MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 42.00,-87.98 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -87.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 990 221 26.3 20.2 69 6.1 21.9 329 3 300.3 303.0 295.4 344.8 15.19 2 950 589 26.0 17.8 61 8.2 20.4 281 8 303.6 306.1 295.3 344.2 13.65 3 900 1064 22.1 16.5 70 5.6 18.2 258 12 304.3 306.7 295.2 343.7 13.22 4 850 1558 18.1 15.1 83 3.0 16.0 244 18 305.1 307.4 295.1 343.2 12.78 5 800 2075 14.6 11.6 82 3.0 12.6 252 21 306.7 308.7 294.1 339.1 10.76 6 750 2619 11.5 3.0 56 8.4 6.8 295 21 309.0 310.2 291.3 328.6 6.36 7 700 3191 7.6 -4.5 42 12.1 1.7 304 23 310.9 311.6 289.8 323.2 3.90 8 650 3797 3.2 -7.2 46 10.4 -1.5 308 26 312.6 313.2 289.8 323.5 3.42 9 600 4440 -1.2 -14.5 36 13.3 -6.2 311 28 314.7 315.1 289.2 321.5 2.07 10 550 5128 -5.6 -20.0 31 14.4 -10.2 313 32 317.5 317.7 289.5 322.3 1.42 11 500 5868 -10.4 -24.4 31 14.0 -14.2 311 36 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.1 1.06 12 450 6670 -16.1 -26.5 40 10.4 -18.6 307 42 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.4 0.97 13 400 7546 -21.8 -35.6 28 13.7 -24.1 308 39 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.3 0.46 14 350 8517 -28.5 -43.4 23 14.9 -30.2 284 30 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.23 15 300 9603 -36.5 -48.8 27 12.3 -37.5 292 40 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.15 16 250 10838 -46.5 -59.7 21 13.2 -47.0 298 49 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 17 200 12286 -55.7 -64.8 31 9.1 -55.9 297 55 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 14101 -58.3 -77.9 6 19.6 -58.5 279 52 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16612 -63.8 -84.0 5 20.2 -64.0 287 40 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.56 m Freezing level: 613.84 mb = 4262.09 m = 13983.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.33 mb = 3508.84 m = 11511.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.05 mb = 1004.85 m = 3296.72 ft T: 22.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 21.55 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.87 mb = 1928.52 m = 6327.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.25 C = 90.05 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 31.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1570.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.91 mb = 1558.92 m = 5114.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.91 mb = 2563.93 m = 8411.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.91 mb = 12128.68 m = 39791.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1569.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.91 mb = 15234.90 m = 49982.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.3 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 328.3 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 136.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 38.20 Bulk Shear: 41.10 m/s