MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.01,-88.15 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -88.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 987 237 32.4 20.6 50 11.8 23.8 214 10 306.6 309.6 297.4 353.7 15.66 2 950 579 27.7 18.3 57 9.4 21.1 211 17 305.3 308.0 296.1 347.5 14.08 3 900 1056 23.3 17.1 68 6.1 19.0 209 16 305.5 308.1 295.9 346.8 13.79 4 850 1552 20.3 12.2 60 8.1 15.0 218 14 307.5 309.4 294.2 339.5 10.58 5 800 2076 20.1 2.1 30 18.0 9.9 251 11 312.6 313.6 291.7 330.0 5.55 6 750 2628 16.6 -1.1 30 17.7 7.1 272 10 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.6 4.72 7 700 3211 12.7 -3.9 31 16.6 4.2 300 11 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.7 4.09 8 650 3827 7.8 -4.4 42 12.2 1.7 333 11 317.8 318.7 292.2 331.6 4.25 9 600 4481 2.7 -8.9 42 11.5 -2.5 31 11 319.2 319.8 291.7 329.9 3.26 10 550 5177 -3.2 -13.1 46 9.9 -7.1 51 15 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.7 2.53 11 500 5923 -9.5 -12.4 80 2.8 -10.6 65 12 321.4 322.0 292.0 331.3 2.96 12 450 6732 -13.2 -21.5 50 8.3 -15.7 330 6 326.7 327.0 292.3 332.0 1.53 13 400 7619 -18.8 -26.5 51 7.7 -20.7 304 7 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.5 1.10 14 350 8599 -26.5 -31.8 61 5.3 -27.5 305 4 333.0 333.1 293.3 335.8 0.76 15 300 9691 -35.6 -46.1 33 10.5 -36.5 260 7 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.0 0.21 16 250 10934 -44.7 -57.3 23 12.6 -45.2 242 15 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.07 17 200 12395 -54.5 -65.1 26 10.6 -54.7 250 29 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.03 18 150 14206 -62.1 -77.2 12 15.1 -62.3 350 8 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16692 -63.8 -83.4 5 19.5 -64.0 245 12 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.99 m Freezing level: 577.50 mb = 4794.49 m = 15729.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.77 mb = 4085.70 m = 13404.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.44 C = 94.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.14 mb = 1725.16 m = 5659.91 ft T: 20.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.19 C/km ThetaE index: 24.09 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.60 mb = 3012.97 m = 9884.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.59 C = 106.86 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 25.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1465.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 264.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.22 mb = 1797.21 m = 5896.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.22 mb = 4066.90 m = 13342.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.22 mb = 12677.84 m = 41593.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1453.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.22 mb = 16040.12 m = 52624.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.9 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 331.9 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.0 neg: -4.7 tot: 46.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 31.03 Bulk Shear: 47.22 m/s