MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 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 1002 204 23.0 13.2 54 9.8 16.8 83 8 296.0 297.7 289.9 323.6 9.56 1 1000 220 22.3 10.5 47 11.8 15.1 83 9 295.5 296.9 288.3 318.7 8.02 2 950 663 17.8 8.4 54 9.4 12.3 83 11 295.3 296.6 287.6 316.4 7.29 3 900 1121 13.4 7.4 67 6.1 10.0 82 12 295.4 296.6 287.5 316.2 7.18 4 850 1599 8.9 6.1 83 2.8 7.3 82 12 295.5 296.7 287.3 315.7 6.97 5 800 2099 8.2 -10.7 25 18.9 0.7 81 14 299.9 300.3 284.0 306.5 2.12 6 750 2631 7.8 -16.5 16 24.4 -0.9 60 9 305.1 305.4 285.2 309.6 1.40 7 700 3197 5.9 -24.8 9 30.7 -3.4 44 7 309.0 309.1 285.8 311.5 0.73 8 650 3800 3.0 -32.1 6 35.1 -6.0 44 7 312.4 312.5 286.6 313.8 0.40 9 600 4443 -0.6 -37.7 4 37.1 -8.7 30 6 315.4 315.4 287.5 316.3 0.25 10 550 5131 -5.2 -37.7 6 32.4 -11.9 351 6 317.9 317.9 288.3 318.9 0.27 11 500 5871 -10.8 -24.6 31 13.8 -14.5 316 8 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.5 1.04 12 450 6672 -16.6 -27.9 37 11.3 -19.2 315 7 322.4 322.5 290.4 325.4 0.86 13 400 7546 -22.4 -27.2 65 4.8 -23.5 297 16 325.8 326.0 291.6 329.5 1.03 14 350 8512 -29.9 -35.2 60 5.3 -30.6 290 20 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.5 0.55 15 300 9591 -38.0 -47.3 37 9.3 -38.7 278 26 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.18 16 250 10829 -44.3 -57.9 21 13.5 -44.9 294 43 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.06 17 200 12292 -53.1 -58.4 53 5.2 -53.3 290 54 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.07 18 150 14127 -56.4 -76.9 6 20.5 -56.7 282 40 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 19 100 16655 -63.1 -84.5 4 21.4 -63.3 294 24 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.02 m Freezing level: 608.51 mb = 4333.41 m = 14217.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 777.97 mb = 2329.48 m = 7642.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.98 % Est. max temperature: 22.49 C = 72.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.54 mb = 1428.47 m = 4686.52 ft T: 10.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 17.09 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.05 mb = 3724.40 m = 12219.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.97 C = 102.15 F Cap Strength: 7.74 C Lifted Index: 7.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.73 C Showalter Index: 8.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.70 C Cross Totals Index: 16.90 C K Index: -4.86 Risk: None Sweat Index: 105.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9768.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.62 mb = 1809.28 m = 5935.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 53.4 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 83.4 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -11.3 tot: -11.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 3.37 m/s