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: 42.55,-88.94 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -88.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 977 263 23.6 21.4 88 2.1 22.1 182 6 298.7 301.7 296.0 347.3 16.68 2 950 512 25.1 19.1 69 6.0 20.9 204 19 302.7 305.4 295.8 346.5 14.83 3 900 987 24.2 13.3 51 10.8 17.0 234 27 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.8 10.75 4 850 1485 21.2 10.3 50 10.8 14.3 246 32 308.3 310.1 293.5 336.6 9.32 5 800 2006 16.7 8.9 60 7.9 11.8 250 33 309.0 310.7 293.4 336.3 8.96 6 750 2552 12.1 7.1 71 5.0 9.0 253 33 309.7 311.3 293.2 335.5 8.44 7 700 3126 7.3 4.3 81 3.0 5.6 257 33 310.6 312.0 292.7 333.6 7.47 8 650 3731 2.2 0.1 85 2.2 1.1 258 33 311.5 312.6 291.7 330.0 5.92 9 600 4373 -2.0 -6.7 70 4.7 -4.1 255 33 313.8 314.6 290.6 326.2 3.87 10 550 5063 -4.4 -12.7 52 8.3 -7.7 269 25 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.6 2.62 11 500 5807 -9.5 -12.6 78 3.1 -10.7 272 17 321.4 322.0 292.0 331.1 2.91 12 450 6611 -15.5 -16.9 89 1.4 -16.0 277 16 323.7 324.2 292.1 331.4 2.26 13 400 7492 -20.4 -20.8 97 0.4 -20.5 282 18 328.4 328.8 293.0 334.8 1.82 14 350 8468 -27.1 -29.4 81 2.3 -27.6 259 27 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.7 0.96 15 300 9559 -35.9 -36.6 93 0.7 -36.0 257 34 334.8 334.9 293.6 336.9 0.56 16 250 10797 -47.0 -47.6 94 0.6 -47.0 265 42 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.21 17 200 12233 -59.0 -60.6 82 1.6 -59.1 273 44 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.05 18 150 14018 -60.7 -74.5 15 13.8 -60.9 294 44 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16538 -61.5 -83.9 4 22.5 -61.7 276 22 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.48 m Freezing level: 623.40 mb = 4072.83 m = 13362.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.58 mb = 3860.98 m = 12667.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.33 % Est. max temperature: 33.46 C = 92.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.64 mb = 533.80 m = 1751.29 ft T: 25.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 21.09 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.07 mb = 2350.89 m = 7712.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.27 C = 93.69 F Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.67 C Cross Totals Index: 19.84 C K Index: 38.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1316.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.47 mb = 1705.64 m = 5595.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.47 mb = 2851.91 m = 9356.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.47 mb = 12768.34 m = 41890.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1275.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.47 mb = 15228.04 m = 49960.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 283.8 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): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 242.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.89 Bulk Rich Number: 24.42 Bulk Shear: 53.91 m/s