MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 40.66,-88.86 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -88.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 986 230 27.1 24.6 86 2.5 25.3 317 2 301.4 305.1 298.8 360.8 20.11 2 950 563 25.9 21.4 76 4.5 22.6 251 4 303.4 306.6 297.5 354.2 17.10 3 900 1038 21.9 20.2 90 1.6 20.7 225 8 304.0 307.1 297.5 354.0 16.79 4 850 1534 19.5 17.0 86 2.5 17.8 228 16 306.6 309.3 296.7 350.1 14.50 5 800 2056 17.4 12.5 73 4.9 14.1 234 24 309.6 311.8 295.4 344.5 11.43 6 750 2605 13.8 9.5 75 4.4 11.0 237 30 311.6 313.5 294.8 342.3 9.97 7 700 3183 9.7 7.0 84 2.7 8.0 234 31 313.2 314.9 294.6 341.2 9.02 8 650 3795 5.7 0.9 71 4.8 3.1 236 31 315.5 316.7 293.2 335.4 6.31 9 600 4446 1.6 -5.3 60 6.9 -1.7 249 33 318.0 318.8 292.2 331.9 4.30 10 550 5141 -3.2 -8.3 68 5.1 -5.5 256 39 320.3 321.0 292.4 332.5 3.73 11 500 5890 -7.0 -11.9 68 5.0 -9.0 253 40 324.6 325.2 293.0 334.9 3.07 12 450 6705 -11.9 -15.0 78 3.1 -13.1 253 37 328.2 328.8 293.6 337.3 2.65 13 400 7598 -17.3 -17.8 96 0.5 -17.4 245 28 332.5 333.0 294.5 340.8 2.37 14 350 8586 -23.9 -24.5 94 0.7 -24.0 251 33 336.6 336.9 294.8 342.0 1.50 15 300 9693 -32.3 -33.6 88 1.3 -32.6 254 34 339.8 339.9 295.0 342.6 0.74 16 250 10953 -42.2 -43.6 86 1.5 -42.3 249 35 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.7 0.32 17 200 12418 -54.9 -55.6 92 0.7 -55.0 210 36 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.10 18 150 14210 -64.5 -68.3 59 3.8 -64.6 253 29 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.03 19 100 16686 -63.5 -83.6 5 20.1 -63.7 238 24 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.13 m Freezing level: 583.25 mb = 4678.94 m = 15350.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.09 mb = 4204.56 m = 13794.33 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.56 % Est. max temperature: 33.03 C = 91.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.37 mb = 550.60 m = 1806.42 ft T: 25.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 28.96 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1383.88 m = 4540.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.45 C = 88.61 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -5.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.31 C Showalter Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 23.96 C K Index: 40.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2297.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.63 mb = 1080.31 m = 3544.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.63 mb = 2373.89 m = 7788.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.63 mb = 13783.79 m = 45221.86 ft B at Equ Level: 2290.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 30.57 Bulk Shear: 75.17 m/s