MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.32,-89.06 Latitude: 42.32 Longitude: -89.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 989 257 19.7 16.3 81 3.4 17.5 33 9 293.7 295.8 291.0 327.6 11.87 2 950 603 16.4 13.8 85 2.6 14.7 35 12 293.8 295.7 289.9 323.8 10.49 3 900 1061 13.2 11.7 91 1.4 12.3 27 6 295.1 296.8 289.6 322.9 9.66 4 850 1541 11.3 7.6 78 3.7 9.1 335 5 297.9 299.3 288.9 320.5 7.70 5 800 2046 9.2 2.0 61 7.2 5.4 319 11 301.0 302.0 287.9 317.6 5.54 6 750 2578 5.9 -1.9 57 7.8 2.1 314 16 303.0 303.8 287.6 316.5 4.45 7 700 3139 3.3 -14.1 27 17.4 -3.1 321 19 306.1 306.5 286.1 312.0 1.83 8 650 3737 0.8 -25.2 12 25.9 -6.6 337 19 309.9 310.0 286.2 312.4 0.76 9 600 4375 -3.2 -24.4 18 21.2 -9.2 340 21 312.4 312.6 287.2 315.4 0.88 10 550 5056 -8.1 -27.5 19 19.4 -12.9 337 22 314.5 314.6 287.8 317.0 0.73 11 500 5792 -10.5 -44.7 4 34.2 -16.0 347 30 320.2 320.3 289.0 320.8 0.14 12 450 6594 -16.2 -34.8 19 18.5 -19.7 348 35 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.4 0.44 13 400 7468 -23.1 -34.5 35 11.4 -25.0 351 43 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.9 0.51 14 350 8431 -30.5 -40.9 36 10.4 -31.7 347 51 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.31 15 300 9506 -39.3 -47.2 43 8.0 -39.8 350 60 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.18 16 250 10727 -49.2 -55.1 50 5.9 -49.4 351 62 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.09 17 200 12159 -58.0 -62.4 58 4.3 -58.1 339 66 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 18 150 13964 -58.2 -77.0 7 18.8 -58.5 328 53 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.8 0.01 19 100 16510 -58.5 -85.5 2 27.0 -58.9 331 31 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.58 m Freezing level: 640.05 mb = 3863.89 m = 12676.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.81 mb = 2799.83 m = 9185.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.78 % Est. max temperature: 24.51 C = 76.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.39 mb = 680.07 m = 2231.17 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 15.59 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.16 mb = 1200.76 m = 3939.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.85 C = 71.33 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: 5.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.77 C Cross Totals Index: 18.06 C K Index: 11.94 Risk: None Sweat Index: 130.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6649.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.40 mb = 1001.23 m = 3284.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.6 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 9.6 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.9 neg: -3.7 tot: 54.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 26.42 m/s