MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 42.30,-89.11 Latitude: 42.30 Longitude: -89.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 258 24.1 13.9 53 10.2 17.5 97 5 298.1 299.9 291.0 327.6 10.15 2 950 623 20.5 9.1 48 11.5 13.7 103 8 298.0 299.4 288.9 320.4 7.63 3 900 1086 16.1 8.1 59 8.0 11.4 107 10 298.1 299.4 288.8 320.2 7.55 4 850 1568 11.5 6.9 74 4.5 8.9 112 11 298.2 299.5 288.7 319.8 7.37 5 800 2072 8.6 -1.0 51 9.6 3.8 126 12 300.3 301.1 286.6 313.6 4.43 6 750 2603 6.0 -9.7 31 15.8 -0.4 143 8 303.1 303.6 285.6 310.8 2.44 7 700 3165 3.2 -15.7 23 18.9 -3.6 164 5 306.0 306.3 285.7 311.2 1.60 8 650 3761 -0.1 -20.9 19 20.9 -6.5 186 5 308.9 309.1 286.2 312.6 1.11 9 600 4397 -3.8 -18.8 30 14.9 -8.6 202 5 311.7 312.0 287.6 316.5 1.45 10 550 5078 -8.4 -18.5 44 10.1 -11.6 199 5 314.1 314.4 288.6 319.5 1.62 11 500 5810 -13.0 -19.2 60 6.2 -14.9 233 3 317.2 317.5 289.6 322.8 1.67 12 450 6606 -17.9 -25.7 50 7.8 -19.7 315 6 320.8 321.0 290.1 324.4 1.05 13 400 7475 -24.7 -28.6 70 3.9 -25.5 300 10 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.1 0.90 14 350 8432 -32.0 -36.3 66 4.2 -32.6 294 10 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.3 0.49 15 300 9500 -41.1 -45.0 66 3.9 -41.4 286 9 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.3 0.23 16 250 10710 -51.6 -52.1 94 0.5 -51.6 272 12 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.12 17 200 12135 -55.2 -67.8 19 12.7 -55.4 314 15 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13972 -56.6 -78.3 5 21.7 -56.9 326 15 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.6 0.01 19 100 16533 -57.9 -84.6 2 26.6 -58.3 341 10 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.45 m Freezing level: 651.04 mb = 3748.51 m = 12298.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.63 mb = 2552.31 m = 8373.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.16 % Est. max temperature: 24.61 C = 76.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.09 mb = 1537.50 m = 5044.22 ft T: 11.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 16.87 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.50 mb = 2466.94 m = 8093.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: 2.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 12.51 Risk: None Sweat Index: 107.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7964.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.44 mb = 1953.99 m = 6410.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.6 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 176.6 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 3.79 m/s