MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 42.34,-89.06 Latitude: 42.34 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 117 SFC 984 258 24.1 14.7 56 9.4 17.9 18 4 298.6 300.6 291.7 329.9 10.74 2 950 563 20.7 11.8 57 8.9 15.1 21 5 298.2 299.9 290.3 325.0 9.19 3 900 1027 16.2 10.8 70 5.4 12.9 25 4 298.2 299.9 290.2 324.8 9.08 4 850 1510 12.3 7.5 73 4.8 9.5 64 3 299.0 300.4 289.2 321.6 7.68 5 800 2015 8.6 3.3 70 5.2 5.8 114 4 300.3 301.4 288.2 318.4 6.09 6 750 2545 4.3 0.0 74 4.3 2.1 126 4 301.2 302.2 287.6 316.6 5.11 7 700 3103 1.0 -6.2 59 7.2 -2.1 131 2 303.6 304.2 286.8 314.1 3.43 8 650 3696 -1.4 -14.7 35 13.3 -6.1 2 3 307.4 307.8 286.5 313.5 1.88 9 600 4330 -4.7 -18.1 34 13.4 -9.0 24 5 310.7 311.0 287.3 315.8 1.53 10 550 5009 -9.0 -20.7 38 11.8 -12.4 39 5 313.4 313.7 288.1 317.9 1.33 11 500 5739 -14.6 -23.6 46 9.0 -16.9 7 6 315.2 315.4 288.5 319.1 1.14 12 450 6529 -19.1 -37.5 18 18.4 -22.0 356 9 319.3 319.3 288.9 320.5 0.34 13 400 7395 -25.4 -40.7 23 15.3 -27.3 329 11 322.0 322.0 289.7 323.0 0.27 14 350 8348 -33.3 -41.3 44 8.0 -34.1 314 10 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.0 0.29 15 300 9411 -41.6 -51.3 34 9.7 -42.1 303 11 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.2 0.11 16 250 10623 -50.4 -56.8 47 6.3 -50.7 313 15 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.07 17 200 12058 -55.6 -64.5 32 8.9 -55.8 300 16 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 13896 -55.0 -80.1 3 25.1 -55.4 294 21 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16468 -58.2 -84.4 2 26.2 -58.6 292 17 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.48 m Freezing level: 679.01 mb = 3351.90 m = 10996.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.11 mb = 2817.92 m = 9245.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.79 % Est. max temperature: 24.90 C = 76.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.33 mb = 1437.05 m = 4714.69 ft T: 12.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.45 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1847.84 m = 6062.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: 0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 27.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 135.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.93 mb = 1658.75 m = 5442.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.93 mb = 2119.10 m = 6952.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 439.93 mb = 6695.14 m = 21965.40 ft B at Equ Level: 135.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 269.93 mb = 10112.99 m = 33178.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 34.7 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 64.7 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -128.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 2.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 672.61 Bulk Shear: 0.20 m/s