MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.66,-89.33 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -89.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 204 14.3 10.5 78 3.8 12.1 49 5 287.2 288.6 285.1 309.4 7.96 1 1000 229 14.9 9.5 70 5.4 11.9 53 7 288.1 289.4 285.0 309.1 7.48 2 950 666 17.0 6.8 51 10.2 11.2 82 12 294.4 295.6 286.5 313.4 6.53 3 900 1124 13.4 4.6 55 8.8 8.6 84 11 295.3 296.3 286.2 312.5 5.91 4 850 1601 9.3 1.7 59 7.6 5.5 68 10 295.9 296.8 285.7 310.9 5.09 5 800 2102 8.3 -12.0 22 20.2 0.4 69 11 300.0 300.3 283.8 305.9 1.91 6 750 2635 8.6 -28.6 5 37.2 -1.9 69 10 305.9 306.0 284.4 307.6 0.48 7 700 3202 5.9 -23.4 10 29.3 -3.3 43 6 309.0 309.2 285.9 311.8 0.82 8 650 3804 2.9 -28.8 8 31.6 -5.8 359 6 312.2 312.3 286.8 314.1 0.55 9 600 4447 -0.7 -33.3 6 32.6 -8.5 341 6 315.3 315.4 287.6 316.7 0.39 10 550 5135 -5.3 -34.1 8 28.7 -11.8 323 6 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.2 0.39 11 500 5875 -10.5 -35.6 11 25.1 -15.6 305 9 320.2 320.2 289.2 321.5 0.37 12 450 6676 -16.5 -28.0 36 11.5 -19.1 305 13 322.5 322.7 290.4 325.5 0.85 13 400 7550 -22.7 -23.0 98 0.3 -22.8 286 14 325.5 325.8 291.9 330.7 1.50 14 350 8517 -29.2 -30.5 89 1.2 -29.5 283 17 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.4 0.86 15 300 9597 -38.6 -38.6 100 0.0 -38.6 289 19 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.7 0.45 16 250 10820 -48.6 -51.0 75 2.5 -48.7 284 25 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.14 17 200 12284 -50.2 -76.7 3 26.5 -50.7 272 38 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.01 18 150 14140 -55.8 -78.2 4 22.4 -56.1 279 49 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.01 19 100 16654 -64.9 -84.0 6 19.1 -65.1 309 38 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.31 m Freezing level: 609.46 mb = 4325.08 m = 14189.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 790.83 mb = 2197.32 m = 7208.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.14 % Est. max temperature: 22.98 C = 73.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.76 mb = 685.78 m = 2249.92 ft T: 16.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 7.46 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.22 mb = 4128.95 m = 13546.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.91 C = 105.65 F Cap Strength: 10.31 C Lifted Index: 10.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.02 C Showalter Index: 11.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.88 C Cross Totals Index: 12.26 C K Index: -7.75 Risk: None Sweat Index: 50.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11681.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.38 mb = 1724.97 m = 5659.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 35.6 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 65.6 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: -6.4 tot: -1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.83 Bulk Shear: 4.19 m/s