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: 40.82,-88.50 Latitude: 40.82 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 220 25.4 23.4 89 1.9 24.0 154 6 299.4 302.8 297.5 353.9 18.64 2 950 583 24.9 19.6 72 5.4 21.1 177 18 302.5 305.3 296.1 347.5 15.25 3 900 1056 22.5 16.1 67 6.4 18.1 188 15 304.6 307.0 295.1 343.1 12.89 4 850 1553 21.3 8.7 44 12.6 13.4 281 8 308.5 310.1 292.8 333.9 8.33 5 800 2076 18.4 6.7 47 11.6 11.3 297 18 310.8 312.2 293.0 334.6 7.74 6 750 2626 14.9 5.0 51 9.9 9.0 314 27 312.8 314.2 293.2 335.6 7.31 7 700 3206 10.7 -0.5 46 11.3 4.7 325 31 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.0 5.26 8 650 3818 6.0 -4.3 47 10.4 0.9 329 34 315.8 316.6 291.6 329.5 4.27 9 600 4468 0.9 -7.3 54 8.3 -2.9 332 33 317.2 317.9 291.5 329.1 3.67 10 550 5162 -2.6 -12.9 45 10.3 -6.7 329 31 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.6 2.58 11 500 5912 -7.3 -18.9 39 11.7 -11.2 335 34 324.2 324.5 291.7 330.1 1.71 12 450 6722 -14.4 -18.6 71 4.2 -15.7 337 38 325.1 325.5 292.2 331.9 1.96 13 400 7606 -19.1 -20.6 88 1.5 -19.6 298 21 330.2 330.5 293.5 336.7 1.86 14 350 8587 -25.6 -27.5 84 1.9 -26.1 273 20 334.2 334.4 293.9 338.3 1.14 15 300 9685 -34.4 -35.9 86 1.5 -34.6 290 18 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.2 0.60 16 250 10932 -44.7 -46.3 84 1.6 -44.8 296 15 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.6 0.24 17 200 12384 -56.5 -56.7 98 0.2 -56.5 300 20 343.2 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.09 18 150 14196 -59.7 -74.0 14 14.3 -59.9 263 21 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16703 -62.3 -83.9 4 21.6 -62.6 255 14 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.18 m Freezing level: 586.72 mb = 4652.46 m = 15263.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.02 mb = 3969.14 m = 13021.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.91 C = 94.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.60 mb = 466.59 m = 1530.79 ft T: 25.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 19.99 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.70 mb = 2482.91 m = 8145.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.21 C = 100.77 F Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: 2.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.63 C Cross Totals Index: 15.99 C K Index: 26.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1320.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 234.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.70 mb = 1324.09 m = 4344.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.70 mb = 3596.05 m = 11797.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.70 mb = 12783.81 m = 41941.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1304.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.70 mb = 15191.17 m = 49839.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.9 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 350.9 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): 126.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 263.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.8 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: 1.66 Bulk Rich Number: 6.97 Bulk Shear: 189.39 m/s