MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.89,-88.17 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -88.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 201 SFC 997 229 18.1 8.0 52 10.1 12.4 84 3 291.6 292.8 285.7 311.0 6.78 2 950 643 19.5 5.5 40 14.0 11.6 97 6 296.9 298.0 286.9 314.5 5.96 3 900 1105 15.8 5.6 51 10.2 10.0 114 6 297.7 298.9 287.5 316.4 6.32 4 850 1587 11.9 4.5 61 7.4 7.9 110 10 298.6 299.8 287.8 317.0 6.23 5 800 2091 9.3 -0.9 49 10.2 4.2 112 14 301.0 301.8 286.9 314.5 4.47 6 750 2624 7.5 -9.1 30 16.6 0.5 109 14 304.7 305.2 286.3 312.7 2.56 7 700 3190 5.2 -12.1 27 17.4 -1.7 100 13 308.3 308.7 287.1 315.2 2.15 8 650 3792 2.8 -21.3 15 24.0 -5.0 76 8 312.1 312.3 287.3 315.7 1.08 9 600 4434 -1.2 -29.6 9 28.4 -8.6 61 5 314.7 314.8 287.6 316.6 0.55 10 550 5121 -5.9 -39.2 5 33.3 -12.4 73 5 317.1 317.1 288.1 317.9 0.23 11 500 5859 -11.2 -45.2 4 34.1 -16.4 47 5 319.4 319.5 288.7 320.0 0.13 12 450 6658 -17.4 -45.5 7 28.1 -21.1 9 5 321.4 321.4 289.3 322.0 0.15 13 400 7528 -24.0 -44.9 13 20.9 -26.4 331 8 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.5 0.18 14 350 8489 -30.7 -53.2 9 22.5 -32.4 329 12 327.3 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.08 15 300 9567 -37.4 -55.2 14 17.8 -38.4 315 26 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.07 16 250 10803 -45.9 -53.4 43 7.5 -46.3 296 42 337.8 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.11 17 200 12256 -54.5 -62.5 37 8.0 -54.7 298 34 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.04 18 150 14090 -57.1 -78.7 5 21.6 -57.4 285 37 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16628 -61.1 -84.8 3 23.8 -61.3 301 30 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.18 m Freezing level: 615.58 mb = 4233.77 m = 13890.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.73 mb = 2748.47 m = 9017.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.35 C = 77.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.47 mb = 1512.83 m = 4963.29 ft T: 12.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 4.31 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.62 mb = 4227.61 m = 13869.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.40 C = 104.72 F Cap Strength: 8.55 C Lifted Index: 8.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.33 C Showalter Index: 6.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.07 C Cross Totals Index: 15.69 C K Index: 10.22 Risk: None Sweat Index: 80.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11581.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.35 mb = 2191.69 m = 7190.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 93.6 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 123.6 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -7.4 tot: -2.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.82 Bulk Shear: 1.41 m/s