MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.48,-86.45 Latitude: 41.48 Longitude: -86.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 989 229 27.7 23.4 77 4.3 24.5 197 7 301.8 305.2 298.0 356.7 18.59 2 950 588 26.5 20.8 71 5.8 22.4 208 18 304.1 307.2 297.3 353.2 16.48 3 900 1064 22.4 19.2 82 3.2 20.2 215 18 304.6 307.6 297.0 351.7 15.80 4 850 1559 18.8 16.8 88 2.0 17.5 224 15 305.9 308.5 296.4 348.9 14.33 5 800 2080 17.1 11.6 70 5.4 13.6 240 14 309.4 311.4 294.9 342.3 10.82 6 750 2628 13.3 8.7 74 4.6 10.4 256 13 311.0 312.8 294.4 340.1 9.48 7 700 3206 9.6 5.8 77 3.8 7.3 281 12 313.1 314.7 294.0 338.8 8.28 8 650 3817 5.4 -1.6 61 7.0 1.7 286 18 315.1 316.1 292.2 331.7 5.25 9 600 4466 0.5 -4.4 70 4.8 -1.9 271 22 316.7 317.5 292.1 331.4 4.61 10 550 5158 -5.0 -7.6 82 2.6 -6.1 256 22 318.1 318.9 292.0 330.9 3.94 11 500 5900 -9.9 -16.7 58 6.8 -12.2 261 25 321.0 321.4 291.2 328.0 2.08 12 450 6708 -13.4 -18.5 65 5.1 -15.0 264 22 326.4 326.8 292.6 333.3 1.98 13 400 7595 -19.3 -22.8 74 3.5 -20.3 272 21 329.9 330.2 293.2 335.3 1.53 14 350 8574 -26.2 -30.0 70 3.8 -27.0 274 19 333.4 333.6 293.5 336.7 0.90 15 300 9672 -33.8 -42.5 41 8.7 -34.8 281 18 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.9 0.30 16 250 10923 -43.5 -46.4 73 2.9 -43.7 307 10 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.3 0.24 17 200 12385 -54.6 -62.3 38 7.7 -54.8 281 8 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14188 -60.7 -74.9 14 14.3 -60.9 262 16 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16688 -63.6 -83.6 5 20.0 -63.8 257 15 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.24 m Freezing level: 595.76 mb = 4524.48 m = 14843.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.13 mb = 4120.35 m = 13518.06 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.70 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.39 mb = 780.94 m = 2562.12 ft T: 24.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 28.68 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.47 mb = 1503.71 m = 4933.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.64 C = 88.96 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -8.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.72 C Cross Totals Index: 26.72 C K Index: 41.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2417.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.74 mb = 1270.93 m = 4169.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.74 mb = 2363.50 m = 7754.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.74 mb = 13267.47 m = 43527.92 ft B at Equ Level: 2392.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -9.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.1 neg: -5.1 tot: 53.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 101.69 Bulk Shear: 23.78 m/s