MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.25,-89.21 Latitude: 41.25 Longitude: -89.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 209 23.9 14.1 54 9.8 17.5 77 6 297.0 298.9 290.7 326.5 10.16 1 1000 211 23.7 11.4 46 12.3 16.1 78 6 296.8 298.4 289.2 321.5 8.49 2 950 655 19.3 9.2 52 10.1 13.3 81 8 296.8 298.2 288.5 319.2 7.70 3 900 1116 14.9 8.3 65 6.6 11.0 83 9 296.8 298.2 288.5 319.1 7.65 4 850 1597 10.2 7.3 82 2.9 8.6 85 9 296.9 298.2 288.4 318.9 7.56 5 800 2098 6.4 2.6 76 3.9 4.4 88 11 298.0 299.0 287.1 315.0 5.76 6 750 2628 7.8 -21.4 10 29.3 -1.6 80 11 305.1 305.2 284.6 308.1 0.92 7 700 3195 6.5 -25.9 8 32.4 -3.2 66 9 309.7 309.8 286.0 311.9 0.66 8 650 3798 3.3 -24.8 11 28.0 -5.1 65 9 312.7 312.8 287.2 315.4 0.79 9 600 4442 -0.8 -32.5 7 31.7 -8.5 55 7 315.2 315.3 287.6 316.7 0.42 10 550 5129 -5.6 -40.0 5 34.4 -12.3 20 6 317.4 317.4 288.2 318.2 0.21 11 500 5868 -10.9 -38.3 8 27.4 -16.0 325 5 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.7 0.28 12 450 6669 -16.7 -32.4 24 15.7 -19.8 308 9 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.3 0.56 13 400 7542 -23.0 -27.0 70 4.0 -23.9 301 17 325.1 325.3 291.4 328.8 1.05 14 350 8506 -30.1 -37.6 48 7.5 -31.1 298 23 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.8 0.43 15 300 9587 -36.1 -52.4 17 16.4 -37.2 307 41 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.10 16 250 10828 -45.4 -52.1 47 6.7 -45.7 289 47 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.12 17 200 12282 -54.1 -59.4 52 5.3 -54.2 284 53 347.1 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14117 -56.4 -78.7 4 22.4 -56.7 283 36 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.01 19 100 16645 -63.6 -84.5 4 20.9 -63.8 288 29 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.79 m Freezing level: 609.59 mb = 4318.44 m = 14167.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 763.43 mb = 2482.33 m = 8144.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.72 % Est. max temperature: 23.74 C = 74.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.28 mb = 1437.22 m = 4715.23 ft T: 11.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 18.38 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 1997.30 m = 6552.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.63 C = 76.33 F Cap Strength: 6.43 C Lifted Index: 5.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.18 C Showalter Index: 6.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.19 C Cross Totals Index: 18.24 C K Index: -3.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 110.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9598.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.18 mb = 1881.65 m = 6173.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 65.3 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 95.3 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -5.7 tot: -2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 0.63 m/s