MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 42.69,-88.31 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -88.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 980 262 23.4 19.5 79 3.9 20.6 191 5 298.3 300.9 294.6 341.0 14.69 2 950 531 25.3 16.2 57 9.1 19.1 218 14 302.8 305.1 294.1 339.1 12.25 3 900 1004 21.5 14.1 63 7.4 16.6 222 19 303.6 305.7 293.6 337.3 11.31 4 850 1497 17.4 12.4 73 4.9 14.1 217 24 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.3 10.72 5 800 2012 13.4 9.5 77 3.9 11.0 226 28 305.4 307.2 292.7 333.6 9.38 6 750 2553 10.6 6.4 75 4.2 8.1 248 28 308.1 309.6 292.4 332.6 8.06 7 700 3127 8.7 -0.1 54 8.8 4.0 272 27 312.1 313.1 291.5 329.1 5.43 8 650 3734 3.7 -4.7 54 8.4 -0.3 269 21 313.1 313.9 290.6 326.3 4.15 9 600 4378 -1.8 -2.9 92 1.1 -2.4 277 25 314.0 315.0 291.7 330.2 5.14 10 550 5065 -6.5 -7.8 91 1.3 -7.0 296 30 316.4 317.2 291.4 328.9 3.88 11 500 5805 -10.4 -19.2 48 8.8 -13.2 295 28 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.1 1.68 12 450 6609 -15.4 -19.0 74 3.6 -16.5 296 27 323.9 324.2 291.8 330.4 1.90 13 400 7488 -21.3 -24.7 74 3.4 -22.1 292 26 327.3 327.6 292.2 331.8 1.29 14 350 8458 -28.8 -35.8 51 7.0 -29.9 304 25 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.8 0.51 15 300 9540 -38.2 -45.5 47 7.2 -38.8 302 28 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.3 0.22 16 250 10766 -48.3 -54.7 47 6.5 -48.6 301 29 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.09 17 200 12194 -60.2 -62.1 78 1.9 -60.2 303 32 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.04 18 150 13973 -58.4 -76.5 8 18.1 -58.6 300 33 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16512 -60.6 -84.1 3 23.5 -60.9 297 19 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.66 m Freezing level: 616.62 mb = 4164.19 m = 13661.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.83 mb = 3686.23 m = 12093.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.34 mb = 761.24 m = 2497.48 ft T: 23.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 14.63 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.83 mb = 2024.04 m = 6640.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.56 C = 87.00 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 31.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 882.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.63 mb = 1672.17 m = 5486.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.63 mb = 3638.70 m = 11937.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.63 mb = 12267.92 m = 40248.60 ft B at Equ Level: 873.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.63 mb = 14072.89 m = 46170.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.1 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 294.1 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.1 neg: -2.3 tot: 217.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 18.42 Bulk Shear: 47.93 m/s