MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.34,-89.11 Latitude: 42.34 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 157 SFC 988 258 21.9 17.0 74 4.9 18.7 9 6 296.1 298.3 292.2 331.9 12.45 2 950 600 18.5 13.8 74 4.7 15.5 7 7 296.0 297.9 290.6 326.3 10.50 3 900 1061 14.3 12.6 89 1.8 13.2 359 7 296.3 298.1 290.5 325.8 10.21 4 850 1542 11.0 10.1 94 0.9 10.5 341 7 297.7 299.3 290.1 324.4 9.19 5 800 2046 8.8 4.8 76 4.1 6.6 316 10 300.6 301.8 288.9 320.6 6.74 6 750 2578 5.6 1.7 76 3.9 3.5 317 13 302.6 303.7 288.8 320.0 5.78 7 700 3139 2.2 -2.9 69 5.0 -0.2 321 16 304.9 305.7 288.2 318.4 4.43 8 650 3734 -1.0 -11.4 45 10.4 -5.0 328 17 307.9 308.3 287.3 315.7 2.46 9 600 4369 -4.2 -17.3 35 13.1 -8.6 342 15 311.2 311.6 287.6 316.6 1.64 10 550 5050 -7.8 -28.1 18 20.4 -12.8 352 17 314.9 315.0 287.8 317.3 0.69 11 500 5784 -12.6 -32.0 18 19.4 -16.7 352 20 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.5 0.52 12 450 6581 -16.5 -39.8 11 23.3 -20.2 353 31 322.5 322.6 289.8 323.5 0.27 13 400 7454 -23.6 -37.6 27 14.0 -25.7 349 34 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.38 14 350 8414 -31.4 -39.7 44 8.4 -32.3 353 41 326.5 326.5 291.1 327.8 0.35 15 300 9485 -40.2 -43.5 71 3.2 -40.5 350 50 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.27 16 250 10701 -50.2 -53.7 67 3.5 -50.3 358 65 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12133 -56.2 -62.9 43 6.7 -56.3 341 59 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 13958 -57.5 -77.5 6 20.1 -57.8 331 52 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16513 -58.6 -85.3 2 26.8 -58.9 323 30 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.88 m Freezing level: 665.36 mb = 3551.28 m = 11651.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.86 mb = 3105.93 m = 10189.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.38 % Est. max temperature: 24.18 C = 75.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.56 mb = 877.69 m = 2879.52 ft T: 16.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.23 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1260.54 m = 4135.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.73 C = 72.91 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 28.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.47 mb = 1169.47 m = 3836.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.47 mb = 1409.59 m = 4624.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 543.47 mb = 5141.53 m = 16868.34 ft B at Equ Level: 75.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 403.47 mb = 7389.95 m = 24244.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.8 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 9.8 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.87 Bulk Shear: 9.62 m/s