MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2507221800F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2507221800F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 24 JUL 25 Station: 42,-88 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 990 223 26.2 23.2 84 3.0 24.0 213 8 300.2 303.6 297.5 354.2 18.37 2 950 581 25.3 21.4 79 3.9 22.5 227 30 302.9 306.0 297.4 353.5 17.08 3 900 1058 24.5 17.7 66 6.8 19.7 236 31 306.8 309.4 296.5 349.7 14.27 4 850 1557 20.8 13.8 64 6.9 16.1 240 29 307.9 310.1 295.2 343.6 11.79 5 800 2079 17.1 10.5 65 6.6 12.9 249 29 309.4 311.2 294.3 339.9 10.01 6 750 2627 13.7 7.6 66 6.1 9.9 250 26 311.4 313.1 293.9 338.4 8.74 7 700 3205 10.2 3.2 62 7.0 6.2 242 25 313.8 315.1 293.2 335.3 6.89 8 650 3818 6.0 -0.9 61 6.8 2.3 236 27 315.7 316.8 292.6 333.2 5.52 9 600 4468 1.1 -7.6 52 8.7 -2.9 239 30 317.4 318.1 291.5 329.0 3.59 10 550 5162 -3.1 -19.8 26 16.7 -8.7 247 37 320.4 320.7 290.4 325.3 1.45 11 500 5910 -7.4 -13.5 62 6.1 -9.8 241 38 324.0 324.5 292.5 333.0 2.69 12 450 6722 -12.5 -25.9 32 13.4 -16.1 244 40 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.2 1.03 13 400 7610 -19.2 -31.6 33 12.4 -21.8 239 39 330.0 330.2 292.4 332.5 0.68 14 350 8588 -26.6 -40.1 27 13.5 -28.5 239 40 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.2 0.33 15 300 9686 -32.9 -50.7 15 17.9 -34.4 230 56 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.12 16 250 10944 -42.0 -56.6 19 14.6 -42.8 235 49 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.07 17 200 12424 -50.3 -66.3 13 16.0 -50.7 227 43 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.3 0.03 18 150 14259 -60.0 -76.3 10 16.2 -60.2 231 33 366.6 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16728 -69.3 -82.5 13 13.2 -69.4 261 23 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.27 m Freezing level: 586.94 mb = 4648.84 m = 15251.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.65 mb = 4101.70 m = 13456.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.94 % Est. max temperature: 34.15 C = 93.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.57 mb = 604.03 m = 1981.71 ft T: 25.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 28.83 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.67 mb = 1933.00 m = 6341.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.88 C = 94.79 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 35.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1741.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.67 mb = 1297.60 m = 4257.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.67 mb = 2619.20 m = 8593.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.67 mb = 12402.15 m = 40688.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1727.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.67 mb = 16110.54 m = 52855.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.6 neg: -12.4 tot: 126.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 121.02 Bulk Shear: 14.39 m/s