 74 4.1 -0.6 299 21 304.0 304.8 288.0 317.6 4.47 8 650 3735 -1.9 -8.5 61 6.6 -4.7 308 23 306.8 307.4 287.6 316.4 3.08 9 600 4368 -4.9 -15.0 45 10.2 -8.4 311 22 310.5 310.9 287.8 316.9 1.98 10 550 5046 -9.4 -15.7 60 6.2 -11.5 312 20 312.9 313.3 288.6 319.6 2.05 11 500 5775 -15.2 -17.2 85 1.9 -15.8 307 19 314.5 314.8 289.0 321.0 1.99 12 450 6562 -20.6 -20.8 98 0.2 -20.6 306 23 317.4 317.7 289.6 322.9 1.63 13 400 7425 -25.8 -25.8 100 0.0 -25.8 287 31 321.4 321.7 290.4 325.5 1.17 14 350 8378 -33.1 -33.1 100 -0.0 -33.1 276 40 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.68 15 300 9440 -42.8 -42.9 99 0.1 -42.8 285 48 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.29 16 250 10652 -48.3 -57.8 32 9.5 -48.6 298 76 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.06 17 200 12105 -52.6 -67.8 14 15.2 -52.9 298 74 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 13949 -55.3 -80.1 3 24.8 -55.6 307 58 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16516 -57.3 -85.1 2 27.8 -57.8 319 32 417.0 417.0 307.3 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.84 m Freezing level: 679.40 mb = 3385.83 m = 11108.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.80 mb = 3062.95 m = 10048.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.55 % Est. max temperature: 23.36 C = 74.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.63 mb = 1027.89 m = 3372.29 ft T: 13.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 7.95 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 2039.94 m = 6692.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.35 C = 77.63 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: 3.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.66 C K Index: 26.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8198.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.50 mb = 1466.09 m = 4809.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.7 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 321.7 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 34.62 m/s