MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.95,-88.00 Latitude: 41.95 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 985 221 25.7 24.4 92 1.3 24.7 153 8 300.1 303.8 298.4 358.6 19.90 2 950 544 24.8 23.1 90 1.7 23.6 176 22 302.4 305.9 298.5 358.9 19.09 3 900 1019 22.9 19.9 83 3.0 20.7 205 26 305.1 308.1 297.5 354.2 16.43 4 850 1517 21.5 15.5 69 6.0 17.4 228 26 308.6 311.1 296.3 348.5 13.14 5 800 2042 18.5 12.3 67 6.2 14.4 246 30 310.9 313.0 295.6 345.5 11.31 6 750 2593 15.2 7.9 62 7.3 10.6 256 29 313.1 314.8 294.6 340.9 8.95 7 700 3174 11.4 4.1 61 7.2 7.1 261 27 315.1 316.5 293.9 338.2 7.38 8 650 3789 6.7 1.7 70 5.0 3.9 274 28 316.5 317.8 293.7 337.6 6.67 9 600 4441 1.9 0.8 92 1.1 1.3 290 28 318.4 319.7 294.3 339.9 6.78 10 550 5138 -3.5 -7.0 76 3.6 -5.1 292 24 320.0 320.8 292.6 333.4 4.10 11 500 5884 -8.6 -12.5 73 3.9 -10.1 294 24 322.6 323.2 292.4 332.4 2.94 12 450 6693 -13.9 -20.3 58 6.4 -15.9 305 23 325.8 326.1 292.2 331.6 1.69 13 400 7579 -18.9 -20.6 87 1.6 -19.4 293 17 330.4 330.8 293.6 336.9 1.86 14 350 8561 -25.7 -27.6 85 1.8 -26.1 271 13 334.1 334.3 293.9 338.2 1.14 15 300 9658 -33.9 -35.4 87 1.5 -34.1 205 22 337.5 337.7 294.3 339.9 0.63 16 250 10918 -41.3 -41.9 93 0.6 -41.3 148 32 344.7 344.7 295.8 346.2 0.38 17 200 12389 -54.4 -54.9 95 0.5 -54.5 148 45 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.11 18 150 14180 -65.1 -68.8 60 3.7 -65.1 172 31 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16682 -63.8 -83.5 5 19.6 -64.0 291 16 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.00 m Freezing level: 582.05 mb = 4691.35 m = 15391.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.75 mb = 4579.19 m = 15023.40 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.73 % Est. max temperature: 34.84 C = 94.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.07 mb = 387.16 m = 1270.18 ft T: 25.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 21.29 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.02 mb = 1785.70 m = 5858.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.35 C = 95.62 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -7.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 38.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 502.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2799.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.47 mb = 965.62 m = 3168.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.47 mb = 2815.10 m = 9235.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.47 mb = 14160.00 m = 46456.12 ft B at Equ Level: 2775.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.4 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 291.4 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 342.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.72 Bulk Rich Number: 22.74 Bulk Shear: 123.10 m/s