MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.25,-89.06 Latitude: 42.25 Longitude: -89.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 184 SFC 991 256 9.6 8.1 90 1.5 8.8 68 6 283.4 284.6 282.3 302.3 6.83 2 950 614 13.2 7.0 66 6.3 9.7 79 13 290.6 291.8 285.1 309.4 6.60 3 900 1068 12.4 2.0 49 10.4 7.1 45 6 294.3 295.2 284.8 308.7 4.92 4 850 1546 10.1 4.3 67 5.8 7.0 338 9 296.8 297.9 287.0 314.8 6.14 5 800 2048 8.0 -5.0 39 13.0 2.1 332 14 299.7 300.3 285.2 309.6 3.28 6 750 2578 6.7 -22.0 11 28.7 -2.3 332 15 303.8 304.0 284.1 306.7 0.87 7 700 3141 4.0 -21.0 14 25.0 -4.0 324 17 306.9 307.1 285.4 310.3 1.03 8 650 3740 0.9 -20.9 18 21.8 -6.0 324 20 310.0 310.2 286.6 313.7 1.11 9 600 4378 -2.8 -21.0 23 18.2 -8.4 329 22 312.9 313.1 287.7 316.9 1.19 10 550 5062 -6.8 -21.7 30 14.9 -11.2 329 25 316.0 316.2 288.8 320.2 1.23 11 500 5800 -10.8 -28.9 21 18.2 -15.1 318 30 319.9 320.1 289.5 322.4 0.70 12 450 6602 -15.5 -38.2 12 22.7 -19.4 309 32 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.0 0.32 13 400 7478 -22.7 -40.0 19 17.3 -25.1 309 35 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.6 0.29 14 350 8442 -30.7 -44.9 24 14.2 -32.1 308 43 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.20 15 300 9515 -39.7 -51.1 29 11.4 -40.4 309 51 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.12 16 250 10736 -48.9 -53.9 56 4.9 -49.1 321 54 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 17 200 12169 -58.4 -60.1 81 1.7 -58.5 333 68 340.2 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 18 150 13975 -58.4 -78.2 6 19.7 -58.7 324 53 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16510 -60.3 -85.5 2 25.2 -60.6 328 31 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.88 m Freezing level: 637.79 mb = 3895.44 m = 12780.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.09 mb = 2297.33 m = 7537.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.56 % Est. max temperature: 23.37 C = 74.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.16 mb = 446.39 m = 1464.52 ft T: 11.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 8.11 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.04 mb = 3862.74 m = 12672.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.63 C = 97.93 F Cap Strength: 11.33 C Lifted Index: 12.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.23 C Showalter Index: 8.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.90 C Cross Totals Index: 15.08 C K Index: 0.24 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13206.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.91 mb = 1536.91 m = 5042.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.0 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 0.0 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.0 neg: -19.9 tot: 17.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 68.73 m/s