MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 40.80,-88.55 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -88.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 990 222 25.3 23.4 89 1.9 23.9 154 6 299.4 302.8 297.4 353.8 18.63 2 950 582 25.0 19.6 72 5.4 21.2 176 18 302.5 305.3 296.1 347.7 15.27 3 900 1056 22.6 15.9 66 6.7 18.0 187 15 304.8 307.2 295.0 342.8 12.72 4 850 1553 21.5 8.7 44 12.9 13.5 279 8 308.7 310.2 292.8 334.0 8.30 5 800 2076 18.6 6.7 46 11.8 11.4 296 18 310.9 312.4 293.0 334.8 7.74 6 750 2626 15.1 4.9 51 10.2 9.0 313 26 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.5 7.25 7 700 3206 10.8 -0.5 46 11.2 4.7 324 31 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.1 5.29 8 650 3819 6.1 -4.5 47 10.6 0.8 328 34 315.8 316.6 291.5 329.4 4.22 9 600 4469 1.1 -7.9 51 9.0 -3.0 331 33 317.4 318.1 291.4 328.8 3.51 10 550 5163 -2.7 -13.3 44 10.6 -6.9 328 31 320.9 321.4 291.5 329.3 2.49 11 500 5912 -7.3 -19.4 38 12.0 -11.3 334 34 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.8 1.65 12 450 6722 -14.3 -19.1 67 4.8 -15.8 337 37 325.3 325.6 292.2 331.7 1.88 13 400 7606 -19.2 -20.7 88 1.5 -19.7 302 22 330.0 330.4 293.4 336.4 1.83 14 350 8587 -25.7 -27.4 86 1.7 -26.1 277 19 334.1 334.3 293.9 338.2 1.15 15 300 9685 -34.4 -35.9 86 1.5 -34.6 291 18 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.2 0.60 16 250 10932 -44.7 -46.2 85 1.5 -44.8 299 15 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.5 0.24 17 200 12384 -56.4 -56.9 94 0.5 -56.5 301 20 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.09 18 150 14196 -59.7 -73.2 16 13.4 -59.9 264 21 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16704 -62.4 -83.9 4 21.5 -62.7 256 14 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.37 m Freezing level: 585.36 mb = 4672.21 m = 15328.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.97 mb = 3957.72 m = 12984.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.72 % Est. max temperature: 35.07 C = 95.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.72 mb = 465.03 m = 1525.67 ft T: 25.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 19.81 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.59 mb = 2529.30 m = 8298.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.51 C = 101.32 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: 2.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.86 C Cross Totals Index: 16.00 C K Index: 26.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1312.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 245.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.72 mb = 1343.64 m = 4408.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.72 mb = 3621.24 m = 11880.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.72 mb = 12850.62 m = 42160.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1287.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.72 mb = 15287.83 m = 50156.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.2 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 350.2 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.7 neg: -1.7 tot: 260.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 6.86 Bulk Shear: 191.47 m/s