MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 42.82,-89.33 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -89.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 988 280 16.3 10.3 68 6.0 12.7 216 8 290.5 291.9 286.4 313.1 7.97 2 950 612 13.7 6.1 60 7.6 9.6 224 14 291.1 292.2 284.9 309.0 6.23 3 900 1068 13.9 -0.8 36 14.8 6.7 241 13 295.9 296.6 284.5 307.7 4.00 4 850 1548 11.9 -1.2 40 13.0 5.5 267 8 298.6 299.3 285.7 311.0 4.13 5 800 2052 8.0 2.0 66 5.9 4.9 301 8 299.6 300.6 287.5 316.1 5.54 6 750 2581 4.3 0.6 77 3.7 2.4 304 13 301.3 302.2 287.9 317.3 5.34 7 700 3139 0.9 -2.1 81 3.0 -0.5 301 20 303.5 304.4 288.0 317.8 4.70 8 650 3731 -1.0 -11.8 44 10.7 -5.1 307 20 307.8 308.3 287.2 315.4 2.39 9 600 4369 -2.0 -25.3 15 23.3 -8.6 303 16 313.8 313.9 287.6 316.5 0.81 10 550 5055 -5.8 -24.3 22 18.4 -11.1 308 14 317.2 317.3 288.9 320.5 0.97 11 500 5796 -10.1 -31.8 15 21.7 -14.9 315 12 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.7 0.53 12 450 6599 -15.5 -36.7 14 21.3 -19.3 328 11 323.8 323.8 290.3 325.1 0.36 13 400 7477 -21.6 -43.3 12 21.7 -24.5 340 11 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.21 14 350 8446 -29.2 -46.7 17 17.5 -30.9 340 11 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.16 15 300 9527 -38.0 -50.3 26 12.3 -38.8 346 15 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.13 16 250 10755 -47.6 -58.4 28 10.8 -48.0 359 14 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.06 17 200 12194 -57.7 -63.8 45 6.1 -57.8 343 19 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.04 18 150 13981 -63.2 -73.3 24 10.1 -63.3 281 30 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16487 -61.8 -83.9 4 22.1 -62.1 279 24 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.09 m Freezing level: 676.64 mb = 3415.78 m = 11206.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.66 mb = 3039.63 m = 9972.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.33 % Est. max temperature: 24.65 C = 76.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.00 mb = 1039.74 m = 3411.17 ft T: 13.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.13 C/km ThetaE index: 5.33 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.86 mb = 3360.63 m = 11025.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.89 C = 87.60 F Cap Strength: 11.40 C Lifted Index: 12.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.33 C Showalter Index: 11.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.93 C Cross Totals Index: 8.89 C K Index: 17.80 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 28.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12338.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.55 mb = 1942.76 m = 6373.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.5 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 325.5 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.7 neg: -3.6 tot: 42.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 30.42 m/s