MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 42,-88.43 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -88.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 987 262 29.8 18.0 49 11.8 21.6 289 5 304.1 306.6 295.2 343.7 13.28 2 950 597 26.5 14.5 48 12.0 18.5 264 7 304.1 306.1 293.5 336.8 10.97 3 900 1071 22.0 13.5 59 8.5 16.4 248 10 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.6 10.87 4 850 1564 17.4 12.4 72 5.0 14.1 237 14 304.4 306.3 293.4 336.2 10.68 5 800 2079 14.0 8.8 71 5.2 10.8 241 19 306.1 307.7 292.5 333.0 8.91 6 750 2621 10.0 6.5 79 3.4 7.9 260 18 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.2 8.15 7 700 3191 5.9 0.1 66 5.8 2.9 269 15 309.1 310.1 290.6 326.2 5.53 8 650 3794 2.3 -5.5 57 7.7 -1.4 278 13 311.5 312.3 289.9 323.9 3.90 9 600 4436 -1.2 -12.7 41 11.6 -5.7 291 13 314.8 315.2 289.6 322.6 2.40 10 550 5125 -4.6 -23.5 21 18.8 -10.2 295 15 318.6 318.8 289.4 322.2 1.05 11 500 5869 -8.4 -33.3 11 25.0 -14.0 310 20 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.5 0.46 12 450 6677 -14.1 -31.6 21 17.5 -17.9 324 27 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.7 0.60 13 400 7559 -21.1 -32.8 34 11.8 -23.3 322 29 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.8 0.60 14 350 8531 -28.3 -40.8 29 12.5 -29.9 307 32 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.31 15 300 9615 -37.4 -46.6 38 9.2 -38.1 291 30 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.19 16 250 10846 -47.5 -55.2 41 7.6 -47.8 287 35 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.09 17 200 12282 -59.0 -61.5 73 2.5 -59.0 289 33 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.05 18 150 14068 -62.4 -75.6 16 13.1 -62.6 302 37 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16582 -63.0 -83.6 5 20.6 -63.2 279 23 405.9 405.9 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.57 m Freezing level: 616.93 mb = 4218.61 m = 13840.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.97 mb = 3596.14 m = 11798.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.45 mb = 1751.58 m = 5746.57 ft T: 16.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 21.46 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.46 mb = 2373.20 m = 7785.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.47 C = 90.45 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 32.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 515.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.14 mb = 2056.58 m = 6747.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.14 mb = 2763.71 m = 9067.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.14 mb = 11752.92 m = 38558.97 ft B at Equ Level: 512.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.14 mb = 13779.85 m = 45208.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.9 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 305.9 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 59.14 Bulk Shear: 8.72 m/s