MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 18Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 42.74,-88.66 Latitude: 42.74 Longitude: -88.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 985 274 27.8 20.0 62 7.8 22.2 215 12 302.3 305.1 295.9 346.9 15.09 2 950 590 24.5 16.7 62 7.8 19.2 218 19 302.1 304.4 294.2 339.6 12.73 3 900 1062 21.6 13.9 61 7.7 16.5 230 22 303.8 305.8 293.6 337.0 11.14 4 850 1557 19.1 10.6 58 8.5 13.7 240 25 306.2 308.0 293.0 334.8 9.49 5 800 2074 14.5 8.7 68 5.7 10.9 229 26 306.6 308.2 292.6 333.4 8.87 6 750 2615 9.6 6.0 78 3.6 7.5 223 26 307.0 308.5 291.9 330.8 7.85 7 700 3185 6.0 -1.7 58 7.7 2.1 233 24 309.2 310.1 290.0 324.2 4.82 8 650 3789 4.0 -13.3 27 17.3 -2.9 250 22 313.5 313.9 288.9 320.4 2.11 9 600 4437 1.9 -25.2 11 27.1 -6.4 257 19 318.3 318.5 289.1 321.2 0.82 10 550 5133 -2.0 -19.9 24 17.9 -8.1 254 21 321.7 322.0 290.7 326.6 1.43 11 500 5883 -7.0 -26.4 20 19.4 -12.3 253 30 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.7 0.88 12 450 6696 -12.5 -22.9 41 10.4 -15.5 262 34 327.5 327.8 292.3 332.3 1.35 13 400 7584 -19.0 -26.7 51 7.7 -20.9 257 35 330.3 330.5 292.8 334.1 1.08 14 350 8564 -26.4 -36.3 39 9.9 -27.9 257 35 333.2 333.3 293.0 335.0 0.49 15 300 9658 -35.0 -39.4 64 4.4 -35.5 269 33 336.0 336.1 293.7 337.6 0.42 16 250 10901 -45.5 -50.5 57 5.0 -45.8 286 27 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.0 0.15 17 200 12349 -56.5 -59.5 69 3.0 -56.5 299 44 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.06 18 150 14135 -65.8 -76.4 21 10.6 -65.9 301 66 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.01 19 100 16597 -64.9 -83.2 6 18.2 -65.1 272 21 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.33 m Freezing level: 575.73 mb = 4774.58 m = 15664.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.63 mb = 3437.44 m = 11277.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.91 mb = 1267.08 m = 4157.05 ft T: 20.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 26.47 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.23 mb = 2177.03 m = 7142.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.16 C = 89.89 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: 2.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 17.58 C K Index: 28.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.93 mb = 1719.48 m = 5641.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.93 mb = 2516.06 m = 8254.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 618.93 mb = 4185.23 m = 13730.89 ft B at Equ Level: 56.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.93 mb = 13039.66 m = 42780.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.4 neg: -21.0 tot: 54.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 15.07 Bulk Shear: 13.76 m/s