MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.92,-88.22 Latitude: 41.92 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 84 SFC 983 237 30.9 23.4 64 7.5 25.3 184 8 305.5 309.0 299.0 361.6 18.70 2 950 540 27.6 21.5 69 6.1 23.1 184 15 305.2 308.4 298.0 356.6 17.19 3 900 1018 23.6 20.0 80 3.6 21.1 188 19 305.9 309.0 297.8 355.7 16.62 4 850 1517 21.7 15.6 68 6.1 17.5 213 21 308.9 311.4 296.4 349.1 13.26 5 800 2042 19.7 9.7 52 10.0 13.3 238 27 312.1 313.9 294.7 341.4 9.49 6 750 2594 16.0 4.8 47 11.2 9.3 247 28 314.0 315.4 293.4 336.5 7.21 7 700 3177 11.9 1.5 49 10.4 6.1 264 26 315.7 316.9 293.0 335.0 6.10 8 650 3792 7.3 -3.1 48 10.4 2.0 269 27 317.3 318.2 292.3 332.3 4.70 9 600 4445 2.4 -7.6 48 10.0 -2.3 276 27 318.9 319.6 291.9 330.6 3.59 10 550 5142 -2.7 -11.7 50 8.9 -6.4 295 26 320.9 321.4 291.8 330.3 2.85 11 500 5888 -9.4 -13.0 75 3.6 -10.8 302 24 321.6 322.2 292.0 331.0 2.81 12 450 6695 -14.2 -15.4 91 1.2 -14.6 294 27 325.4 325.9 292.8 334.1 2.57 13 400 7579 -19.6 -19.8 98 0.2 -19.7 265 30 329.5 329.9 293.4 336.4 1.99 14 350 8558 -26.1 -27.1 91 1.1 -26.3 265 23 333.6 333.8 293.8 337.9 1.18 15 300 9656 -33.9 -38.0 66 4.1 -34.4 258 17 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.4 0.48 16 250 10907 -43.5 -44.4 91 0.9 -43.6 171 7 341.4 341.5 294.9 342.6 0.29 17 200 12370 -54.9 -55.0 99 0.0 -54.9 79 6 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.3 0.11 18 150 14155 -62.3 -71.2 29 8.9 -62.4 181 24 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.02 19 100 16662 -62.1 -83.4 4 21.3 -62.3 254 14 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.03 m Freezing level: 576.63 mb = 4770.49 m = 15651.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.48 mb = 4092.56 m = 13426.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.73 % Est. max temperature: 35.28 C = 95.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.02 mb = 1193.94 m = 3917.09 ft T: 22.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 31.28 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.81 mb = 2271.65 m = 7452.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.23 C = 100.81 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -8.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.07 C Cross Totals Index: 25.01 C K Index: 36.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 545.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2885.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.86 mb = 1385.64 m = 4546.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.86 mb = 3082.30 m = 10112.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.86 mb = 13838.12 m = 45400.10 ft B at Equ Level: 2853.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 229.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.50 Bulk Rich Number: 35.27 Bulk Shear: 81.83 m/s