MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F378.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F378.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 378 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 39.85,-87.76 Latitude: 39.85 Longitude: -87.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 992 197 24.5 22.2 87 2.3 22.9 168 5 298.4 301.5 296.3 348.6 17.26 2 950 573 23.7 18.5 73 5.2 20.1 199 12 301.3 303.9 295.1 343.2 14.25 3 900 1044 20.1 16.6 80 3.5 17.8 222 16 302.3 304.7 294.7 341.7 13.35 4 850 1536 17.3 13.4 78 3.9 14.7 239 21 304.2 306.3 293.9 338.3 11.44 5 800 2052 14.4 10.1 75 4.3 11.7 253 23 306.5 308.3 293.3 335.9 9.76 6 750 2595 10.6 7.4 80 3.2 8.6 261 23 308.1 309.7 292.9 334.3 8.63 7 700 3167 6.7 4.2 84 2.5 5.2 269 23 309.9 311.3 292.4 332.6 7.39 8 650 3771 2.6 -0.3 81 2.9 1.1 276 23 311.9 313.0 291.7 329.9 5.77 9 600 4415 -1.3 -7.1 65 5.8 -3.9 276 26 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.7 3.74 10 550 5103 -4.9 -16.1 41 11.2 -8.9 279 28 318.3 318.6 290.2 324.9 1.97 11 500 5847 -9.3 -19.6 43 10.3 -12.6 280 32 321.7 322.0 290.9 327.3 1.61 12 450 6652 -15.2 -20.6 63 5.4 -16.8 287 35 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.8 1.65 13 400 7530 -22.0 -25.8 71 3.9 -22.9 282 38 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.5 1.16 14 350 8499 -28.8 -34.0 61 5.2 -29.6 279 40 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.2 0.61 15 300 9584 -36.6 -40.3 68 3.7 -37.0 274 47 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.2 0.38 16 250 10821 -46.0 -47.5 84 1.6 -46.1 270 47 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.5 0.21 17 200 12273 -54.6 -58.6 62 3.9 -54.8 268 54 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.07 18 150 14081 -58.5 -77.5 7 19.0 -58.7 265 53 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16622 -59.0 -84.7 2 25.7 -59.3 281 14 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.46 m Freezing level: 616.40 mb = 4203.58 m = 13791.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.21 mb = 3905.88 m = 12814.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.11 mb = 489.57 m = 1606.18 ft T: 23.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 23.78 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.73 mb = 1589.03 m = 5213.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 37.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1458.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.19 mb = 1167.62 m = 3830.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.19 mb = 2241.44 m = 7353.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.19 mb = 11888.34 m = 39003.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1451.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.19 mb = 14873.11 m = 48795.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 22.70 Bulk Shear: 64.25 m/s