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: 41.90,-88.20 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -88.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 987 233 26.5 22.1 77 4.4 23.3 173 5 300.7 303.9 297.0 351.4 17.26 2 950 572 24.7 19.9 74 4.9 21.3 186 17 302.3 305.2 296.3 348.3 15.56 3 900 1045 22.1 17.6 76 4.5 19.0 202 20 304.3 307.0 295.9 346.7 14.23 4 850 1541 20.6 11.3 55 9.3 14.6 256 11 307.7 309.6 293.8 337.8 9.95 5 800 2064 18.5 5.6 43 12.9 10.7 309 14 310.8 312.2 292.5 332.9 7.13 6 750 2614 15.0 4.7 50 10.3 8.9 308 17 312.9 314.3 293.1 335.2 7.16 7 700 3194 10.8 3.7 62 7.0 6.6 305 20 314.4 315.8 293.5 336.9 7.16 8 650 3807 6.6 -2.3 53 8.9 2.0 316 20 316.4 317.4 292.3 332.4 4.99 9 600 4460 2.3 -6.1 54 8.4 -1.7 327 24 318.8 319.6 292.2 331.9 4.04 10 550 5157 -2.5 -9.6 58 7.1 -5.5 332 27 321.2 321.8 292.3 332.3 3.37 11 500 5906 -7.7 -12.6 68 4.9 -9.6 332 23 323.7 324.3 292.6 333.4 2.91 12 450 6719 -11.9 -18.0 60 6.1 -14.0 327 14 328.3 328.7 293.2 335.4 2.06 13 400 7612 -17.1 -20.0 78 2.9 -18.0 308 14 332.7 333.1 294.2 339.6 1.95 14 350 8601 -23.5 -25.9 81 2.4 -24.1 295 13 337.1 337.4 294.8 341.9 1.33 15 300 9709 -32.0 -34.6 78 2.6 -32.4 287 12 340.3 340.5 295.0 342.9 0.68 16 250 10969 -42.6 -45.1 76 2.5 -42.8 278 16 342.8 342.8 295.3 343.9 0.27 17 200 12431 -55.9 -56.5 93 0.6 -55.9 270 19 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.09 18 150 14215 -65.7 -69.9 56 4.1 -65.8 305 39 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.02 19 100 16682 -62.7 -83.6 4 21.0 -62.9 223 19 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.35 m Freezing level: 575.73 mb = 4797.97 m = 15741.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.96 mb = 4153.59 m = 13627.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.66 % Est. max temperature: 34.21 C = 93.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.95 mb = 786.89 m = 2581.62 ft T: 23.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 18.57 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.60 mb = 2427.17 m = 7963.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.90 C = 100.23 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 18.97 C K Index: 32.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 953.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 197.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.40 mb = 1295.83 m = 4251.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.40 mb = 3563.87 m = 11692.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.40 mb = 13105.05 m = 42995.04 ft B at Equ Level: 941.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.40 mb = 15602.64 m = 51189.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.6 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 339.6 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 167.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 8.39 Bulk Shear: 113.72 m/s