MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 42.18,-89.08 Latitude: 42.18 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 160 SFC 989 255 14.2 10.5 78 3.7 12.0 82 5 288.2 289.6 285.7 310.9 8.06 2 950 599 19.3 8.0 48 11.3 12.7 97 9 296.8 298.1 287.9 317.6 7.10 3 900 1061 16.3 5.2 47 11.2 10.1 106 9 298.4 299.5 287.6 316.5 6.15 4 850 1544 12.5 3.2 53 9.2 7.5 133 7 299.2 300.2 287.5 316.1 5.68 5 800 2049 8.0 1.9 65 6.2 4.8 162 7 299.7 300.7 287.4 316.0 5.47 6 750 2577 4.0 -2.2 64 6.2 1.0 159 7 300.9 301.7 286.7 313.9 4.32 7 700 3135 1.0 -11.2 40 12.2 -3.7 138 7 303.6 304.0 285.7 310.9 2.33 8 650 3728 -1.4 -17.1 29 15.7 -6.7 112 6 307.4 307.6 286.2 312.3 1.53 9 600 4361 -4.8 -18.7 33 13.9 -9.2 103 4 310.5 310.8 287.2 315.3 1.46 10 550 5040 -8.9 -23.5 30 14.6 -12.8 109 2 313.5 313.7 287.8 317.1 1.05 11 500 5771 -13.6 -28.4 28 14.8 -16.9 312 4 316.5 316.6 288.4 319.0 0.74 12 450 6563 -19.5 -29.0 43 9.5 -21.4 278 11 318.7 318.9 289.2 321.4 0.77 13 400 7428 -24.6 -46.8 11 22.2 -27.0 295 17 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.5 0.14 14 350 8386 -31.9 -43.3 31 11.4 -33.0 302 23 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.7 0.24 15 300 9455 -40.3 -50.1 34 9.8 -40.9 299 33 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.13 16 250 10673 -49.6 -55.1 52 5.5 -49.8 299 37 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.09 17 200 12106 -56.0 -64.2 35 8.2 -56.1 304 25 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.03 18 150 13939 -56.0 -79.4 4 23.4 -56.3 313 22 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16499 -58.2 -84.7 2 26.5 -58.6 313 14 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.11 m Freezing level: 679.45 mb = 3378.57 m = 11084.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.16 mb = 2695.02 m = 8841.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.69 % Est. max temperature: 25.22 C = 77.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.68 mb = 728.62 m = 2390.47 ft T: 18.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 6.69 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.10 mb = 2532.73 m = 8309.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.66 C = 79.99 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: 5.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: 5.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 16.84 C K Index: 17.15 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 56.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8861.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.96 mb = 1945.75 m = 6383.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.7 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 155.7 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -3.0 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 20.86 Bulk Shear: 1.81 m/s