MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 43,-88.11 Latitude: 43.00 Longitude: -88.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 180 SFC 993 237 16.8 10.1 65 6.7 12.9 262 6 290.5 291.9 286.3 312.7 7.83 2 950 617 16.5 3.6 42 12.9 9.6 290 15 293.9 294.8 284.9 309.1 5.20 3 900 1074 12.7 1.6 47 11.1 7.1 317 16 294.6 295.5 284.8 308.6 4.77 4 850 1550 8.3 0.4 58 7.9 4.4 326 16 294.8 295.6 284.7 308.4 4.62 5 800 2047 3.5 -0.7 74 4.3 1.5 331 17 294.9 295.7 284.7 308.2 4.53 6 750 2566 -1.4 -2.3 93 1.0 -1.8 336 17 295.1 295.9 284.5 307.8 4.30 7 700 3114 -2.2 -20.0 24 17.7 -7.4 347 20 300.0 300.2 282.8 303.6 1.12 8 650 3700 -4.6 -25.0 19 20.4 -9.8 344 23 303.7 303.9 283.9 306.3 0.77 9 600 4324 -8.7 -27.2 21 18.4 -13.0 342 26 306.0 306.1 284.7 308.3 0.69 10 550 4993 -12.6 -38.6 9 26.1 -16.8 345 32 309.2 309.2 285.3 310.0 0.25 11 500 5714 -16.6 -44.2 7 27.7 -20.2 346 41 312.8 312.9 286.5 313.4 0.15 12 450 6498 -21.8 -46.4 9 24.6 -24.5 346 50 315.8 315.8 287.5 316.3 0.13 13 400 7354 -27.5 -42.6 22 15.1 -29.2 345 61 319.3 319.3 288.8 320.1 0.22 14 350 8302 -34.4 -50.5 18 16.1 -35.5 347 70 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.8 0.11 15 300 9363 -41.8 -55.3 22 13.6 -42.4 349 82 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.07 16 250 10573 -50.4 -56.3 50 5.9 -50.6 344 82 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.07 17 200 12015 -52.2 -68.0 13 15.8 -52.5 342 71 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 13880 -52.5 -80.9 2 28.4 -52.9 330 46 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16475 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 330 28 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5534.76 m Freezing level: 763.93 mb = 2421.40 m = 7944.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 777.38 mb = 2277.58 m = 7472.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.51 % Est. max temperature: 21.10 C = 69.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.85 mb = 1084.98 m = 3559.59 ft T: 12.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 9.16 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2219.50 m = 7281.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.27 C = 70.28 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: 5.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.01 C Showalter Index: 6.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.82 C Cross Totals Index: 16.93 C K Index: 7.48 Risk: None Sweat Index: 77.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.69 mb = 2039.67 m = 6691.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.69 mb = 2505.29 m = 8219.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.69 mb = 2719.00 m = 8920.50 ft B at Equ Level: 16.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 695.69 mb = 3162.51 m = 10375.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.7 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 8.7 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 49.28 m/s