MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.94,-88.00 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 985 222 34.9 22.1 48 12.8 25.4 222 13 309.4 312.7 299.1 362.0 17.30 2 950 547 30.2 21.0 58 9.2 23.5 224 26 307.9 311.0 298.4 358.5 16.74 3 900 1028 25.8 19.7 69 6.1 21.4 228 26 308.1 311.2 298.1 357.3 16.24 4 850 1530 23.1 15.0 60 8.1 17.5 241 29 310.3 312.7 296.4 349.2 12.73 5 800 2058 20.9 10.1 50 10.8 13.9 251 30 313.4 315.3 295.2 343.6 9.74 6 750 2613 16.9 8.0 56 8.9 11.3 257 28 314.9 316.7 295.0 343.0 9.00 7 700 3197 12.7 6.4 65 6.4 8.8 262 29 316.6 318.3 295.2 343.8 8.64 8 650 3816 8.5 2.9 68 5.6 5.3 278 28 318.6 320.0 294.8 341.8 7.30 9 600 4472 3.5 -3.3 61 6.8 0.0 289 23 320.2 321.2 293.4 336.4 5.02 10 550 5172 -2.2 -7.9 65 5.7 -4.8 289 19 321.5 322.3 292.8 334.1 3.83 11 500 5920 -8.7 -10.7 85 2.0 -9.5 288 19 322.5 323.1 292.7 333.7 3.39 12 450 6729 -13.3 -33.5 17 20.2 -17.6 297 23 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.3 0.50 13 400 7614 -19.7 -39.4 16 19.6 -22.9 296 19 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.31 14 350 8589 -27.6 -36.4 43 8.8 -28.9 277 22 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.3 0.49 15 300 9681 -34.8 -53.9 13 19.1 -36.1 269 21 336.3 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 16 250 10930 -43.2 -60.0 14 16.8 -43.9 197 24 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.05 17 200 12395 -54.5 -64.9 27 10.4 -54.7 181 24 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14202 -62.1 -75.8 14 13.7 -62.3 261 24 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16682 -64.5 -83.0 6 18.4 -64.7 216 8 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.18 m Freezing level: 569.15 mb = 4903.69 m = 16088.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.79 mb = 4475.03 m = 14681.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.96 % Est. max temperature: 36.73 C = 98.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.28 mb = 1839.82 m = 6036.07 ft T: 21.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 19.01 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.93 mb = 2579.13 m = 8461.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.34 C = 104.62 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: -8.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.67 C K Index: 40.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 499.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3107.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.01 mb = 1789.79 m = 5871.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.01 mb = 3197.06 m = 10488.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.01 mb = 13796.16 m = 45262.44 ft B at Equ Level: 3094.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.6 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 292.6 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.67 Bulk Rich Number: 94.27 Bulk Shear: 32.96 m/s