MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 41.67,-86.18 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -86.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 989 242 28.2 25.1 83 3.1 25.9 195 6 302.3 306.1 299.4 363.5 20.63 2 950 601 27.6 21.5 69 6.1 23.2 210 14 305.2 308.4 298.1 356.8 17.25 3 900 1078 23.4 20.0 81 3.4 21.0 215 13 305.6 308.7 297.8 355.4 16.62 4 850 1576 20.5 16.4 77 4.1 17.7 225 10 307.6 310.2 296.5 349.6 13.93 5 800 2099 18.3 9.3 56 9.0 12.6 251 9 310.7 312.4 294.1 339.0 9.24 6 750 2648 14.4 5.0 53 9.4 8.8 253 11 312.2 313.6 293.0 334.9 7.31 7 700 3227 9.7 2.6 61 7.1 5.7 242 12 313.2 314.5 292.7 333.9 6.61 8 650 3838 5.0 -0.1 70 5.1 2.2 225 11 314.6 315.7 292.6 333.1 5.85 9 600 4486 0.5 -5.5 64 6.0 -2.3 218 10 316.7 317.5 291.8 330.4 4.24 10 550 5179 -3.2 -15.0 40 11.8 -7.7 213 9 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.6 2.17 11 500 5928 -6.9 -28.7 16 21.9 -12.6 229 6 324.6 324.8 290.9 327.2 0.71 12 450 6742 -11.5 -35.5 12 24.0 -16.5 226 7 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.3 0.41 13 400 7635 -17.1 -38.8 13 21.7 -20.9 237 12 332.8 332.9 292.8 334.1 0.33 14 350 8622 -24.5 -38.5 26 14.0 -26.6 253 14 335.8 335.9 293.6 337.3 0.39 15 300 9726 -32.5 -47.6 21 15.1 -34.0 215 10 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.17 16 250 10985 -42.0 -49.4 45 7.3 -42.5 146 6 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.3 0.17 17 200 12456 -53.6 -58.9 52 5.3 -53.8 190 9 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.07 18 150 14252 -64.1 -69.6 47 5.5 -64.2 269 24 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.02 19 100 16730 -63.1 -83.6 5 20.5 -63.3 261 17 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.28 m Freezing level: 592.98 mb = 4583.05 m = 15036.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.42 mb = 4149.64 m = 13614.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.42 % Est. max temperature: 34.13 C = 93.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.00 mb = 637.93 m = 2092.92 ft T: 27.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 36.26 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.42 mb = 1756.26 m = 5761.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.52 C = 94.14 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -6.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.84 C Showalter Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 36.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2675.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.79 mb = 1285.83 m = 4218.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.79 mb = 2493.32 m = 8180.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.79 mb = 14096.34 m = 46247.26 ft B at Equ Level: 2658.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -2.6 tot: 17.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 1369.17 Bulk Shear: 1.95 m/s