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,-89.88 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -89.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 240 25.2 21.4 80 3.8 22.5 168 9 300.2 303.2 296.4 348.8 16.62 2 950 507 27.4 17.2 54 10.2 20.4 190 25 305.0 307.4 295.3 344.2 13.11 3 900 985 26.0 11.9 41 14.2 16.8 225 29 308.3 310.2 293.8 338.0 9.75 4 850 1485 22.2 8.5 42 13.7 13.7 242 32 309.4 310.9 292.9 334.6 8.22 5 800 2007 17.5 6.3 48 11.1 10.7 249 33 309.8 311.2 292.5 332.9 7.51 6 750 2554 12.5 4.9 60 7.6 8.0 255 32 310.1 311.5 292.4 332.5 7.27 7 700 3128 7.4 2.8 72 4.6 4.8 260 30 310.7 312.0 292.1 331.5 6.70 8 650 3734 3.0 -2.0 69 5.1 0.5 263 30 312.4 313.4 291.2 328.4 5.08 9 600 4378 -1.0 -9.6 52 8.6 -4.7 259 28 314.9 315.5 290.2 324.9 3.07 10 550 5066 -5.5 -15.8 44 10.3 -9.2 254 25 317.6 318.0 290.1 324.4 2.03 11 500 5809 -9.2 -17.5 51 8.3 -12.0 250 22 321.9 322.2 291.3 328.4 1.94 12 450 6616 -14.4 -15.4 92 1.0 -14.7 287 15 325.2 325.7 292.8 333.9 2.57 13 400 7500 -19.8 -19.9 99 0.1 -19.8 273 14 329.3 329.7 293.4 336.2 1.97 14 350 8477 -27.2 -27.2 100 0.0 -27.2 256 25 332.1 332.3 293.4 336.3 1.17 15 300 9568 -35.9 -36.2 96 0.4 -35.9 270 35 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.0 0.58 16 250 10805 -47.0 -47.2 98 0.2 -47.0 260 41 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.22 17 200 12239 -59.3 -59.8 94 0.5 -59.3 271 51 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.06 18 150 14035 -59.9 -75.5 11 15.7 -60.0 293 41 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16548 -62.0 -84.0 4 22.0 -62.3 281 25 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.33 m Freezing level: 612.58 mb = 4216.04 m = 13832.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.26 mb = 3792.76 m = 12443.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.34 % Est. max temperature: 34.55 C = 94.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.77 mb = 725.53 m = 2380.32 ft T: 26.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 24.49 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.70 mb = 2601.70 m = 8535.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.18 C = 95.33 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.36 C Cross Totals Index: 17.68 C K Index: 35.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1059.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 179.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.71 mb = 2095.42 m = 6874.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.71 mb = 3048.60 m = 10001.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.71 mb = 12668.44 m = 41562.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1023.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.71 mb = 14609.73 m = 47931.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 314.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.01 Bulk Rich Number: 14.11 Bulk Shear: 75.11 m/s