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: 41.09,-89.76 Latitude: 41.09 Longitude: -89.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 991 209 28.4 25.4 84 3.0 26.2 284 4 302.3 306.2 299.7 364.9 21.08 2 950 587 26.4 21.5 75 4.8 22.9 289 8 304.0 307.2 297.8 355.4 17.28 3 900 1063 22.4 19.8 85 2.6 20.6 278 8 304.6 307.7 297.4 353.4 16.36 4 850 1559 19.5 16.7 84 2.8 17.5 272 9 306.6 309.2 296.5 349.3 14.22 5 800 2081 17.9 10.4 61 7.5 13.1 271 15 310.2 312.1 294.5 340.7 9.94 6 750 2631 15.2 3.8 46 11.4 8.5 279 21 313.0 314.3 292.8 334.0 6.70 7 700 3211 11.9 -3.5 34 15.4 4.0 297 22 315.6 316.4 291.5 329.1 4.21 8 650 3827 7.4 -3.5 46 10.9 1.8 325 27 317.3 318.2 292.2 331.9 4.54 9 600 4480 2.4 -5.5 56 7.8 -1.4 328 34 318.9 319.7 292.4 332.6 4.24 10 550 5176 -3.3 -7.8 71 4.5 -5.3 326 36 320.2 320.9 292.4 332.8 3.87 11 500 5923 -7.4 -12.7 66 5.3 -9.5 314 29 324.0 324.6 292.7 333.7 2.89 12 450 6738 -12.0 -15.9 73 3.9 -13.4 306 15 328.1 328.6 293.4 336.6 2.46 13 400 7630 -17.3 -19.9 80 2.6 -18.1 292 11 332.5 332.9 294.2 339.5 1.97 14 350 8619 -23.6 -27.4 71 3.8 -24.5 265 9 336.9 337.1 294.6 341.1 1.15 15 300 9727 -32.1 -34.2 81 2.1 -32.4 288 4 340.2 340.3 295.0 342.9 0.71 16 250 10986 -42.2 -45.4 71 3.2 -42.5 283 5 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.4 0.26 17 200 12454 -54.7 -56.0 86 1.2 -54.8 190 11 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.5 0.10 18 150 14236 -64.7 -68.8 57 4.1 -64.7 267 14 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.02 19 100 16717 -62.3 -84.0 4 21.7 -62.6 228 25 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.75 m Freezing level: 579.10 mb = 4770.84 m = 15652.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.02 mb = 4185.72 m = 13732.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.78 % Est. max temperature: 33.27 C = 91.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.86 mb = 588.26 m = 1929.97 ft T: 26.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 35.81 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.62 mb = 1400.75 m = 4595.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.04 C = 89.67 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -6.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 28.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2429.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.97 mb = 1140.35 m = 3741.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.97 mb = 2893.21 m = 9492.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.97 mb = 13954.65 m = 45782.40 ft B at Equ Level: 2426.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.2 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 340.2 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 67.42 Bulk Shear: 36.03 m/s