MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508171800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508171800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 17 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 153 SFC 987 272 24.9 22.3 86 2.6 23.0 64 9 299.2 302.3 296.6 350.0 17.41 2 950 601 21.4 20.7 96 0.7 20.9 69 10 298.9 301.9 295.9 346.8 16.42 3 900 1070 19.3 19.2 99 0.1 19.2 76 2 301.4 304.3 296.1 347.7 15.73 4 850 1562 18.5 16.0 86 2.4 16.8 268 11 305.5 308.0 295.8 346.3 13.62 5 800 2082 16.0 12.2 78 3.7 13.5 286 12 308.2 310.3 294.8 342.2 11.25 6 750 2628 13.2 6.9 66 6.2 9.4 301 14 310.9 312.5 293.5 336.6 8.37 7 700 3206 10.1 0.7 52 9.4 5.0 297 19 313.7 314.8 292.2 331.9 5.77 8 650 3818 5.8 -2.7 54 8.5 1.4 288 24 315.5 316.4 291.9 330.8 4.82 9 600 4467 0.7 -4.0 71 4.7 -1.6 284 24 317.0 317.9 292.3 332.2 4.75 10 550 5161 -3.2 -8.4 68 5.1 -5.5 290 22 320.2 321.0 292.3 332.3 3.70 11 500 5911 -6.6 -9.0 83 2.4 -7.7 310 20 325.0 325.7 293.8 337.9 3.88 12 450 6727 -11.5 -13.5 85 2.0 -12.3 302 14 328.7 329.3 294.0 338.9 2.99 13 400 7621 -16.7 -23.7 55 7.0 -18.7 300 5 333.3 333.6 293.9 338.3 1.42 14 350 8610 -24.1 -29.3 62 5.2 -25.2 322 5 336.2 336.4 294.3 339.8 0.96 15 300 9717 -31.6 -33.7 82 2.1 -32.0 309 11 340.8 341.0 295.2 343.6 0.74 16 250 10980 -41.2 -46.7 55 5.5 -41.6 262 17 344.8 344.8 295.7 345.7 0.23 17 200 12454 -53.7 -54.4 92 0.7 -53.8 295 14 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.2 0.12 18 150 14254 -64.4 -68.8 55 4.4 -64.4 314 15 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.02 19 100 16692 -66.7 -83.4 8 16.7 -66.8 329 10 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.27 m Freezing level: 590.61 mb = 4597.49 m = 15083.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.14 mb = 4121.26 m = 13521.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.31 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.34 mb = 598.28 m = 1962.82 ft T: 21.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 16.91 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.80 mb = 909.51 m = 2983.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.25 C = 79.26 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 31.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 757.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.30 mb = 838.93 m = 2752.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.30 mb = 3333.22 m = 10935.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.30 mb = 12153.89 m = 39874.47 ft B at Equ Level: 756.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.30 mb = 15146.88 m = 49693.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.8 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 324.8 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.1 neg: -11.7 tot: 46.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 9.99 Bulk Shear: 75.84 m/s