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: 40.86,-88.86 Latitude: 40.86 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 110 SFC 988 218 26.7 24.3 86 2.5 24.9 1 3 300.9 304.5 298.5 358.9 19.67 2 950 564 25.1 21.0 78 4.1 22.2 302 2 302.7 305.7 297.1 352.1 16.70 3 900 1037 21.3 19.8 91 1.5 20.2 227 6 303.4 306.4 297.1 352.0 16.37 4 850 1532 18.9 17.3 90 1.6 17.8 225 15 305.9 308.7 296.7 350.2 14.76 5 800 2053 16.9 13.1 79 3.7 14.4 230 23 309.1 311.4 295.6 345.4 11.94 6 750 2601 13.6 9.7 77 4.0 11.1 234 29 311.3 313.3 294.9 342.4 10.10 7 700 3180 9.6 7.2 85 2.4 8.1 233 33 313.1 314.9 294.7 341.5 9.14 8 650 3792 5.6 2.3 80 3.2 3.7 235 34 315.3 316.6 293.6 337.2 6.98 9 600 4442 1.2 -2.4 77 3.6 -0.6 247 35 317.5 318.6 293.0 334.7 5.35 10 550 5137 -3.5 -6.9 77 3.4 -5.1 253 40 319.9 320.7 292.6 333.4 4.14 11 500 5886 -7.0 -10.5 76 3.5 -8.5 254 40 324.5 325.2 293.3 336.0 3.45 12 450 6701 -11.8 -14.2 82 2.4 -12.7 253 37 328.4 329.0 293.9 338.1 2.83 13 400 7594 -17.1 -18.0 93 0.9 -17.4 244 30 332.7 333.2 294.5 340.8 2.32 14 350 8583 -23.9 -24.7 93 0.8 -24.1 251 35 336.6 336.9 294.8 341.9 1.48 15 300 9689 -32.3 -33.3 91 1.0 -32.4 250 37 339.9 340.1 295.0 342.8 0.77 16 250 10949 -42.1 -42.8 93 0.7 -42.2 247 39 343.5 343.5 295.5 344.9 0.35 17 200 12416 -54.9 -55.6 92 0.7 -54.9 213 38 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.3 0.10 18 150 14207 -65.0 -68.2 64 3.3 -65.0 249 32 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.03 19 100 16684 -63.4 -83.6 5 20.2 -63.6 239 25 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.28 m Freezing level: 587.07 mb = 4621.63 m = 15162.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.20 mb = 4345.04 m = 14255.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.86 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.82 mb = 528.22 m = 1732.98 ft T: 25.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 25.43 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1296.62 m = 4253.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 40.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1935.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.09 mb = 1036.28 m = 3399.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.09 mb = 2432.10 m = 7979.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.09 mb = 13609.83 m = 44651.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1925.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 136.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 20.09 Bulk Shear: 96.35 m/s