MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 42.41,-85.18 Latitude: 42.41 Longitude: -85.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 977 277 21.4 19.3 88 2.1 19.9 217 12 296.5 299.1 293.9 338.4 14.53 2 950 520 18.7 17.9 95 0.8 18.1 224 18 296.1 298.6 293.2 335.6 13.70 3 900 984 17.1 14.4 84 2.7 15.3 252 25 299.1 301.2 292.4 332.8 11.54 4 850 1471 14.7 10.4 76 4.3 12.0 251 36 301.6 303.3 291.5 329.3 9.38 5 800 1982 12.0 7.7 75 4.3 9.4 246 42 303.9 305.4 291.3 328.7 8.26 6 750 2520 8.8 6.5 86 2.2 7.5 241 42 306.1 307.6 291.9 330.7 8.14 7 700 3088 5.1 3.6 90 1.5 4.2 235 50 308.1 309.4 291.7 329.9 7.11 8 650 3690 1.4 0.4 93 1.0 0.8 232 52 310.5 311.6 291.5 329.3 6.06 9 600 4332 -1.6 -3.0 90 1.4 -2.3 231 50 314.3 315.3 291.9 330.5 5.12 10 550 5021 -4.8 -6.2 90 1.4 -5.5 231 46 318.4 319.2 292.4 332.5 4.36 11 500 5766 -8.9 -9.9 93 1.0 -9.3 234 43 322.2 322.9 292.9 334.2 3.62 12 450 6576 -13.3 -15.2 85 1.9 -14.0 235 40 326.5 327.0 293.2 335.4 2.60 13 400 7463 -19.2 -20.1 92 0.9 -19.4 243 38 330.1 330.5 293.5 336.9 1.94 14 350 8443 -26.2 -26.7 96 0.5 -26.3 241 40 333.4 333.6 293.8 337.8 1.23 15 300 9538 -34.7 -34.8 99 0.1 -34.7 249 45 336.5 336.6 294.1 339.0 0.67 16 250 10782 -45.8 -45.9 99 0.1 -45.8 267 55 338.0 338.0 294.1 339.0 0.25 17 200 12223 -58.5 -58.6 99 0.1 -58.5 277 70 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.07 18 150 13995 -60.6 -74.9 14 14.3 -60.7 279 47 365.7 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16509 -62.1 -83.9 4 21.9 -62.3 249 20 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.22 m Freezing level: 627.00 mb = 3985.21 m = 13074.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.47 mb = 3858.65 m = 12659.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.44 mb = 543.59 m = 1783.40 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 9.76 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1404.60 m = 4608.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.10 C = 78.98 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.33 C K Index: 32.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.69 mb = 977.59 m = 3207.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.69 mb = 2678.83 m = 8788.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 525.69 mb = 5374.57 m = 17632.88 ft B at Equ Level: 85.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 385.69 mb = 7730.31 m = 25361.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 3.9 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.2 neg: -15.9 tot: 67.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 78.64 m/s