MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 42.01,-89.81 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -89.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 980 236 25.3 21.4 79 3.9 22.5 169 9 300.2 303.3 296.4 349.0 16.64 2 950 508 27.6 17.0 53 10.6 20.3 190 25 305.2 307.6 295.3 343.9 12.95 3 900 986 26.1 11.8 41 14.3 16.7 225 28 308.4 310.2 293.8 337.9 9.70 4 850 1486 22.3 8.3 41 14.0 13.6 243 33 309.5 311.0 292.9 334.3 8.11 5 800 2009 17.5 5.9 46 11.6 10.6 251 34 309.8 311.2 292.3 332.3 7.30 6 750 2555 12.6 4.3 57 8.2 7.8 256 32 310.2 311.5 292.2 331.7 6.98 7 700 3129 7.4 2.4 70 5.1 4.6 260 30 310.7 312.0 291.9 330.9 6.50 8 650 3735 2.9 -2.0 70 4.9 0.4 263 30 312.3 313.2 291.2 328.2 5.07 9 600 4379 -1.2 -9.2 55 7.9 -4.6 260 28 314.7 315.3 290.3 324.9 3.18 10 550 5067 -5.4 -17.0 40 11.6 -9.4 253 25 317.7 318.0 289.9 323.8 1.84 11 500 5810 -9.0 -20.0 40 11.0 -12.5 245 23 322.0 322.4 291.0 327.4 1.56 12 450 6617 -14.5 -16.0 89 1.5 -15.0 277 16 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.3 2.45 13 400 7501 -19.6 -19.7 99 0.1 -19.6 278 15 329.5 329.9 293.4 336.5 2.01 14 350 8478 -27.2 -27.2 100 0.0 -27.2 259 24 332.0 332.3 293.4 336.3 1.17 15 300 9569 -35.8 -36.3 95 0.6 -35.8 271 35 334.9 335.1 293.6 337.1 0.57 16 250 10806 -47.0 -47.3 97 0.3 -47.0 260 39 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.21 17 200 12242 -59.2 -60.1 89 0.9 -59.2 272 50 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.06 18 150 14037 -60.2 -75.3 12 15.0 -60.4 294 40 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16548 -62.1 -84.0 4 21.9 -62.3 281 25 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.49 m Freezing level: 614.97 mb = 4186.17 m = 13733.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.73 mb = 3788.17 m = 12428.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.59 % Est. max temperature: 34.68 C = 94.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.96 mb = 734.38 m = 2409.34 ft T: 26.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 25.17 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.04 mb = 2621.71 m = 8601.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.31 C = 95.57 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: 0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.30 C Cross Totals Index: 17.32 C K Index: 34.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1034.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.96 mb = 2115.56 m = 6940.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.96 mb = 2953.43 m = 9689.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.96 mb = 12729.41 m = 41762.66 ft B at Equ Level: 989.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.96 mb = 14690.90 m = 48197.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 314.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.99 Bulk Rich Number: 13.36 Bulk Shear: 77.46 m/s