MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.32,-89.08 Latitude: 42.32 Longitude: -89.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 988 257 14.2 12.6 90 1.6 13.3 291 1 288.3 290.0 286.9 314.5 9.33 2 950 593 16.1 10.7 70 5.4 12.9 307 10 293.5 295.1 288.1 318.0 8.54 3 900 1053 15.3 8.1 62 7.1 11.1 303 18 297.2 298.6 288.5 319.3 7.57 4 850 1536 12.7 6.1 64 6.6 8.9 299 24 299.4 300.7 288.8 320.0 6.96 5 800 2041 8.8 5.0 77 3.8 6.6 302 27 300.5 301.7 289.0 320.7 6.82 6 750 2572 4.6 3.6 93 1.0 4.1 305 29 301.6 302.8 289.2 321.3 6.61 7 700 3132 1.1 0.9 98 0.2 1.0 304 32 303.7 304.8 289.2 321.4 5.83 8 650 3724 -2.5 -3.3 94 0.8 -2.9 304 31 306.1 307.0 288.8 320.3 4.62 9 600 4356 -5.9 -6.7 94 0.8 -6.2 309 34 309.3 310.1 289.2 321.4 3.86 10 550 5032 -9.9 -10.5 95 0.6 -10.1 314 32 312.4 313.0 289.5 322.4 3.13 11 500 5761 -14.5 -15.1 95 0.6 -14.7 315 32 315.3 315.8 289.7 323.1 2.36 12 450 6552 -19.9 -21.2 90 1.3 -20.3 313 31 318.2 318.5 289.8 323.5 1.57 13 400 7414 -26.7 -27.5 93 0.8 -26.9 311 31 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.7 1.00 14 350 8362 -34.3 -35.7 88 1.3 -34.5 314 32 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.3 0.52 15 300 9423 -41.2 -54.4 23 13.2 -41.8 327 45 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.08 16 250 10642 -47.4 -59.3 24 12.0 -47.7 323 53 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 17 200 12099 -53.2 -64.5 24 11.3 -53.5 320 57 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 13942 -56.2 -79.0 4 22.8 -56.5 319 54 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.3 0.01 19 100 16501 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 328 33 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.54 m Freezing level: 684.62 mb = 3313.73 m = 10871.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.06 mb = 3280.66 m = 10763.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.17 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.47 mb = 456.01 m = 1496.07 ft T: 15.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 784.28 mb = 2204.71 m = 7233.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.67 C = 80.01 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: 1.87 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 20.61 C K Index: 33.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8818.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.59 mb = 1382.08 m = 4534.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.5 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 337.5 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.7 neg: -0.4 tot: 96.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 52.95 m/s