MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.39,-89.00 Latitude: 42.39 Longitude: -89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 990 256 21.4 14.6 65 6.8 17.0 256 8 295.4 297.3 290.5 325.8 10.58 2 950 612 17.8 10.9 64 6.9 13.6 258 12 295.3 296.8 288.8 320.2 8.65 3 900 1071 13.4 10.0 80 3.4 11.4 260 12 295.4 296.9 288.8 320.2 8.61 4 850 1550 9.1 8.2 94 0.9 8.6 268 13 295.7 297.1 288.4 319.0 8.04 5 800 2050 6.2 2.5 77 3.7 4.3 289 17 297.8 298.9 287.0 314.7 5.73 6 750 2577 3.7 -4.4 55 8.1 0.0 302 21 300.6 301.3 285.9 311.7 3.67 7 700 3134 1.1 -10.7 41 11.8 -3.5 307 21 303.7 304.2 285.8 311.3 2.41 8 650 3727 -1.6 -12.4 44 10.8 -5.6 314 21 307.2 307.6 286.9 314.4 2.27 9 600 4360 -5.1 -13.8 50 8.8 -8.2 318 21 310.2 310.7 287.9 317.3 2.18 10 550 5038 -9.8 -16.7 57 6.9 -12.1 317 22 312.4 312.8 288.3 318.6 1.88 11 500 5765 -15.7 -18.7 78 3.0 -16.6 314 23 313.9 314.3 288.6 319.7 1.75 12 450 6551 -21.6 -23.7 84 2.0 -22.1 307 25 316.0 316.3 288.8 320.3 1.26 13 400 7406 -28.2 -34.9 53 6.7 -29.2 310 27 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.1 0.49 14 350 8349 -36.1 -39.7 69 3.6 -36.4 305 36 320.1 320.1 289.2 321.3 0.35 15 300 9398 -45.0 -45.1 98 0.2 -45.0 299 34 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.23 16 250 10603 -47.2 -61.5 18 14.3 -47.6 300 52 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.04 17 200 12071 -50.1 -70.5 7 20.4 -50.5 303 59 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 13931 -54.3 -79.2 3 24.9 -54.7 313 54 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.01 19 100 16509 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 313 28 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.95 m Freezing level: 679.23 mb = 3380.31 m = 11090.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.72 mb = 2579.73 m = 8463.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.84 % Est. max temperature: 22.12 C = 71.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.98 mb = 1118.26 m = 3668.78 ft T: 13.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 14.55 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.06 mb = 1451.19 m = 4761.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.64 C = 70.96 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 21.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.03 mb = 1412.64 m = 4634.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.03 mb = 1559.00 m = 5114.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 709.03 mb = 3030.45 m = 9942.31 ft B at Equ Level: 19.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 629.03 mb = 3986.41 m = 13078.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.3 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 333.3 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 25.08 m/s