MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 40.64,-89.45 Latitude: 40.64 Longitude: -89.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 993 196 28.8 25.1 81 3.7 26.0 233 4 302.6 306.3 299.4 363.7 20.60 2 950 589 27.2 21.3 70 5.9 22.9 255 10 304.7 307.9 297.8 355.5 17.00 3 900 1066 23.1 19.8 82 3.2 20.8 264 11 305.3 308.3 297.5 354.4 16.41 4 850 1563 19.3 17.8 91 1.5 18.3 264 13 306.4 309.3 297.1 352.4 15.30 5 800 2085 18.0 11.8 67 6.2 13.9 263 19 310.3 312.4 295.2 343.6 10.91 6 750 2635 14.4 9.0 70 5.4 11.0 268 22 312.2 314.0 294.8 341.9 9.65 7 700 3215 10.9 2.8 57 8.1 6.2 282 24 314.5 315.8 293.2 335.5 6.69 8 650 3829 7.1 -3.9 45 11.0 1.5 312 24 317.0 317.8 292.0 331.1 4.40 9 600 4481 2.2 -5.2 58 7.4 -1.4 329 29 318.7 319.5 292.4 332.7 4.33 10 550 5177 -3.3 -7.6 72 4.3 -5.3 323 32 320.2 321.0 292.6 333.0 3.93 11 500 5926 -7.4 -12.6 66 5.2 -9.5 312 26 324.0 324.6 292.7 333.8 2.90 12 450 6739 -12.3 -15.9 74 3.6 -13.6 297 20 327.8 328.3 293.4 336.2 2.46 13 400 7631 -17.0 -21.0 71 4.0 -18.3 293 15 332.9 333.2 294.1 339.2 1.79 14 350 8621 -23.4 -27.4 70 4.0 -24.4 324 7 337.2 337.4 294.7 341.5 1.15 15 300 9729 -31.9 -32.8 92 0.9 -32.1 330 3 340.4 340.5 295.1 343.4 0.81 16 250 10988 -42.4 -44.0 84 1.6 -42.5 358 5 343.1 343.1 295.3 344.3 0.31 17 200 12455 -54.9 -55.4 93 0.6 -54.9 120 5 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.3 0.10 18 150 14240 -63.6 -69.3 46 5.6 -63.7 274 10 360.4 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.02 19 100 16720 -63.6 -84.0 5 20.4 -63.8 214 23 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.61 m Freezing level: 579.83 mb = 4762.12 m = 15623.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.66 mb = 4166.03 m = 13667.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.31 % Est. max temperature: 33.17 C = 91.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.73 mb = 666.56 m = 2186.85 ft T: 26.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 32.60 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.52 mb = 1446.08 m = 4744.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.37 C = 90.27 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -6.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.74 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2495.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.68 mb = 1235.13 m = 4052.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.68 mb = 2436.23 m = 7992.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.68 mb = 13929.96 m = 45701.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2482.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.5 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 329.5 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 112.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 59.49 Bulk Shear: 41.95 m/s