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: 42.96,-89.41 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -89.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 293 26.0 20.0 70 5.9 21.8 201 9 301.1 303.9 295.7 346.0 15.26 2 950 537 24.0 16.6 63 7.4 19.0 203 16 301.6 303.9 294.0 338.8 12.65 3 900 1007 19.6 15.1 75 4.5 16.6 204 19 301.7 304.0 293.7 337.4 12.09 4 850 1497 15.5 13.4 87 2.1 14.1 209 22 302.4 304.5 293.3 336.2 11.42 5 800 2010 13.0 9.2 78 3.7 10.7 221 24 305.0 306.7 292.4 332.5 9.19 6 750 2551 10.7 7.2 79 3.5 8.6 231 23 308.2 309.8 292.8 334.1 8.52 7 700 3125 8.7 -3.5 42 12.2 2.7 253 14 312.2 313.0 290.4 325.5 4.23 8 650 3733 4.4 -2.7 60 7.0 0.8 270 21 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.2 4.84 9 600 4379 -1.1 -3.1 86 2.0 -2.1 273 31 314.8 315.8 292.0 330.9 5.08 10 550 5066 -6.3 -6.6 98 0.3 -6.4 279 36 316.6 317.4 291.7 330.2 4.24 11 500 5806 -10.7 -14.9 71 4.2 -12.2 292 34 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.0 2.40 12 450 6609 -15.7 -17.6 85 1.9 -16.3 284 30 323.6 324.0 291.9 330.8 2.14 13 400 7488 -21.5 -23.8 82 2.3 -22.1 281 25 327.0 327.3 292.2 332.0 1.40 14 350 8458 -28.7 -33.4 64 4.7 -29.5 295 27 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.5 0.65 15 300 9541 -38.0 -43.3 57 5.3 -38.4 287 26 331.9 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.28 16 250 10767 -48.8 -54.8 50 6.0 -49.0 289 23 333.6 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.09 17 200 12194 -60.2 -64.0 61 3.8 -60.2 299 25 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.04 18 150 13971 -58.3 -76.8 8 18.5 -58.5 294 33 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16507 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.2 288 21 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.73 m Freezing level: 610.26 mb = 4246.13 m = 13930.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.39 mb = 3903.66 m = 12807.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.03 mb = 1044.90 m = 3428.10 ft T: 19.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 13.45 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.40 mb = 1663.52 m = 5457.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 27.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 951.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.52 mb = 1471.24 m = 4826.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.52 mb = 3763.79 m = 12348.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.52 mb = 12270.59 m = 40257.36 ft B at Equ Level: 946.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.52 mb = 14075.42 m = 46178.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.7 neg: -18.5 tot: 104.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 17.18 Bulk Shear: 55.41 m/s