MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.39,-88.01 Latitude: 41.39 Longitude: -88.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 991 204 31.0 22.1 59 8.9 24.5 247 9 304.9 308.1 297.9 356.1 17.13 2 950 581 26.6 20.2 68 6.4 22.0 251 14 304.1 307.1 296.9 351.3 15.83 3 900 1056 22.1 19.2 84 2.9 20.1 252 14 304.3 307.2 296.9 351.2 15.76 4 850 1551 18.1 17.2 95 0.9 17.5 253 17 305.1 307.8 296.4 348.9 14.67 5 800 2071 17.3 12.2 72 5.1 13.9 248 26 309.6 311.7 295.2 343.7 11.22 6 750 2620 13.8 9.2 74 4.6 10.9 246 29 311.6 313.4 294.7 341.6 9.76 7 700 3199 10.0 5.7 75 4.3 7.4 251 33 313.5 315.1 294.1 339.1 8.23 8 650 3811 6.2 -0.6 62 6.8 2.5 259 34 316.0 317.0 292.7 333.9 5.64 9 600 4463 1.8 -5.0 60 6.8 -1.5 275 35 318.2 319.1 292.4 332.5 4.40 10 550 5159 -2.9 -9.1 62 6.2 -5.6 282 34 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.2 3.49 11 500 5907 -7.9 -12.3 71 4.4 -9.6 289 31 323.4 324.0 292.6 333.3 2.97 12 450 6720 -12.0 -12.7 94 0.8 -12.3 309 10 328.2 328.8 294.1 339.1 3.20 13 400 7615 -16.3 -18.2 85 1.9 -17.0 349 10 333.7 334.2 294.7 341.7 2.27 14 350 8606 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 1 8 336.9 337.2 295.0 342.7 1.62 15 300 9713 -31.6 -35.8 67 4.1 -32.3 7 13 340.8 340.9 295.1 343.1 0.60 16 250 10976 -41.9 -49.8 42 7.9 -42.4 9 16 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.5 0.16 17 200 12444 -54.9 -55.6 92 0.7 -54.9 43 15 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.3 0.10 18 150 14234 -63.7 -69.8 43 6.1 -63.8 273 21 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.02 19 100 16710 -65.3 -83.3 7 18.0 -65.4 216 21 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.88 m Freezing level: 580.45 mb = 4734.76 m = 15533.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.60 mb = 4214.09 m = 13825.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.66 % Est. max temperature: 31.94 C = 89.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.47 mb = 1334.70 m = 4378.88 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 23.96 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.20 mb = 1467.50 m = 4814.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.04 C = 87.87 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 38.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1601.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.05 mb = 1388.71 m = 4556.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.05 mb = 1539.96 m = 5052.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 841.05 mb = 1641.51 m = 5385.47 ft B at Equ Level: 2.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 821.05 mb = 1848.11 m = 6063.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 97.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 47.79 Bulk Shear: 33.50 m/s