MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.96,-87.93 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -87.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 SFC 996 220 13.1 8.9 75 4.2 10.7 74 4 286.5 287.8 284.0 306.6 7.17 2 950 621 12.1 7.3 72 4.8 9.4 85 9 289.4 290.6 284.8 308.6 6.75 3 900 1072 9.4 2.1 61 7.2 5.8 62 8 291.2 292.0 283.6 305.5 4.96 4 850 1546 9.7 -11.0 22 20.7 1.7 9 9 296.3 296.7 282.3 302.3 1.94 5 800 2047 7.9 -18.2 14 26.1 -0.9 337 11 299.5 299.7 282.7 303.2 1.14 6 750 2576 5.4 -20.6 13 25.9 -2.9 324 13 302.4 302.6 283.7 305.6 0.99 7 700 3136 2.6 -16.5 23 19.1 -4.0 323 14 305.4 305.7 285.4 310.2 1.50 8 650 3731 -0.6 -15.7 31 15.1 -5.9 322 17 308.2 308.6 286.6 313.8 1.72 9 600 4366 -4.2 -16.5 38 12.3 -8.4 324 20 311.3 311.6 287.8 317.0 1.76 10 550 5047 -7.8 -20.1 37 12.2 -11.6 326 23 314.8 315.1 288.6 319.5 1.41 11 500 5782 -11.8 -29.0 23 17.1 -15.8 320 29 318.6 318.7 289.0 321.1 0.70 12 450 6581 -16.9 -34.8 20 17.9 -20.2 319 37 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.6 0.44 13 400 7454 -23.2 -41.2 18 18.0 -25.6 317 42 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.8 0.26 14 350 8416 -31.0 -47.7 18 16.6 -32.5 313 47 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.15 15 300 9487 -40.3 -49.7 36 9.4 -40.9 312 50 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.14 16 250 10704 -49.9 -50.1 98 0.2 -49.9 314 48 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.16 17 200 12129 -58.1 -63.6 49 5.5 -58.2 319 49 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 18 150 13944 -57.0 -78.4 5 21.4 -57.3 326 50 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16501 -58.2 -85.3 2 27.1 -58.6 332 26 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5593.02 m Freezing level: 659.91 mb = 3613.28 m = 11854.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 817.05 mb = 1872.75 m = 6144.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.08 % Est. max temperature: 23.10 C = 73.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.77 mb = 756.04 m = 2480.40 ft T: 11.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 6.27 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.57 mb = 3315.05 m = 10876.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Cap Strength: 10.69 C Lifted Index: 12.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.12 C Showalter Index: 15.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.57 C Cross Totals Index: 0.84 C K Index: -8.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 48.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13070.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.54 mb = 1328.83 m = 4359.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.3 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 0.3 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -16.9 tot: -6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 55.94 m/s