MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 43.03,-88.02 Latitude: 43.03 Longitude: -88.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 979 232 22.1 19.9 87 2.3 20.6 173 4 297.1 299.9 294.5 340.8 15.11 2 950 490 22.4 18.7 79 3.7 19.8 209 13 299.9 302.6 294.8 342.1 14.41 3 900 959 19.2 17.5 90 1.7 18.0 236 23 301.3 303.9 295.0 342.8 14.10 4 850 1449 16.2 15.3 95 0.8 15.6 257 30 303.1 305.5 294.7 341.7 13.01 5 800 1964 15.3 10.6 74 4.7 12.3 263 37 307.4 309.3 293.8 338.0 10.09 6 750 2512 14.0 6.1 59 7.9 9.2 263 47 311.8 313.2 293.3 336.1 7.88 7 700 3091 10.7 2.0 55 8.6 5.8 260 42 314.3 315.5 292.9 334.2 6.34 8 650 3703 5.4 0.8 72 4.6 2.9 262 38 315.1 316.3 293.0 334.8 6.25 9 600 4353 0.9 -5.8 60 6.8 -2.3 271 31 317.2 318.0 291.9 330.5 4.13 10 550 5045 -4.5 -12.1 56 7.5 -7.5 280 30 318.7 319.2 291.1 327.8 2.75 11 500 5788 -9.6 -20.9 39 11.2 -13.1 284 27 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.3 1.45 12 450 6593 -14.9 -32.6 21 17.7 -18.6 275 28 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.5 0.55 13 400 7473 -21.5 -24.5 77 2.9 -22.2 270 34 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.6 1.32 14 350 8445 -28.2 -28.4 98 0.2 -28.2 280 37 330.7 331.0 292.9 334.5 1.05 15 300 9530 -37.1 -42.0 60 4.9 -37.6 276 41 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.32 16 250 10761 -48.0 -51.6 66 3.6 -48.1 279 42 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.13 17 200 12193 -58.5 -61.7 66 3.3 -58.5 278 45 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 18 150 13989 -60.4 -75.7 12 15.2 -60.6 290 42 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16520 -61.2 -84.0 3 22.8 -61.4 287 26 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.46 m Freezing level: 591.35 mb = 4472.51 m = 14673.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.97 mb = 4060.93 m = 13323.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.35 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.06 mb = 516.59 m = 1694.81 ft T: 22.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 8.59 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1300.81 m = 4267.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.53 C = 81.55 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.31 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.99 C K Index: 32.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1201.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.63 mb = 1019.76 m = 3345.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.63 mb = 3846.31 m = 12618.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.63 mb = 12558.38 m = 41201.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1170.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.63 mb = 14948.44 m = 49042.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.7 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 294.7 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 284.3 neg: -33.9 tot: 250.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.79 Bulk Shear: 93.93 m/s