MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.27,-88.98 Latitude: 42.27 Longitude: -88.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 988 256 22.9 16.7 68 6.2 18.7 0 8 297.0 299.2 292.3 332.2 12.16 2 950 599 19.3 13.6 70 5.7 15.6 355 10 296.7 298.6 290.7 326.7 10.34 3 900 1061 14.9 12.6 87 2.2 13.4 348 10 296.8 298.7 290.7 326.5 10.26 4 850 1543 11.2 10.0 92 1.2 10.4 334 11 297.9 299.5 290.1 324.4 9.09 5 800 2047 8.8 3.6 70 5.2 6.0 324 15 300.5 301.7 288.4 319.0 6.21 6 750 2579 5.7 -2.4 56 8.2 1.8 324 18 302.8 303.6 287.3 315.8 4.26 7 700 3140 2.6 -7.5 47 10.2 -1.7 328 18 305.4 306.0 287.1 315.1 3.10 8 650 3736 -0.3 -12.4 40 12.1 -4.9 339 19 308.6 309.0 287.4 315.9 2.27 9 600 4372 -3.7 -20.6 26 16.9 -8.9 342 22 311.8 312.1 287.4 315.9 1.23 10 550 5053 -8.5 -25.2 25 16.7 -12.9 340 23 314.0 314.2 287.8 317.0 0.89 11 500 5789 -10.2 -42.1 5 31.9 -15.7 351 33 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.3 0.19 12 450 6590 -16.4 -33.6 21 17.2 -19.7 353 39 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.5 0.50 13 400 7464 -23.3 -34.1 37 10.8 -25.1 351 46 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.53 14 350 8425 -31.0 -41.3 36 10.2 -32.2 349 54 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.0 0.29 15 300 9498 -39.6 -46.4 49 6.8 -40.1 349 61 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.20 16 250 10719 -49.4 -53.7 61 4.3 -49.6 353 69 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 17 200 12150 -57.6 -62.4 54 4.8 -57.6 340 69 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.04 18 150 13962 -57.2 -77.4 6 20.1 -57.5 331 53 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16508 -58.6 -85.3 2 26.7 -58.9 331 33 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.79 m Freezing level: 655.15 mb = 3674.45 m = 12055.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.51 mb = 2859.97 m = 9383.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.85 % Est. max temperature: 24.35 C = 75.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.35 mb = 1038.96 m = 3408.61 ft T: 15.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 17.11 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.34 mb = 1353.14 m = 4439.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.33 C = 74.00 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: 2.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 21.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.70 mb = 1272.52 m = 4174.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.70 mb = 1515.85 m = 4973.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 532.70 mb = 5299.51 m = 17386.64 ft B at Equ Level: 69.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 452.70 mb = 6544.94 m = 21472.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.2 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 10.2 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.71 Bulk Shear: 14.77 m/s