MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 41.13,-89.65 Latitude: 41.13 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 995 207 29.3 23.1 69 6.2 24.7 195 9 302.9 306.2 298.1 356.8 18.16 2 950 613 24.5 20.3 77 4.2 21.5 198 12 302.0 305.0 296.4 349.1 15.93 3 900 1085 20.2 19.1 93 1.2 19.4 204 13 302.4 305.2 296.3 348.5 15.63 4 850 1578 19.8 10.6 55 9.2 13.9 236 15 306.9 308.6 293.2 335.5 9.49 5 800 2098 17.1 4.2 42 12.9 9.6 253 12 309.4 310.6 291.5 329.4 6.47 6 750 2646 14.1 0.3 39 13.8 6.6 270 12 311.9 312.8 291.2 328.2 5.22 7 700 3224 10.4 2.4 58 7.9 5.9 275 13 314.0 315.2 292.9 334.5 6.53 8 650 3837 6.1 0.2 66 6.0 2.9 272 12 315.9 317.1 293.0 334.9 5.98 9 600 4488 1.4 -6.1 57 7.5 -2.2 257 10 317.7 318.5 291.9 330.7 4.04 10 550 5182 -3.8 -11.7 54 7.9 -7.0 267 13 319.6 320.1 291.4 328.9 2.84 11 500 5927 -9.2 -13.9 68 4.7 -11.0 284 18 321.8 322.3 291.9 330.5 2.60 12 450 6734 -14.2 -27.2 32 13.0 -17.4 273 9 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.7 0.92 13 400 7618 -19.6 -33.1 29 13.5 -22.2 309 7 329.5 329.7 292.2 331.7 0.59 14 350 8595 -26.9 -31.3 66 4.4 -27.7 16 10 332.5 332.7 293.2 335.5 0.80 15 300 9689 -34.5 -40.8 53 6.3 -35.2 11 25 336.7 336.8 293.9 338.1 0.36 16 250 10937 -44.3 -46.4 79 2.2 -44.4 346 32 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.2 0.24 17 200 12392 -56.3 -56.8 94 0.5 -56.3 322 46 343.6 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.09 18 150 14184 -62.0 -71.0 29 9.0 -62.1 318 7 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.02 19 100 16710 -61.7 -83.9 4 22.2 -62.0 248 13 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.08 m Freezing level: 586.92 mb = 4669.25 m = 15318.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.65 mb = 4199.59 m = 13778.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.11 % Est. max temperature: 33.50 C = 92.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.49 mb = 993.03 m = 3257.92 ft T: 21.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 28.55 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.68 mb = 1869.08 m = 6132.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.66 C = 94.38 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 31.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2020.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.32 mb = 1139.33 m = 3737.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.32 mb = 3113.33 m = 10214.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.32 mb = 13071.75 m = 42885.81 ft B at Equ Level: 2012.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.32 mb = 16155.31 m = 53002.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.3 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 286.3 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 110.04 Bulk Shear: 18.36 m/s