MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 42.41,-89.08 Latitude: 42.41 Longitude: -89.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 259 23.8 14.6 56 9.3 17.8 95 3 297.8 299.7 291.3 328.6 10.58 2 950 618 20.0 11.5 58 8.5 14.7 96 4 297.5 299.1 289.9 323.6 8.98 3 900 1081 15.5 10.4 71 5.1 12.4 98 4 297.5 299.1 289.8 323.2 8.83 4 850 1562 11.6 6.3 70 5.2 8.6 111 5 298.3 299.6 288.4 319.1 7.07 5 800 2067 8.0 1.7 64 6.3 4.7 119 7 299.7 300.6 287.3 315.7 5.39 6 750 2596 4.5 -3.9 54 8.4 0.7 123 7 301.5 302.2 286.4 313.1 3.83 7 700 3155 2.2 -12.3 33 14.5 -3.3 136 7 304.9 305.3 285.9 311.6 2.12 8 650 3750 -0.5 -17.6 26 17.1 -6.2 146 6 308.4 308.6 286.5 313.2 1.48 9 600 4385 -4.4 -18.7 32 14.3 -8.9 160 4 311.0 311.3 287.3 315.8 1.46 10 550 5064 -8.7 -23.0 31 14.2 -12.6 208 4 313.7 313.9 287.9 317.4 1.09 11 500 5796 -13.1 -26.8 31 13.7 -16.4 223 4 317.0 317.2 288.7 320.0 0.85 12 450 6590 -19.0 -25.6 56 6.6 -20.5 257 5 319.3 319.5 289.7 323.0 1.06 13 400 7455 -25.2 -33.7 45 8.5 -26.6 300 15 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.2 0.55 14 350 8411 -31.6 -40.7 40 9.2 -32.6 298 27 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.31 15 300 9484 -39.6 -40.3 94 0.6 -39.7 287 38 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.0 0.38 16 250 10702 -50.3 -50.5 97 0.3 -50.3 280 40 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.15 17 200 12131 -56.1 -64.1 36 8.0 -56.2 294 24 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13963 -55.7 -79.6 4 23.9 -56.0 314 19 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16528 -58.3 -84.4 2 26.2 -58.6 311 10 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.68 m Freezing level: 659.72 mb = 3634.28 m = 11923.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.66 mb = 2686.15 m = 8812.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.34 % Est. max temperature: 24.54 C = 76.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.04 mb = 1424.34 m = 4672.98 ft T: 12.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 16.95 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.83 mb = 1822.47 m = 5979.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.99 C = 76.98 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: 0.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 3.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.46 C K Index: 16.49 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.86 mb = 1652.26 m = 5420.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.86 mb = 2109.05 m = 6919.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 695.86 mb = 3202.48 m = 10506.68 ft B at Equ Level: 14.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 615.86 mb = 4177.85 m = 13706.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.9 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 173.9 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.30 Bulk Shear: 1.99 m/s