MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 42.23,-88.95 Latitude: 42.23 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 193 SFC 993 257 22.6 13.9 58 8.7 17.0 87 5 296.4 298.2 290.5 325.6 10.11 2 950 636 19.0 8.4 50 10.5 12.8 96 7 296.4 297.8 288.0 317.8 7.32 3 900 1097 14.7 7.2 61 7.5 10.4 104 9 296.6 297.9 287.8 317.3 7.08 4 850 1577 11.6 0.1 45 11.5 5.8 114 11 298.3 299.1 285.9 311.8 4.52 5 800 2082 9.6 -11.9 21 21.5 1.1 120 5 301.4 301.8 284.4 307.4 1.92 6 750 2614 6.9 -15.8 18 22.8 -1.3 75 2 304.1 304.4 284.9 308.9 1.48 7 700 3177 3.8 -15.1 24 18.8 -3.1 106 1 306.7 307.0 286.1 312.1 1.69 8 650 3775 0.3 -16.4 27 16.7 -5.5 135 1 309.3 309.6 286.9 314.7 1.63 9 600 4412 -3.2 -22.4 21 19.2 -8.9 35 3 312.4 312.6 287.4 316.0 1.06 10 550 5094 -7.9 -21.6 32 13.7 -11.9 71 3 314.8 315.0 288.4 318.9 1.24 11 500 5828 -12.0 -18.4 59 6.4 -14.0 303 4 318.4 318.7 290.1 324.4 1.80 12 450 6627 -16.6 -17.1 96 0.5 -16.7 298 15 322.4 322.9 291.7 329.9 2.23 13 400 7502 -22.7 -22.7 100 0.0 -22.7 311 19 325.5 325.8 291.9 330.9 1.54 14 350 8467 -30.3 -30.4 100 0.0 -30.3 319 17 327.9 328.0 292.0 331.0 0.87 15 300 9541 -39.8 -39.8 100 -0.0 -39.8 288 15 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.8 0.40 16 250 10759 -50.1 -50.8 92 0.7 -50.1 270 18 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.14 17 200 12179 -59.9 -61.7 79 1.9 -59.9 289 8 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 18 150 14001 -56.0 -79.5 4 23.5 -56.3 316 24 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16550 -59.5 -84.7 2 25.2 -59.8 327 16 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.75 m Freezing level: 645.28 mb = 3834.79 m = 12581.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.42 mb = 2328.51 m = 7639.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.38 % Est. max temperature: 24.98 C = 76.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.62 mb = 1346.91 m = 4418.94 ft T: 13.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 18.18 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.98 mb = 2879.66 m = 9447.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.71 C Showalter Index: 9.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.63 C Cross Totals Index: 12.09 C K Index: 4.87 Risk: None Sweat Index: 25.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8746.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.01 mb = 1845.75 m = 6055.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 90.2 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 120.2 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -2.4 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.09 Bulk Shear: 0.53 m/s