MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 42.57,-89.03 Latitude: 42.57 Longitude: -89.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 981 261 27.4 20.4 66 7.0 22.4 210 8 302.3 305.1 296.3 348.3 15.59 2 950 540 25.3 15.7 55 9.6 18.8 211 15 302.9 305.1 293.9 338.2 11.91 3 900 1012 20.9 13.9 64 7.0 16.3 209 18 303.1 305.1 293.4 336.2 11.18 4 850 1503 16.4 12.7 79 3.7 14.0 206 21 303.3 305.3 293.2 335.7 10.89 5 800 2016 12.5 10.4 87 2.2 11.2 216 23 304.5 306.3 292.9 334.2 9.93 6 750 2556 9.9 7.6 86 2.3 8.5 238 22 307.3 308.9 292.7 333.9 8.78 7 700 3129 8.5 0.7 58 7.8 4.2 264 19 311.9 313.0 291.7 329.9 5.76 8 650 3738 4.9 -10.9 31 15.8 -1.7 290 18 314.6 315.0 289.6 322.9 2.57 9 600 4384 -0.7 -6.5 65 5.8 -3.3 289 25 315.3 316.1 291.1 327.9 3.93 10 550 5072 -6.2 -8.1 86 1.9 -7.1 283 28 316.7 317.4 291.4 328.8 3.76 11 500 5812 -11.0 -12.0 92 1.0 -11.4 287 31 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.6 3.04 12 450 6614 -15.9 -16.5 96 0.5 -16.1 291 31 323.2 323.7 292.0 331.1 2.35 13 400 7492 -21.5 -23.2 86 1.7 -22.0 296 21 327.0 327.3 292.3 332.2 1.47 14 350 8462 -28.8 -33.6 63 4.9 -29.6 297 25 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.3 0.64 15 300 9544 -37.9 -42.1 64 4.2 -38.3 291 26 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.2 0.31 16 250 10771 -48.6 -49.8 88 1.2 -48.7 279 29 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.16 17 200 12196 -60.3 -62.5 76 2.2 -60.4 279 25 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.04 18 150 13975 -58.7 -76.2 9 17.5 -58.9 299 33 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16509 -61.0 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.2 295 19 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.55 m Freezing level: 606.18 mb = 4304.36 m = 14121.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.54 mb = 3556.15 m = 11667.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.75 mb = 1148.92 m = 3769.38 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 25.40 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.48 mb = 1874.96 m = 6151.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 32.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 913.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.88 mb = 1716.18 m = 5630.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.88 mb = 2080.71 m = 6826.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.88 mb = 2736.87 m = 8979.12 ft B at Equ Level: 3.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 713.88 mb = 2966.28 m = 9731.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 22.06 Bulk Shear: 41.40 m/s