MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.25,-88.98 Latitude: 42.25 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 173 SFC 990 256 20.7 13.1 62 7.6 15.8 49 4 294.6 296.3 289.4 322.1 9.57 2 950 613 16.5 10.5 68 6.0 12.9 46 4 294.0 295.5 288.2 318.2 8.43 3 900 1070 12.2 9.6 85 2.5 10.7 37 3 294.0 295.5 288.1 318.1 8.38 4 850 1547 9.3 6.5 83 2.7 7.8 331 7 295.9 297.1 287.6 316.7 7.17 5 800 2048 6.8 2.6 74 4.3 4.6 320 15 298.4 299.5 287.2 315.5 5.76 6 750 2576 4.5 -3.2 57 7.7 0.9 318 18 301.4 302.2 286.6 313.6 4.02 7 700 3136 2.6 -12.3 33 14.8 -3.1 317 19 305.3 305.7 286.1 312.1 2.13 8 650 3732 -0.4 -12.8 39 12.4 -5.1 317 20 308.5 308.9 287.2 315.5 2.19 9 600 4367 -4.4 -14.5 45 10.1 -8.0 320 22 311.0 311.4 288.0 317.8 2.07 10 550 5047 -8.4 -22.5 31 14.2 -12.3 316 24 314.2 314.4 288.1 318.0 1.14 11 500 5780 -12.3 -33.2 16 20.9 -16.6 314 26 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.7 0.47 12 450 6578 -16.7 -39.4 12 22.7 -20.4 309 28 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.3 0.28 13 400 7454 -22.0 -42.4 14 20.4 -24.8 307 31 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.3 0.23 14 350 8421 -29.4 -40.2 34 10.9 -30.7 313 39 329.2 329.2 291.8 330.4 0.33 15 300 9504 -37.3 -39.8 78 2.5 -37.6 315 47 332.8 332.8 292.9 334.3 0.40 16 250 10734 -47.7 -48.0 97 0.3 -47.7 309 54 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12165 -57.9 -62.1 59 4.1 -58.0 313 59 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 18 150 13985 -57.4 -78.9 5 21.6 -57.6 317 49 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16522 -60.7 -84.0 3 23.3 -61.0 327 27 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.26 m Freezing level: 657.17 mb = 3646.28 m = 11962.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.89 mb = 2697.33 m = 8849.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.53 % Est. max temperature: 22.38 C = 72.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.13 mb = 1209.28 m = 3967.40 ft T: 11.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 10.06 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.66 mb = 1569.66 m = 5149.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.02 C = 71.63 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: 4.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.57 C Cross Totals Index: 18.84 C K Index: 13.28 Risk: None Sweat Index: 118.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9190.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.71 mb = 1346.16 m = 4416.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.1 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 349.1 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 28.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 40.62 m/s