MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508170000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508170000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 42.1,-88.5 Latitude: 42.10 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 273 26.7 23.8 84 2.9 24.6 181 6 301.3 304.8 298.3 358.0 19.22 2 950 577 27.6 20.2 64 7.5 22.2 195 14 305.2 308.1 297.2 352.5 15.83 3 900 1054 23.7 18.2 71 5.5 19.8 209 15 305.9 308.6 296.7 350.1 14.74 4 850 1552 19.7 15.4 76 4.3 16.8 227 15 306.8 309.3 295.8 346.2 13.07 5 800 2072 16.6 11.9 74 4.7 13.6 260 16 308.8 310.9 294.9 342.3 11.03 6 750 2620 13.0 9.5 79 3.5 10.8 268 20 310.7 312.6 294.6 341.3 10.00 7 700 3197 9.6 5.6 76 3.9 7.2 272 22 313.1 314.6 294.0 338.6 8.20 8 650 3809 6.2 -1.0 60 7.2 2.4 272 20 316.0 317.0 292.6 333.4 5.47 9 600 4461 2.2 -7.3 50 9.5 -2.2 267 18 318.6 319.4 291.9 330.7 3.69 10 550 5158 -1.9 -9.7 55 7.8 -5.3 266 18 321.8 322.5 292.5 332.9 3.34 11 500 5910 -6.1 -12.5 61 6.3 -8.7 268 19 325.6 326.1 293.2 335.5 2.93 12 450 6728 -10.9 -15.0 72 4.1 -12.5 267 21 329.5 330.0 294.0 338.6 2.65 13 400 7623 -16.6 -19.8 76 3.3 -17.6 270 19 333.4 333.8 294.4 340.4 1.98 14 350 8613 -23.7 -26.2 80 2.4 -24.3 268 18 336.8 337.1 294.7 341.5 1.29 15 300 9720 -31.9 -35.6 70 3.6 -32.5 261 15 340.4 340.5 295.0 342.7 0.62 16 250 10985 -40.5 -45.6 58 5.1 -40.9 232 17 345.8 345.9 296.0 346.9 0.26 17 200 12466 -52.1 -56.8 57 4.7 -52.3 221 21 350.2 350.2 296.8 350.6 0.09 18 150 14272 -64.7 -68.4 60 3.7 -64.7 262 11 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.03 19 100 16718 -66.7 -83.5 8 16.8 -66.8 253 5 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.17 m Freezing level: 573.35 mb = 4832.53 m = 15854.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.14 mb = 4139.70 m = 13581.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.25 % Est. max temperature: 32.85 C = 91.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.54 mb = 637.25 m = 2090.68 ft T: 27.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 27.30 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.14 mb = 1869.07 m = 6132.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.41 C = 92.14 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1329.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.76 mb = 1482.59 m = 4864.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.76 mb = 2376.90 m = 7798.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.76 mb = 13066.41 m = 42868.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1317.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.76 mb = 16046.71 m = 52646.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.4 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 288.4 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 92.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 37.99 Bulk Shear: 34.99 m/s