MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 42.34,-88.98 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -88.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 989 257 22.2 14.1 60 8.1 17.0 157 3 296.2 298.1 290.5 325.9 10.25 2 950 603 18.4 11.3 63 7.1 14.0 160 4 295.9 297.5 289.2 321.5 8.87 3 900 1064 14.0 10.3 79 3.6 11.8 165 4 295.9 297.5 289.2 321.4 8.80 4 850 1543 11.2 6.1 71 5.1 8.3 220 5 297.8 299.1 288.2 318.2 6.96 5 800 2047 8.1 2.6 68 5.5 5.2 251 8 299.8 300.9 287.8 317.0 5.79 6 750 2577 5.3 -5.4 46 10.7 0.5 253 10 302.4 303.0 286.4 312.8 3.41 7 700 3139 4.0 -18.5 18 22.5 -3.6 249 9 306.9 307.1 285.7 311.0 1.26 8 650 3738 1.4 -23.8 13 25.1 -6.1 252 8 310.5 310.7 286.5 313.4 0.86 9 600 4377 -2.7 -25.3 16 22.6 -8.9 262 9 313.0 313.2 287.3 315.8 0.82 10 550 5060 -7.0 -31.3 12 24.3 -12.6 271 10 315.8 315.9 287.9 317.6 0.51 11 500 5796 -11.5 -34.1 13 22.6 -16.1 279 12 319.0 319.1 288.9 320.5 0.43 12 450 6597 -15.5 -42.3 8 26.8 -19.7 306 13 323.7 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.21 13 400 7475 -21.8 -36.6 25 14.9 -24.2 306 19 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.2 0.41 14 350 8444 -29.0 -33.0 68 4.0 -29.6 321 24 329.7 329.8 292.3 332.2 0.68 15 300 9526 -37.9 -41.0 72 3.1 -38.2 310 27 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.35 16 250 10753 -48.1 -48.2 99 0.1 -48.1 316 31 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.3 0.19 17 200 12184 -59.9 -60.0 98 0.1 -59.9 304 37 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.06 18 150 14003 -56.9 -79.6 4 22.7 -57.2 309 40 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16535 -61.4 -83.9 4 22.5 -61.7 315 21 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.79 m Freezing level: 632.95 mb = 3955.71 m = 12977.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 743.42 mb = 2648.82 m = 8690.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.33 % Est. max temperature: 24.16 C = 75.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.66 mb = 1274.58 m = 4181.66 ft T: 12.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 14.86 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.68 mb = 1824.98 m = 5987.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.83 C = 76.70 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: 3.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: 5.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.68 C Cross Totals Index: 17.62 C K Index: 6.26 Risk: None Sweat Index: 95.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7305.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.62 mb = 1468.36 m = 4817.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.0 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 287.0 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -1.3 tot: 17.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 12.23 m/s