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: 40.70,-89.52 Latitude: 40.70 Longitude: -89.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 194 26.1 24.0 88 2.1 24.6 343 4 300.1 303.6 298.1 356.8 19.31 2 950 562 24.9 20.8 78 4.1 21.9 354 3 302.4 305.4 296.8 351.1 16.46 3 900 1035 21.5 19.8 90 1.7 20.3 215 5 303.6 306.7 297.1 352.2 16.32 4 850 1531 19.6 16.2 80 3.5 17.2 231 16 306.7 309.3 296.2 348.0 13.73 5 800 2052 16.8 12.5 76 4.2 14.0 240 24 309.0 311.2 295.3 343.9 11.47 6 750 2600 13.2 10.2 82 3.1 11.3 239 29 310.9 312.9 295.0 342.9 10.45 7 700 3178 9.3 7.7 90 1.6 8.3 237 32 312.8 314.6 294.8 342.1 9.48 8 650 3789 5.3 4.2 93 1.1 4.6 236 33 314.9 316.5 294.3 339.9 7.99 9 600 4439 1.2 -1.2 84 2.4 -0.1 243 34 317.5 318.6 293.3 336.1 5.83 10 550 5134 -3.7 -5.7 86 2.0 -4.7 249 38 319.7 320.6 292.9 334.5 4.55 11 500 5883 -7.1 -9.0 87 1.8 -7.9 250 43 324.3 325.1 293.6 337.2 3.88 12 450 6699 -11.1 -11.9 94 0.8 -11.5 262 36 329.2 329.9 294.5 340.9 3.42 13 400 7594 -16.8 -17.2 97 0.4 -16.9 264 38 333.2 333.7 294.8 341.9 2.49 14 350 8583 -23.7 -23.7 99 0.1 -23.7 253 37 336.9 337.2 295.0 342.7 1.61 15 300 9690 -32.4 -32.4 100 0.0 -32.4 248 38 339.7 339.9 295.0 342.9 0.84 16 250 10948 -42.2 -42.2 100 0.0 -42.2 246 39 343.4 343.5 295.5 344.9 0.37 17 200 12417 -54.5 -55.4 89 1.0 -54.5 227 44 346.5 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.10 18 150 14206 -65.5 -68.5 66 3.0 -65.5 246 32 357.2 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.03 19 100 16680 -62.6 -83.6 4 21.0 -62.9 243 25 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.91 m Freezing level: 587.88 mb = 4607.81 m = 15117.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.03 mb = 4425.55 m = 14519.36 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.92 % Est. max temperature: 33.15 C = 91.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.77 mb = 462.33 m = 1516.82 ft T: 25.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 17.70 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.92 mb = 1582.69 m = 5192.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.95 C = 91.31 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 41.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1768.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.37 mb = 1021.92 m = 3352.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.37 mb = 2416.74 m = 7928.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.37 mb = 13561.57 m = 44492.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1757.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 125.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 16.77 Bulk Shear: 105.48 m/s