MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 42.34,-89.03 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -89.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 990 257 22.3 13.8 58 8.6 16.8 122 4 296.3 298.1 290.3 325.3 10.03 2 950 613 18.4 10.8 61 7.6 13.7 126 4 295.8 297.4 288.9 320.6 8.56 3 900 1073 14.0 9.7 76 4.2 11.4 127 3 295.9 297.4 288.9 320.4 8.45 4 850 1554 11.9 4.8 62 7.0 8.0 3 3 298.6 299.7 287.9 317.4 6.36 5 800 2058 8.4 5.6 82 2.8 6.9 345 8 300.2 301.5 289.2 321.3 7.16 6 750 2589 5.4 0.0 68 5.3 2.7 341 12 302.4 303.3 288.1 317.8 5.11 7 700 3150 2.8 -8.9 42 11.7 -2.0 346 13 305.6 306.1 286.9 314.3 2.79 8 650 3746 -0.5 -13.1 38 12.6 -5.2 341 15 308.4 308.8 287.2 315.3 2.15 9 600 4382 -3.9 -21.0 25 17.1 -9.1 330 18 311.6 311.9 287.3 315.6 1.19 10 550 5063 -7.8 -27.8 18 20.0 -12.8 327 21 314.8 314.9 287.8 317.2 0.71 11 500 5798 -11.8 -36.5 11 24.7 -16.4 330 23 318.7 318.7 288.7 319.9 0.34 12 450 6596 -17.0 -37.0 16 20.0 -20.4 323 25 321.9 321.9 289.7 323.2 0.36 13 400 7469 -23.0 -31.2 47 8.2 -24.5 316 31 325.1 325.3 291.0 327.7 0.71 14 350 8433 -30.3 -37.1 51 6.8 -31.2 320 35 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.6 0.45 15 300 9510 -38.9 -45.3 51 6.4 -39.4 319 47 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.3 0.22 16 250 10732 -49.0 -49.0 100 0.0 -49.0 312 55 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.18 17 200 12172 -53.0 -66.3 18 13.4 -53.2 311 73 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14007 -57.3 -78.6 5 21.4 -57.5 315 59 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16541 -61.2 -84.3 3 23.1 -61.4 315 31 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.64 m Freezing level: 657.41 mb = 3658.18 m = 12001.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.66 mb = 2902.59 m = 9522.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.71 % Est. max temperature: 24.89 C = 76.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.66 mb = 1332.45 m = 4371.50 ft T: 12.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 7.95 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.34 mb = 2034.12 m = 6673.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: 3.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: 6.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.65 C Cross Totals Index: 16.61 C K Index: 16.79 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 85.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8485.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.17 mb = 1541.97 m = 5058.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.7 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 5.7 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.8 neg: -2.6 tot: 14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 35.81 m/s