MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.67,-88.39 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -88.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 992 217 31.5 21.7 56 9.7 24.3 231 10 305.3 308.4 297.8 355.4 16.75 2 950 604 26.7 19.1 63 7.6 21.3 232 14 304.3 307.0 296.3 348.3 14.80 3 900 1079 22.5 17.7 75 4.7 19.1 233 14 304.6 307.3 296.0 347.3 14.32 4 850 1575 21.6 9.3 45 12.3 13.8 230 12 308.8 310.4 293.1 335.3 8.68 5 800 2100 20.1 1.1 28 19.0 9.5 215 7 312.6 313.6 291.4 328.9 5.19 6 750 2652 16.4 -2.1 28 18.5 6.6 192 5 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.3 4.37 7 700 3234 12.1 -4.2 32 16.3 3.9 162 6 315.9 316.7 291.4 328.8 4.01 8 650 3849 7.3 -7.8 33 15.2 0.3 146 10 317.2 317.9 291.1 327.8 3.26 9 600 4500 1.7 -9.9 42 11.6 -3.3 139 12 318.1 318.7 291.1 327.9 3.00 10 550 5194 -3.8 -17.5 34 13.7 -8.6 135 9 319.5 319.9 290.4 325.5 1.76 11 500 5939 -8.7 -18.9 43 10.2 -12.1 121 6 322.5 322.8 291.2 328.3 1.72 12 450 6748 -14.1 -23.6 44 9.5 -16.7 49 5 325.5 325.8 291.7 330.0 1.26 13 400 7631 -19.8 -33.9 27 14.1 -22.5 183 9 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.3 0.54 14 350 8609 -26.3 -47.2 12 20.9 -28.6 200 6 333.3 333.4 292.8 333.9 0.16 15 300 9706 -34.0 -50.4 18 16.4 -35.3 297 9 337.5 337.5 293.8 338.0 0.13 16 250 10955 -44.4 -47.9 68 3.5 -44.6 301 8 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.9 0.20 17 200 12419 -53.9 -64.8 25 10.9 -54.1 288 12 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14221 -63.7 -75.3 19 11.6 -63.8 171 13 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16705 -63.9 -83.7 5 19.8 -64.1 235 14 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.39 m Freezing level: 584.72 mb = 4712.45 m = 15460.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.44 mb = 3893.33 m = 12773.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.18 % Est. max temperature: 35.51 C = 95.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.19 mb = 1451.62 m = 4762.49 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 27.14 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.72 mb = 2802.47 m = 9194.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.93 C = 105.67 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.68 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.27 C Cross Totals Index: 17.97 C K Index: 23.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1616.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 251.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.99 mb = 1585.67 m = 5202.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.99 mb = 3797.90 m = 12460.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.99 mb = 12941.79 m = 42459.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1596.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.99 mb = 15903.17 m = 52175.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.3 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 209.3 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 174.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -2.9 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 124.82 Bulk Shear: 12.95 m/s