MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F366.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F366.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 366 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 13 SEP 25 Station: 42.79,-89.49 Latitude: 42.79 Longitude: -89.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 981 289 23.4 18.5 74 4.9 20.0 176 2 298.2 300.7 293.9 338.2 13.77 2 950 572 24.8 16.4 60 8.4 19.1 194 4 302.3 304.6 294.1 339.0 12.42 3 900 1044 20.6 15.0 71 5.5 16.8 207 5 302.7 304.9 293.9 338.3 12.01 4 850 1535 16.2 13.7 85 2.5 14.6 211 7 303.1 305.3 293.7 337.7 11.66 5 800 2048 12.7 9.4 81 3.2 10.7 240 9 304.6 306.4 292.4 332.5 9.30 6 750 2590 11.1 -0.1 46 11.3 5.2 296 11 308.7 309.6 290.0 324.3 5.05 7 700 3161 7.4 -4.7 42 12.1 1.6 320 13 310.7 311.4 289.6 322.9 3.86 8 650 3766 2.2 -1.9 74 4.2 0.1 328 19 311.5 312.5 291.0 327.5 5.11 9 600 4407 -2.1 -12.3 45 10.2 -6.1 321 17 313.7 314.2 289.3 321.7 2.47 10 550 5095 -4.7 -26.8 16 22.1 -10.7 304 25 318.5 318.6 289.1 321.2 0.77 11 500 5839 -8.3 -32.6 12 24.3 -13.9 302 32 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.7 0.49 12 450 6649 -13.0 -21.9 47 8.9 -15.7 306 35 326.9 327.1 292.3 332.0 1.47 13 400 7537 -18.7 -33.2 27 14.6 -21.6 311 33 330.7 330.8 292.5 332.9 0.58 14 350 8517 -26.4 -37.8 33 11.4 -28.1 321 40 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.8 0.42 15 300 9610 -35.6 -43.7 43 8.1 -36.4 322 39 335.2 335.3 293.4 336.2 0.26 16 250 10850 -45.7 -49.8 63 4.1 -45.9 351 44 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.16 17 200 12300 -55.7 -60.0 58 4.3 -55.8 346 48 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.8 0.06 18 150 14105 -61.5 -76.6 12 15.2 -61.6 322 48 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16589 -65.1 -82.8 7 17.7 -65.2 324 32 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.12 m Freezing level: 624.23 mb = 4096.66 m = 13440.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.90 mb = 3779.82 m = 12400.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.09 mb = 917.93 m = 3011.55 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 16.18 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1840.04 m = 6036.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.98 C K Index: 26.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 273.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.71 mb = 1577.89 m = 5176.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.71 mb = 3270.52 m = 10729.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.71 mb = 10564.83 m = 34661.08 ft B at Equ Level: 272.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.71 mb = 12936.33 m = 42441.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.5 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 332.5 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 6.97 Bulk Shear: 39.21 m/s