MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508171800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508171800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 18 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 136 SFC 985 273 29.5 23.5 70 6.0 25.0 185 6 304.0 307.4 298.7 360.0 18.81 2 950 591 26.1 21.0 74 5.0 22.4 199 9 303.6 306.7 297.4 353.4 16.73 3 900 1065 21.7 19.8 89 1.9 20.4 209 11 303.9 306.9 297.2 352.6 16.37 4 850 1561 18.7 16.6 87 2.1 17.2 228 13 305.8 308.4 296.2 348.1 14.12 5 800 2080 16.3 11.8 75 4.5 13.4 259 12 308.5 310.6 294.7 341.8 10.95 6 750 2626 12.2 8.5 78 3.7 9.9 263 13 309.8 311.6 293.9 338.3 9.32 7 700 3202 8.7 3.3 68 5.5 5.6 267 18 312.2 313.5 292.7 333.7 6.92 8 650 3812 5.2 -2.3 58 7.6 1.3 274 19 314.8 315.8 291.9 330.6 4.95 9 600 4462 2.4 -11.0 37 13.3 -3.3 272 16 318.9 319.4 291.2 328.0 2.76 10 550 5160 -1.0 -12.7 41 11.7 -5.8 262 17 322.9 323.4 292.2 331.7 2.62 11 500 5915 -5.3 -14.2 50 8.9 -8.8 265 20 326.6 327.1 293.2 335.3 2.56 12 450 6734 -10.4 -18.3 53 7.8 -13.2 276 23 330.1 330.5 293.6 337.1 2.01 13 400 7631 -16.4 -24.2 51 7.7 -18.6 270 22 333.6 333.9 294.0 338.5 1.35 14 350 8622 -23.2 -33.8 37 10.6 -25.2 260 22 337.5 337.7 294.3 339.9 0.63 15 300 9730 -31.9 -36.9 61 5.0 -32.7 275 13 340.4 340.5 294.9 342.4 0.54 16 250 10991 -41.8 -45.5 68 3.6 -42.1 281 14 343.9 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.26 17 200 12467 -52.5 -63.0 27 10.5 -52.8 261 23 349.6 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.04 18 150 14272 -65.5 -70.3 51 4.9 -65.5 224 8 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16714 -66.9 -83.6 8 16.7 -67.0 166 4 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.15 m Freezing level: 564.95 mb = 4951.56 m = 16245.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.86 mb = 3990.28 m = 13091.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.09 C = 89.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.26 mb = 1033.67 m = 3391.27 ft T: 21.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 32.05 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1398.84 m = 4589.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.93 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 35.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1710.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.56 mb = 1234.90 m = 4051.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.56 mb = 1686.92 m = 5534.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.56 mb = 13577.74 m = 44545.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1703.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.0 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 289.0 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 52.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 71.56 Bulk Shear: 23.90 m/s