MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 42.43,-88.95 Latitude: 42.43 Longitude: -88.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 990 260 20.3 12.1 59 8.2 15.2 108 5 294.2 295.9 288.7 320.0 8.96 2 950 616 16.1 8.3 60 7.8 11.6 109 6 293.5 294.8 286.9 314.4 7.26 3 900 1072 11.8 7.1 73 4.7 9.2 109 5 293.7 294.9 286.7 314.0 7.03 4 850 1550 11.1 -2.5 38 13.6 4.6 1 3 297.8 298.4 284.9 309.0 3.74 5 800 2053 8.4 4.4 76 4.0 6.2 325 10 300.1 301.3 288.6 319.6 6.57 6 750 2584 5.0 1.2 76 3.9 3.1 320 10 302.1 303.1 288.3 318.8 5.56 7 700 3145 3.1 -8.2 43 11.2 -1.7 320 8 305.9 306.4 287.1 315.1 2.95 8 650 3742 0.2 -13.8 34 14.0 -5.0 320 8 309.2 309.6 287.3 315.8 2.03 9 600 4379 -3.5 -19.4 28 15.9 -8.5 322 8 312.1 312.3 287.6 316.6 1.37 10 550 5061 -7.2 -26.1 21 18.9 -12.2 321 10 315.5 315.7 288.2 318.4 0.83 11 500 5798 -11.1 -42.0 6 30.9 -16.3 318 12 319.5 319.6 288.8 320.2 0.19 12 450 6599 -15.8 -45.6 6 29.8 -20.0 318 14 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.9 0.14 13 400 7476 -22.2 -40.2 18 18.0 -24.8 321 17 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.3 0.29 14 350 8443 -29.2 -32.6 73 3.3 -29.7 327 24 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.9 0.71 15 300 9525 -37.8 -37.8 100 -0.0 -37.8 315 42 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.9 0.49 16 250 10753 -48.4 -49.9 84 1.5 -48.5 321 39 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.16 17 200 12184 -56.2 -62.3 46 6.1 -56.3 313 51 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.04 18 150 14017 -58.4 -78.2 6 19.8 -58.6 315 53 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16540 -61.0 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.3 320 24 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.09 m Freezing level: 646.88 mb = 3781.84 m = 12407.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.89 mb = 2939.68 m = 9644.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.55 % Est. max temperature: 24.24 C = 75.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.66 mb = 1291.78 m = 4238.07 ft T: 11.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 11.01 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.08 mb = 2528.25 m = 8294.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Cap Strength: 6.58 C Lifted Index: 7.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.67 C Showalter Index: 11.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.18 C Cross Totals Index: 8.57 C K Index: 8.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 16.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9689.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.03 mb = 1568.80 m = 5146.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.8 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 355.8 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: -7.2 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 22.49 m/s