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: 42.01,-87.99 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -87.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 985 222 25.6 24.4 93 1.2 24.7 152 8 300.1 303.7 298.4 358.6 19.94 2 950 544 24.9 23.2 90 1.7 23.6 175 22 302.4 306.0 298.5 359.1 19.13 3 900 1018 22.7 20.1 85 2.7 20.9 204 26 304.9 308.0 297.7 354.8 16.67 4 850 1517 21.4 15.6 70 5.8 17.4 228 26 308.5 311.0 296.3 348.6 13.24 5 800 2041 18.5 12.4 68 6.1 14.4 246 30 310.8 313.0 295.7 345.6 11.36 6 750 2592 15.3 7.8 61 7.5 10.6 256 30 313.1 314.8 294.5 340.7 8.89 7 700 3173 11.4 4.2 61 7.2 7.2 261 28 315.1 316.5 293.9 338.3 7.41 8 650 3788 6.7 1.9 71 4.8 3.9 275 28 316.5 317.8 293.8 337.9 6.77 9 600 4441 2.0 0.9 93 1.0 1.4 291 28 318.4 319.7 294.4 340.2 6.85 10 550 5137 -3.4 -7.0 76 3.6 -5.1 292 24 320.1 320.9 292.6 333.4 4.10 11 500 5883 -8.6 -12.3 74 3.8 -10.1 295 25 322.6 323.2 292.4 332.5 2.96 12 450 6693 -14.0 -20.3 58 6.4 -15.9 305 24 325.7 326.0 292.1 331.5 1.68 13 400 7579 -18.9 -20.2 89 1.3 -19.3 296 17 330.4 330.8 293.6 337.1 1.91 14 350 8561 -25.8 -26.9 90 1.2 -26.0 278 14 334.0 334.3 293.9 338.4 1.20 15 300 9657 -34.1 -35.1 91 1.0 -34.3 213 24 337.3 337.4 294.3 339.7 0.64 16 250 10916 -41.2 -41.2 100 -0.0 -41.2 149 32 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.5 0.42 17 200 12388 -54.5 -54.5 99 0.1 -54.5 148 45 346.5 346.5 296.0 347.0 0.12 18 150 14179 -65.0 -68.7 60 3.7 -65.0 173 32 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.02 19 100 16681 -64.1 -83.5 5 19.3 -64.3 290 16 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.97 m Freezing level: 581.69 mb = 4695.59 m = 15405.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.39 mb = 4583.41 m = 15037.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.22 % Est. max temperature: 34.74 C = 94.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.46 mb = 374.01 m = 1227.04 ft T: 25.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 21.19 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.52 mb = 1738.05 m = 5702.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.05 C = 95.08 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -8.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 506.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2862.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.09 mb = 949.53 m = 3115.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.09 mb = 2795.75 m = 9172.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.09 mb = 14092.69 m = 46235.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2848.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 351.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.97 Bulk Rich Number: 22.26 Bulk Shear: 128.61 m/s