MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.5,-87.74 Latitude: 41.50 Longitude: -87.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 204 29.3 21.1 61 8.2 23.4 225 9 303.3 306.3 296.9 351.1 16.13 2 950 577 25.2 19.5 71 5.7 21.2 228 18 302.7 305.5 296.1 347.6 15.19 3 900 1051 23.2 16.2 65 7.0 18.4 242 22 305.5 307.9 295.4 344.4 13.01 4 850 1550 21.7 13.2 58 8.5 16.0 248 25 308.9 311.0 295.1 343.1 11.26 5 800 2073 18.2 10.2 59 8.0 13.1 252 23 310.6 312.5 294.5 340.7 9.83 6 750 2623 14.6 4.5 51 10.1 8.6 253 24 312.4 313.8 292.9 334.4 7.06 7 700 3202 9.9 1.8 57 8.1 5.4 254 30 313.5 314.7 292.5 333.0 6.24 8 650 3813 4.6 0.7 76 3.9 2.5 256 31 314.2 315.4 292.7 333.7 6.21 9 600 4460 -0.0 -1.4 91 1.3 -0.7 270 33 316.1 317.2 292.9 334.4 5.78 10 550 5153 -4.1 -4.7 96 0.5 -4.4 286 30 319.2 320.2 293.1 335.1 4.93 11 500 5899 -8.0 -8.5 97 0.4 -8.2 286 25 323.2 324.0 293.4 336.6 4.03 12 450 6712 -11.7 -12.2 96 0.5 -11.9 293 17 328.5 329.2 294.3 339.8 3.33 13 400 7607 -17.1 -17.1 100 0.0 -17.1 323 12 332.8 333.3 294.7 341.5 2.50 14 350 8596 -23.5 -23.7 99 0.2 -23.5 358 15 337.1 337.4 295.0 342.9 1.62 15 300 9707 -30.9 -40.1 40 9.2 -32.1 345 20 341.8 341.9 295.1 343.4 0.39 16 250 10971 -41.9 -48.1 51 6.1 -42.4 347 14 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.5 0.20 17 200 12439 -55.2 -55.3 99 0.0 -55.2 90 20 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.8 0.11 18 150 14227 -62.4 -73.1 22 10.7 -62.5 233 26 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16710 -66.0 -82.8 8 16.8 -66.1 179 16 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.86 m Freezing level: 600.20 mb = 4457.37 m = 14623.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.51 mb = 4306.27 m = 14128.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.65 % Est. max temperature: 35.22 C = 95.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.84 mb = 1248.74 m = 4096.87 ft T: 22.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.08 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.55 mb = 2504.23 m = 8215.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.06 C = 100.51 F Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 820.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 199.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.65 mb = 1512.39 m = 4961.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.65 mb = 3336.71 m = 10947.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.65 mb = 12801.77 m = 42000.03 ft B at Equ Level: 803.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.65 mb = 15167.15 m = 49760.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.9 neg: -2.0 tot: 111.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 23.83 Bulk Shear: 34.44 m/s