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: 42.08,-88.31 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -88.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 979 254 25.3 20.0 73 5.3 21.6 201 5 300.2 303.0 295.4 344.8 15.21 2 950 522 26.8 17.0 55 9.8 20.1 216 19 304.4 306.8 295.0 343.0 12.95 3 900 998 23.8 14.1 54 9.7 17.3 228 25 306.1 308.2 294.3 340.0 11.30 4 850 1495 20.5 10.9 54 9.6 14.3 241 27 307.6 309.4 293.6 337.0 9.69 5 800 2016 16.9 7.1 52 9.9 10.9 252 27 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.4 7.91 6 750 2562 12.3 5.0 61 7.3 8.0 258 27 309.9 311.3 292.3 332.3 7.29 7 700 3136 7.7 1.5 65 6.2 4.3 263 29 311.0 312.2 291.7 329.9 6.09 8 650 3742 2.9 0.1 82 2.8 1.4 264 30 312.2 313.3 291.9 330.7 5.92 9 600 4385 -1.8 -6.0 73 4.2 -3.7 271 29 314.0 314.8 290.9 327.0 4.08 10 550 5072 -5.9 -16.1 44 10.2 -9.5 270 21 317.1 317.5 289.9 323.7 1.98 11 500 5812 -10.0 -22.6 35 12.6 -13.6 264 21 320.9 321.1 290.3 325.2 1.25 12 450 6617 -14.8 -23.1 49 8.4 -17.1 265 22 324.7 324.9 291.5 329.3 1.32 13 400 7499 -20.3 -20.4 99 0.1 -20.3 308 21 328.6 329.0 293.1 335.2 1.89 14 350 8475 -27.1 -27.7 95 0.5 -27.2 286 15 332.2 332.4 293.4 336.2 1.12 15 300 9565 -36.0 -37.0 90 1.0 -36.1 270 25 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.6 0.53 16 250 10802 -46.9 -47.2 97 0.3 -46.9 278 38 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.22 17 200 12238 -59.3 -60.2 89 0.9 -59.3 275 44 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.06 18 150 14024 -60.6 -74.3 15 13.7 -60.8 299 40 365.6 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16541 -62.0 -83.9 4 21.9 -62.2 285 23 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.49 m Freezing level: 619.35 mb = 4136.05 m = 13569.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.59 mb = 3909.36 m = 12825.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.09 % Est. max temperature: 33.27 C = 91.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.17 mb = 927.74 m = 3043.72 ft T: 24.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 14.83 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.96 mb = 2494.73 m = 8184.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.83 C = 94.69 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.49 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 35.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1117.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.03 mb = 1876.82 m = 6157.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.03 mb = 3040.77 m = 9976.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.03 mb = 12621.21 m = 41407.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1089.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.03 mb = 15007.07 m = 49235.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.9 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 286.9 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 184.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 30.78 Bulk Shear: 36.29 m/s