MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.73,-87.74 Latitude: 41.73 Longitude: -87.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 995 201 25.9 10.6 38 15.3 16.4 114 4 299.5 301.0 289.8 323.4 8.11 2 950 604 21.8 7.0 38 14.8 13.2 136 8 299.3 300.5 288.4 319.0 6.64 3 900 1069 17.5 5.9 46 11.6 10.9 141 8 299.5 300.7 288.3 318.7 6.47 4 850 1553 13.2 3.8 53 9.4 8.1 142 8 300.0 301.1 288.0 317.6 5.92 5 800 2059 9.7 -1.3 46 11.0 4.2 136 7 301.5 302.2 286.9 314.6 4.34 6 750 2594 8.8 -18.7 12 27.5 -0.7 144 9 306.2 306.4 285.3 310.0 1.17 7 700 3161 6.8 -24.7 8 31.5 -2.9 145 6 310.0 310.1 286.2 312.5 0.74 8 650 3765 3.4 -27.9 8 31.3 -5.4 163 3 312.8 312.9 287.1 314.9 0.59 9 600 4409 -0.6 -36.3 5 35.7 -8.6 226 2 315.5 315.5 287.6 316.5 0.29 10 550 5098 -4.7 -43.8 3 39.1 -11.8 238 5 318.5 318.5 288.4 319.0 0.14 11 500 5840 -9.9 -43.9 4 34.1 -15.5 240 8 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.6 0.16 12 450 6643 -15.8 -42.3 8 26.6 -19.8 254 9 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.2 0.20 13 400 7519 -22.3 -32.1 40 9.9 -24.1 298 14 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.4 0.65 14 350 8485 -29.9 -33.8 69 3.8 -30.5 309 17 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.7 0.63 15 300 9563 -38.5 -42.5 66 4.0 -38.9 315 22 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.2 0.30 16 250 10788 -48.8 -51.3 75 2.6 -48.9 317 28 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.14 17 200 12231 -53.5 -67.5 17 14.0 -53.8 298 25 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14071 -56.5 -79.6 4 23.1 -56.8 290 28 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16605 -61.7 -84.6 3 22.9 -61.9 302 17 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.55 m Freezing level: 606.99 mb = 4318.84 m = 14169.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.45 mb = 2511.74 m = 8240.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.57 C = 79.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.54 mb = 2116.21 m = 6942.88 ft T: 9.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 13.41 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.73 mb = 4045.57 m = 13272.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.37 C = 104.67 F Cap Strength: 6.70 C Lifted Index: 6.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.41 C Showalter Index: 7.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 13.67 C K Index: -4.58 Risk: None Sweat Index: 68.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8694.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.42 mb = 2392.76 m = 7850.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.1 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 196.1 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -3.7 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 1.78 m/s