MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.45,-86.29 Latitude: 41.45 Longitude: -86.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 990 238 25.6 21.9 80 3.6 22.9 174 9 299.6 302.7 296.5 349.3 16.99 2 950 596 23.8 19.5 77 4.3 20.8 186 18 301.3 304.1 295.7 346.0 15.18 3 900 1068 20.9 16.7 77 4.2 18.0 207 16 303.0 305.5 295.0 342.7 13.38 4 850 1561 19.2 10.1 55 9.1 13.4 224 12 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.9 9.15 5 800 2082 17.6 5.1 44 12.5 10.2 260 13 309.9 311.2 292.0 331.2 6.89 6 750 2630 13.6 5.2 57 8.5 8.6 278 18 311.4 312.8 292.9 334.3 7.40 7 700 3207 8.9 4.4 73 4.6 6.3 278 20 312.4 313.8 293.2 335.6 7.49 8 650 3816 4.7 1.4 79 3.3 2.9 267 20 314.3 315.6 293.0 334.9 6.54 9 600 4465 1.3 -5.7 59 7.0 -2.1 257 23 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.0 4.16 10 550 5161 -2.4 -10.4 54 8.0 -5.8 272 27 321.3 321.9 292.2 331.7 3.15 11 500 5911 -7.1 -16.5 47 9.4 -10.5 269 25 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.6 2.11 12 450 6724 -12.7 -23.9 39 11.2 -15.9 252 22 327.2 327.5 292.2 331.6 1.23 13 400 7613 -18.0 -33.3 25 15.3 -21.1 271 16 331.6 331.7 292.7 333.8 0.58 14 350 8597 -24.8 -46.8 11 22.0 -27.5 251 11 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.16 15 300 9699 -33.2 -51.3 15 18.1 -34.7 260 6 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.11 16 250 10952 -43.7 -53.6 32 10.0 -44.2 170 17 341.1 341.2 294.7 341.6 0.10 17 200 12411 -55.6 -58.0 75 2.3 -55.7 155 9 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.08 18 150 14193 -62.3 -73.0 23 10.7 -62.4 253 18 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16699 -62.4 -84.1 4 21.7 -62.6 237 9 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.97 m Freezing level: 582.34 mb = 4711.09 m = 15456.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.81 mb = 4188.84 m = 13742.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.69 % Est. max temperature: 32.94 C = 91.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.03 mb = 697.77 m = 2289.26 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 18.12 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.30 mb = 2304.34 m = 7560.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.43 C = 97.58 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: 2.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.27 C Cross Totals Index: 17.13 C K Index: 31.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 750.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.61 mb = 1226.72 m = 4024.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.61 mb = 3223.01 m = 10574.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.61 mb = 12454.02 m = 40859.14 ft B at Equ Level: 744.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.61 mb = 14681.00 m = 48165.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.4 neg: -4.1 tot: 82.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 12.86 Bulk Shear: 58.31 m/s