MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 40.57,-88.22 Latitude: 40.57 Longitude: -88.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 992 228 29.6 22.2 65 7.4 24.2 235 7 303.4 306.6 297.6 354.7 17.24 2 950 613 25.6 19.2 67 6.5 21.1 234 10 303.2 306.0 296.0 347.4 14.89 3 900 1086 21.2 18.2 83 3.0 19.1 235 10 303.3 306.1 296.0 347.0 14.73 4 850 1579 16.9 15.8 93 1.1 16.1 247 10 303.9 306.3 295.2 343.7 13.40 5 800 2097 16.7 2.5 39 14.2 8.7 280 13 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.6 5.73 6 750 2643 13.4 -2.3 33 15.8 5.3 287 14 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.7 4.30 7 700 3219 10.0 -4.0 37 14.0 3.0 296 13 313.5 314.3 290.7 326.5 4.06 8 650 3831 5.8 -2.6 55 8.4 1.5 295 13 315.6 316.5 292.0 331.1 4.87 9 600 4481 1.2 -7.5 52 8.8 -2.8 278 13 317.5 318.2 291.5 329.3 3.61 10 550 5174 -3.8 -12.9 49 9.1 -7.4 279 15 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.1 2.57 11 500 5919 -9.4 -14.2 68 4.8 -11.2 294 19 321.6 322.1 291.7 330.1 2.54 12 450 6725 -14.4 -27.4 32 13.0 -17.6 283 14 325.2 325.3 291.2 328.4 0.90 13 400 7608 -20.4 -31.1 38 10.6 -22.6 287 8 328.5 328.6 292.0 331.1 0.72 14 350 8582 -27.5 -38.4 35 10.9 -29.0 19 5 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.2 0.40 15 300 9674 -34.4 -46.5 29 12.0 -35.5 32 22 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.20 16 250 10922 -44.2 -47.4 71 3.2 -44.5 13 28 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.2 0.21 17 200 12383 -55.0 -55.2 98 0.2 -55.0 329 56 345.6 345.7 295.8 346.1 0.11 18 150 14187 -59.8 -75.4 11 15.6 -59.9 271 9 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16698 -64.1 -83.5 5 19.4 -64.3 240 13 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.35 m Freezing level: 587.77 mb = 4650.24 m = 15256.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.20 mb = 4056.12 m = 13307.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.53 mb = 1167.83 m = 3831.41 ft T: 20.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 29.99 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.96 mb = 1438.61 m = 4719.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.88 C = 85.79 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.19 C K Index: 28.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1714.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.31 mb = 1385.45 m = 4545.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.31 mb = 1535.53 m = 5037.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 834.31 mb = 1738.16 m = 5702.57 ft B at Equ Level: 2.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 814.31 mb = 1945.27 m = 6382.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 28.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 152.85 Bulk Shear: 11.21 m/s