MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 42.73,-89.27 Latitude: 42.73 Longitude: -89.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 974 275 25.0 20.9 78 4.0 22.1 216 9 300.3 303.3 296.1 347.9 16.22 2 950 496 22.8 18.4 76 4.4 19.7 220 16 300.3 302.9 294.7 341.7 14.12 3 900 965 18.6 17.1 91 1.5 17.6 226 20 300.6 303.2 294.6 341.0 13.75 4 850 1454 15.7 14.8 94 0.9 15.1 241 27 302.6 304.9 294.3 339.7 12.54 5 800 1970 16.7 9.3 62 7.4 12.0 256 37 309.0 310.7 293.6 337.1 9.24 6 750 2519 14.5 4.6 51 9.9 8.7 260 43 312.4 313.7 292.9 334.5 7.12 7 700 3099 10.5 1.2 53 9.3 5.4 259 41 314.1 315.2 292.5 332.9 5.98 8 650 3711 5.5 0.0 68 5.5 2.5 266 35 315.2 316.3 292.7 333.9 5.91 9 600 4359 0.4 -5.1 67 5.5 -2.2 274 29 316.6 317.5 291.9 330.7 4.38 10 550 5051 -4.7 -7.6 81 2.8 -6.0 280 29 318.5 319.2 292.0 331.2 3.93 11 500 5795 -9.5 -14.9 65 5.3 -11.5 282 30 321.4 321.9 291.6 329.5 2.41 12 450 6600 -15.2 -21.5 59 6.3 -17.0 281 29 324.2 324.5 291.6 329.4 1.53 13 400 7479 -21.1 -35.6 26 14.5 -23.6 281 30 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.3 0.46 14 350 8451 -28.3 -32.8 65 4.5 -29.1 274 33 330.6 330.7 292.6 333.1 0.69 15 300 9537 -37.0 -37.8 93 0.8 -37.1 275 37 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.0 0.49 16 250 10769 -47.6 -48.3 93 0.6 -47.7 271 34 335.2 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.19 17 200 12202 -58.9 -59.8 90 0.8 -58.9 269 42 339.4 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 18 150 13996 -60.0 -75.6 11 15.5 -60.2 295 45 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16523 -62.1 -83.8 4 21.7 -62.3 279 26 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.56 m Freezing level: 595.86 mb = 4416.67 m = 14490.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.25 mb = 4051.26 m = 13291.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.01 mb = 783.72 m = 2571.24 ft T: 20.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 14.98 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.46 mb = 1230.75 m = 4037.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.32 C = 79.37 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 30.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1158.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 177.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.39 mb = 1095.23 m = 3593.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.39 mb = 3818.65 m = 12528.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.39 mb = 12476.14 m = 40931.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1142.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.39 mb = 14821.02 m = 48624.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.8 neg: -11.5 tot: 231.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.64 Bulk Rich Number: 17.70 Bulk Shear: 65.45 m/s