MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.93,-88.54 Latitude: 41.93 Longitude: -88.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 984 258 30.1 23.9 69 6.2 25.5 186 9 304.6 308.2 299.2 362.4 19.33 2 950 572 26.9 21.0 70 5.8 22.6 187 14 304.5 307.6 297.5 354.4 16.75 3 900 1048 22.5 19.9 85 2.6 20.6 191 15 304.7 307.7 297.4 353.7 16.43 4 850 1546 21.8 13.3 58 8.5 16.1 221 15 309.0 311.1 295.1 343.4 11.34 5 800 2070 18.1 10.8 63 7.2 13.4 236 17 310.4 312.3 294.7 341.8 10.25 6 750 2619 14.2 6.6 60 7.5 9.6 254 22 312.0 313.5 293.6 337.3 8.20 7 700 3197 10.0 0.7 52 9.3 4.9 265 29 313.6 314.6 292.2 331.6 5.74 8 650 3809 5.7 -2.1 57 7.7 1.7 259 31 315.4 316.3 292.1 331.4 5.06 9 600 4458 0.4 -4.3 71 4.7 -1.9 252 35 316.6 317.5 292.1 331.5 4.64 10 550 5150 -4.8 -7.9 79 3.1 -6.2 246 35 318.4 319.1 291.9 330.8 3.83 11 500 5893 -9.9 -11.2 91 1.2 -10.4 240 34 320.9 321.6 292.2 331.7 3.26 12 450 6699 -14.1 -14.5 97 0.4 -14.2 250 31 325.5 326.1 293.0 334.9 2.77 13 400 7584 -19.5 -20.2 94 0.7 -19.7 261 30 329.6 330.0 293.4 336.3 1.92 14 350 8562 -26.6 -26.9 98 0.2 -26.6 269 31 332.9 333.1 293.6 337.2 1.21 15 300 9657 -34.4 -35.5 90 1.1 -34.6 271 18 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.2 0.62 16 250 10906 -43.9 -51.4 43 7.6 -44.3 284 28 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.4 0.13 17 200 12366 -55.1 -62.1 41 7.0 -55.2 293 21 345.5 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14161 -61.3 -71.9 23 10.6 -61.4 245 25 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.02 19 100 16674 -62.0 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.2 249 18 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.78 m Freezing level: 595.91 mb = 4514.47 m = 14811.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.58 mb = 4106.41 m = 13472.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.01 % Est. max temperature: 34.86 C = 94.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.19 mb = 1046.56 m = 3433.56 ft T: 22.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 31.00 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.84 mb = 1996.07 m = 6548.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.64 C = 96.16 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -8.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 35.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2841.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.31 mb = 1320.48 m = 4332.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.31 mb = 2536.38 m = 8321.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.31 mb = 13479.39 m = 44223.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2817.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 45.47 Bulk Shear: 62.48 m/s