MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 38.97,-88.39 Latitude: 38.97 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 119 SFC 995 164 29.0 24.9 78 4.2 25.9 45 3 302.6 306.4 299.2 362.8 20.25 2 950 577 28.0 20.3 63 7.7 22.4 242 2 305.6 308.5 297.3 353.3 15.93 3 900 1055 24.5 18.0 67 6.5 19.9 243 10 306.7 309.4 296.7 350.5 14.55 4 850 1555 21.6 14.2 63 7.4 16.6 256 19 308.8 311.0 295.6 345.3 12.05 5 800 2078 17.6 11.7 68 5.9 13.7 268 22 309.9 312.0 295.1 343.2 10.88 6 750 2627 13.5 8.2 70 5.4 10.2 280 22 311.3 313.0 294.1 339.3 9.12 7 700 3204 9.5 4.6 71 4.9 6.6 292 22 313.0 314.5 293.5 336.7 7.61 8 650 3816 5.3 2.3 81 3.0 3.6 297 22 314.9 316.3 293.5 336.8 6.96 9 600 4465 0.6 -0.3 93 1.0 0.1 290 21 316.8 318.0 293.5 336.6 6.24 10 550 5161 -2.6 -4.0 90 1.4 -3.3 282 21 321.0 322.0 293.8 337.8 5.17 11 500 5913 -6.0 -9.3 77 3.3 -7.5 274 24 325.7 326.4 293.9 338.3 3.77 12 450 6731 -10.9 -16.2 65 5.3 -12.9 263 25 329.5 330.0 293.8 337.8 2.39 13 400 7624 -17.7 -21.9 70 4.2 -19.0 251 23 331.9 332.3 293.8 337.8 1.66 14 350 8609 -24.3 -25.5 90 1.2 -24.6 287 15 336.0 336.3 294.6 341.0 1.38 15 300 9716 -32.1 -32.4 98 0.2 -32.1 304 24 340.1 340.3 295.1 343.3 0.84 16 250 10973 -43.3 -43.4 99 0.1 -43.3 317 19 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.9 0.33 17 200 12439 -52.3 -65.9 18 13.6 -52.6 212 11 349.9 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.03 18 150 14259 -62.2 -73.9 19 11.7 -62.3 233 15 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16733 -65.2 -83.9 6 18.7 -65.3 236 18 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.08 m Freezing level: 590.26 mb = 4600.55 m = 15093.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.43 mb = 4485.94 m = 14717.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.06 % Est. max temperature: 35.30 C = 95.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.00 mb = 699.21 m = 2293.98 ft T: 27.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 26.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.25 mb = 2010.85 m = 6597.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.20 C = 97.16 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.21 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2027.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.36 mb = 1459.25 m = 4787.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.36 mb = 2465.56 m = 8089.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.36 mb = 13307.00 m = 43657.61 ft B at Equ Level: 2007.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.3 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 309.3 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 116.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 59.17 Bulk Shear: 34.27 m/s