MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.47,-87.99 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -87.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 991 204 27.2 23.3 79 3.9 24.3 167 5 301.2 304.6 297.8 355.5 18.45 2 950 574 25.6 20.9 75 4.7 22.2 185 18 303.1 306.2 297.1 352.2 16.57 3 900 1048 21.7 19.1 85 2.6 19.9 194 22 303.8 306.7 296.7 350.4 15.65 4 850 1543 19.2 14.8 76 4.4 16.3 214 18 306.3 308.6 295.3 344.0 12.58 5 800 2064 18.1 6.7 47 11.4 11.2 294 17 310.5 311.9 292.9 334.3 7.72 6 750 2614 15.4 3.1 44 12.2 8.3 320 23 313.2 314.5 292.6 333.2 6.39 7 700 3195 10.9 2.9 58 7.9 6.3 312 26 314.5 315.8 293.3 335.7 6.76 8 650 3808 5.8 -0.3 65 6.1 2.5 324 26 315.5 316.6 292.7 333.7 5.75 9 600 4458 1.9 -5.6 58 7.5 -1.7 335 27 318.3 319.1 292.2 331.9 4.20 10 550 5154 -2.6 -10.0 57 7.4 -5.8 341 30 321.0 321.7 292.2 331.8 3.26 11 500 5904 -6.7 -14.8 53 8.1 -9.8 336 25 324.9 325.4 292.6 333.2 2.43 12 450 6722 -10.6 -20.6 44 10.0 -13.9 322 21 329.8 330.2 293.2 335.7 1.65 13 400 7617 -16.6 -19.8 76 3.2 -17.6 299 19 333.4 333.8 294.4 340.4 1.99 14 350 8607 -23.4 -26.7 75 3.2 -24.2 300 13 337.2 337.4 294.7 341.7 1.23 15 300 9715 -32.1 -35.5 71 3.5 -32.6 311 14 340.2 340.3 294.9 342.6 0.62 16 250 10974 -42.6 -45.0 78 2.3 -42.8 274 10 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.8 0.28 17 200 12435 -56.0 -58.0 78 2.0 -56.1 286 13 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.08 18 150 14215 -64.9 -70.5 46 5.6 -64.9 307 28 358.3 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.02 19 100 16683 -63.7 -83.6 5 19.9 -63.9 208 15 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.50 m Freezing level: 579.04 mb = 4749.81 m = 15583.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.60 mb = 4183.67 m = 13725.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.40 % Est. max temperature: 33.06 C = 91.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.66 mb = 707.50 m = 2321.17 ft T: 24.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 22.26 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.00 mb = 2064.00 m = 6771.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.49 C = 97.69 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 32.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1649.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.33 mb = 1151.53 m = 3777.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.33 mb = 3142.85 m = 10311.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.33 mb = 13650.07 m = 44783.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1630.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.1 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 344.1 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.5 neg: -2.1 tot: 269.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.55 Bulk Rich Number: 11.07 Bulk Shear: 148.96 m/s