MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.18,-88.01 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -88.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 998 173 24.1 20.7 82 3.4 21.7 134 6 297.4 300.2 294.9 342.5 15.58 2 950 600 19.7 18.4 92 1.3 18.8 140 9 297.1 299.7 293.8 338.0 14.11 3 900 1064 16.5 15.8 95 0.7 16.1 150 9 298.5 300.8 293.2 335.4 12.65 4 850 1551 15.0 12.6 86 2.3 13.5 162 7 301.8 303.8 292.8 334.0 10.87 5 800 2063 12.7 9.4 81 3.2 10.7 163 7 304.6 306.4 292.4 332.6 9.32 6 750 2603 9.4 7.0 85 2.3 8.0 158 7 306.7 308.3 292.3 332.3 8.44 7 700 3172 5.9 3.3 83 2.6 4.4 156 7 309.0 310.3 291.8 330.3 6.93 8 650 3776 2.4 -1.8 74 4.2 0.3 176 6 311.7 312.7 291.1 327.9 5.16 9 600 4419 -1.1 -8.0 59 6.9 -4.1 195 7 314.8 315.5 290.6 326.1 3.49 10 550 5108 -5.1 -16.9 39 11.8 -9.2 181 6 318.0 318.4 290.0 324.2 1.85 11 500 5849 -10.8 -19.8 48 9.0 -13.6 183 5 319.9 320.2 290.3 325.3 1.59 12 450 6650 -16.3 -19.3 78 3.0 -17.2 211 10 322.7 323.1 291.5 329.0 1.84 13 400 7528 -21.4 -21.5 99 0.2 -21.4 226 10 327.2 327.6 292.6 333.2 1.71 14 350 8499 -28.4 -28.5 100 0.0 -28.5 215 9 330.4 330.6 292.9 334.2 1.04 15 300 9584 -37.1 -37.7 95 0.6 -37.2 187 7 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.9 0.50 16 250 10816 -47.5 -48.3 91 0.8 -47.5 101 7 335.5 335.5 293.4 336.3 0.19 17 200 12271 -50.5 -67.2 12 16.7 -51.0 213 18 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 18 150 14140 -54.4 -80.1 3 25.7 -54.8 231 28 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16671 -65.0 -83.8 6 18.8 -65.1 253 18 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.59 m Freezing level: 615.56 mb = 4219.08 m = 13841.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.49 mb = 3819.58 m = 12531.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.10 mb = 598.82 m = 1964.60 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 18.30 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.34 mb = 881.46 m = 2891.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 35.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 726.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.05 mb = 828.23 m = 2717.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.05 mb = 968.62 m = 3177.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 870.05 mb = 1352.05 m = 4435.81 ft B at Equ Level: 7.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.05 mb = 12953.27 m = 42497.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.9 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 196.9 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 407.01 Bulk Shear: 1.78 m/s