MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 64 SFC 979 254 25.3 17.3 61 8.0 19.8 201 12 300.3 302.6 293.7 337.7 12.79 2 950 513 25.6 15.9 55 9.8 19.0 208 30 303.2 305.4 294.0 338.8 12.01 3 900 988 23.9 13.5 52 10.4 17.0 211 35 306.2 308.2 294.0 338.9 10.87 4 850 1485 20.5 12.2 59 8.3 15.1 213 30 307.6 309.6 294.2 339.6 10.55 5 800 2006 16.9 8.3 57 8.6 11.6 241 22 309.2 310.8 293.2 335.6 8.64 6 750 2553 12.5 5.4 62 7.0 8.3 269 24 310.1 311.5 292.6 333.3 7.55 7 700 3127 7.2 3.8 79 3.5 5.2 270 24 310.5 311.8 292.4 332.6 7.17 8 650 3732 2.3 -1.7 75 4.0 0.3 267 23 311.6 312.5 291.1 327.9 5.21 9 600 4374 -1.7 -7.3 65 5.6 -4.2 262 22 314.1 314.9 290.5 325.9 3.67 10 550 5061 -5.6 -16.6 41 11.0 -9.4 249 20 317.5 317.8 289.9 323.8 1.89 11 500 5803 -9.4 -24.5 28 15.1 -13.6 241 19 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.3 1.05 12 450 6609 -15.0 -22.6 52 7.6 -17.1 240 20 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.3 1.39 13 400 7493 -19.2 -23.2 70 4.1 -20.3 250 18 330.1 330.4 293.2 335.3 1.47 14 350 8473 -26.0 -32.8 53 6.7 -27.2 269 29 333.7 333.8 293.4 336.2 0.69 15 300 9567 -35.5 -41.8 53 6.3 -36.1 262 35 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.6 0.33 16 250 10805 -46.9 -50.5 67 3.6 -47.1 273 42 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.15 17 200 12242 -58.3 -58.8 93 0.5 -58.3 274 63 340.4 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.07 18 150 14036 -59.3 -76.3 9 17.0 -59.6 296 49 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16534 -62.8 -83.8 4 21.1 -63.0 301 22 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.60 m Freezing level: 621.29 mb = 4100.55 m = 13453.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.15 mb = 3767.17 m = 12359.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.45 % Est. max temperature: 33.24 C = 91.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.93 mb = 1273.82 m = 4179.16 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 15.77 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.14 mb = 2663.12 m = 8737.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.11 C = 95.20 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 38.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 452.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 202.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.07 mb = 1962.83 m = 6439.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.07 mb = 3137.82 m = 10294.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.07 mb = 11655.35 m = 38238.87 ft B at Equ Level: 448.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.07 mb = 13670.14 m = 44849.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.1 neg: -12.6 tot: 151.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 14.31 Bulk Shear: 31.64 m/s