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: 40.78,-88.56 Latitude: 40.78 Longitude: -88.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 SFC 993 223 28.7 22.6 70 6.1 24.2 257 8 302.5 305.7 297.6 354.7 17.65 2 950 615 25.1 19.5 71 5.7 21.1 254 12 302.7 305.5 296.1 347.5 15.15 3 900 1088 20.8 18.3 86 2.5 19.1 252 12 302.9 305.7 296.0 346.9 14.85 4 850 1580 17.0 15.9 93 1.2 16.3 261 13 304.0 306.5 295.3 344.0 13.45 5 800 2097 15.9 5.8 51 10.1 9.9 281 17 308.1 309.5 291.8 330.3 7.25 6 750 2642 12.8 0.4 42 12.4 6.1 285 17 310.5 311.4 290.8 326.8 5.24 7 700 3218 9.4 -1.7 46 11.1 3.6 285 15 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.1 4.83 8 650 3829 5.4 -0.7 65 6.1 2.2 278 13 315.1 316.2 292.5 332.8 5.61 9 600 4478 1.1 -5.6 61 6.6 -2.1 264 15 317.3 318.2 292.0 330.9 4.21 10 550 5172 -3.6 -12.1 52 8.4 -7.1 263 16 319.8 320.3 291.4 328.9 2.75 11 500 5918 -8.8 -14.4 64 5.6 -10.9 280 22 322.3 322.8 291.9 330.7 2.50 12 450 6725 -14.0 -26.1 35 12.1 -17.1 274 20 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.3 1.01 13 400 7609 -20.2 -29.7 42 9.6 -22.2 274 12 328.8 328.9 292.2 331.7 0.81 14 350 8584 -27.3 -33.5 56 6.2 -28.4 345 3 331.9 332.0 292.9 334.3 0.64 15 300 9676 -34.5 -40.6 54 6.1 -35.2 28 20 336.8 336.8 293.9 338.2 0.37 16 250 10924 -44.0 -44.3 98 0.2 -44.0 2 24 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.8 0.30 17 200 12385 -55.3 -55.4 99 0.0 -55.3 324 49 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.6 0.10 18 150 14183 -60.7 -73.0 18 12.4 -60.9 276 8 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16695 -63.7 -83.5 5 19.8 -63.9 233 12 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.48 m Freezing level: 588.78 mb = 4633.77 m = 15202.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.43 mb = 4154.38 m = 13629.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.27 mb = 997.94 m = 3274.06 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 27.90 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.04 mb = 1389.21 m = 4557.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.81 C = 85.66 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.64 C K Index: 30.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1716.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.89 mb = 1282.26 m = 4206.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.89 mb = 1530.71 m = 5021.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 824.89 mb = 1835.96 m = 6023.41 ft B at Equ Level: 4.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 794.89 mb = 2151.45 m = 7058.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.0 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 302.0 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.9 neg: -2.7 tot: 24.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 367.91 Bulk Shear: 4.67 m/s