MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 18Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 41.40,-88.23 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -88.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 991 201 29.5 21.7 63 7.8 23.8 254 9 303.4 306.5 297.3 353.0 16.71 2 950 577 24.6 19.7 74 4.9 21.1 251 12 302.2 305.0 296.1 347.5 15.37 3 900 1049 20.4 18.4 88 2.0 19.0 248 13 302.5 305.3 295.9 346.8 14.96 4 850 1542 18.9 13.7 72 5.2 15.4 246 20 305.9 308.1 294.6 340.9 11.67 5 800 2061 15.2 11.3 78 3.9 12.7 246 23 307.4 309.3 294.1 339.4 10.61 6 750 2605 11.5 7.8 78 3.6 9.2 246 25 309.0 310.7 293.4 336.2 8.92 7 700 3179 8.0 3.8 74 4.3 5.6 254 28 311.4 312.8 292.7 333.6 7.18 8 650 3788 4.6 -0.1 71 4.7 2.1 258 30 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.6 5.85 9 600 4436 1.2 -4.7 64 6.0 -1.7 247 31 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.0 4.48 10 550 5133 -1.7 -7.6 64 5.9 -4.4 242 31 322.1 322.9 293.0 335.0 3.93 11 500 5888 -4.9 -11.0 63 6.0 -7.5 242 25 327.0 327.7 293.9 338.2 3.31 12 450 6710 -9.6 -16.1 59 6.4 -12.1 250 24 331.1 331.6 294.2 339.6 2.43 13 400 7609 -15.7 -22.2 58 6.4 -17.7 249 23 334.6 334.9 294.4 340.3 1.62 14 350 8602 -22.9 -26.8 71 3.9 -23.8 246 19 337.9 338.1 294.9 342.4 1.22 15 300 9712 -31.3 -33.5 81 2.1 -31.7 251 18 341.2 341.4 295.3 344.1 0.76 16 250 10975 -41.8 -45.7 65 3.9 -42.1 234 14 344.0 344.0 295.5 345.0 0.26 17 200 12445 -54.8 -58.6 63 3.8 -54.9 215 19 346.0 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.07 18 150 14236 -62.9 -71.1 32 8.2 -63.0 243 32 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.02 19 100 16709 -63.6 -84.1 5 20.5 -63.8 215 28 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.29 m Freezing level: 578.92 mb = 4730.21 m = 15518.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.39 mb = 4139.48 m = 13580.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.85 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.81 mb = 1186.19 m = 3891.64 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 21.01 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.18 mb = 1703.04 m = 5587.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.45 C = 90.40 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 33.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 742.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.68 mb = 1236.30 m = 4056.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.68 mb = 2106.48 m = 6910.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.68 mb = 12907.30 m = 42346.26 ft B at Equ Level: 723.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.68 mb = 14847.78 m = 48712.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 59.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 31.01 Bulk Shear: 23.95 m/s