MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.00,-88.01 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -88.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 SFC 993 223 17.8 10.5 62 7.3 13.4 234 5 291.5 293.0 286.9 314.4 8.04 2 950 603 17.0 7.8 55 9.2 11.7 241 17 294.4 295.6 286.9 314.6 6.98 3 900 1063 14.6 7.4 62 7.2 10.4 257 18 296.5 297.8 287.9 317.5 7.18 4 850 1544 11.3 6.7 74 4.5 8.7 281 22 298.0 299.3 288.5 319.3 7.28 5 800 2047 7.5 6.1 90 1.5 6.7 294 25 299.2 300.5 289.0 320.9 7.38 6 750 2576 4.2 4.1 99 0.1 4.2 305 24 301.2 302.4 289.2 321.6 6.87 7 700 3136 1.2 1.2 100 0.0 1.2 302 26 303.8 304.9 289.3 321.9 5.98 8 650 3729 -2.3 -8.7 61 6.4 -5.0 301 26 306.3 306.9 287.3 315.9 3.04 9 600 4361 -4.9 -13.0 53 8.1 -7.9 310 24 310.4 310.9 288.1 317.9 2.33 10 550 5040 -9.3 -15.7 59 6.4 -11.5 310 25 313.1 313.5 288.6 319.8 2.04 11 500 5770 -14.2 -23.0 47 8.9 -16.5 308 24 315.8 316.0 288.7 319.8 1.20 12 450 6561 -19.5 -31.1 35 11.6 -21.7 304 22 318.8 318.9 289.0 321.0 0.64 13 400 7425 -25.9 -35.4 41 9.5 -27.3 309 30 321.3 321.4 289.6 323.0 0.47 14 350 8376 -33.9 -38.7 62 4.8 -34.4 312 31 323.0 323.1 290.1 324.4 0.38 15 300 9436 -42.5 -49.3 47 6.8 -42.9 314 33 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.14 16 250 10640 -52.3 -53.4 87 1.1 -52.4 318 41 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.11 17 200 12073 -53.9 -67.8 17 13.9 -54.2 312 58 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 13917 -54.5 -81.4 2 26.9 -54.9 313 51 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16501 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 311 27 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.39 m Freezing level: 682.75 mb = 3340.38 m = 10959.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.32 mb = 3247.31 m = 10653.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.08 % Est. max temperature: 24.40 C = 75.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.58 mb = 1151.37 m = 3777.40 ft T: 13.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 763.67 mb = 2428.33 m = 7966.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.90 C = 80.43 F Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lifted Index: 4.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: 2.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 32.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9706.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.05 mb = 1700.99 m = 5580.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.1 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 327.1 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 48.26 m/s