MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 39.49,-88.75 Latitude: 39.49 Longitude: -88.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 984 202 30.1 25.4 76 4.6 26.6 143 10 304.6 308.6 300.2 368.3 21.23 2 950 514 30.9 21.1 56 9.7 23.7 165 24 308.5 311.7 298.6 359.5 16.83 3 900 998 28.2 18.1 54 10.1 21.0 193 23 310.6 313.4 297.8 355.6 14.72 4 850 1503 24.7 15.8 57 9.0 18.5 220 25 312.1 314.6 297.3 353.1 13.37 5 800 2032 20.6 13.1 62 7.5 15.5 238 28 313.1 315.4 296.7 350.1 11.96 6 750 2587 17.0 8.4 57 8.6 11.5 252 27 315.0 316.8 295.3 343.9 9.27 7 700 3172 13.2 3.4 52 9.7 7.5 267 26 317.1 318.4 294.1 339.3 7.01 8 650 3791 8.4 0.6 58 7.8 4.0 274 24 318.5 319.7 293.9 338.1 6.14 9 600 4446 3.1 -1.6 71 4.7 0.5 279 20 319.7 320.8 293.8 337.9 5.66 10 550 5145 -2.3 -9.1 60 6.7 -5.3 282 19 321.3 322.0 292.5 332.9 3.50 11 500 5894 -7.7 -16.5 49 8.8 -10.8 270 19 323.7 324.1 291.9 330.8 2.11 12 450 6706 -12.7 -20.7 51 8.1 -15.2 268 19 327.3 327.6 292.5 333.0 1.63 13 400 7595 -18.1 -31.5 30 13.4 -21.0 260 24 331.4 331.6 292.8 333.9 0.69 14 350 8580 -24.4 -40.3 22 15.9 -26.7 235 33 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.2 0.33 15 300 9685 -32.1 -40.0 45 7.9 -33.1 231 43 340.1 340.2 294.7 341.7 0.39 16 250 10947 -41.0 -48.3 45 7.3 -41.6 228 54 345.1 345.1 295.7 345.8 0.19 17 200 12424 -52.9 -60.0 42 7.1 -53.1 229 53 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.2 0.06 18 150 14232 -62.0 -72.8 22 10.8 -62.1 238 39 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16716 -63.9 -83.3 5 19.4 -64.1 213 6 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.93 m Freezing level: 571.61 mb = 4842.98 m = 15888.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.33 mb = 4509.14 m = 14793.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.85 % Est. max temperature: 37.80 C = 100.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.65 mb = 794.82 m = 2607.65 ft T: 29.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 37.42 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.12 mb = 2551.65 m = 8371.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.27 C = 104.49 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: -7.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.88 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 38.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 517.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2689.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.83 mb = 1818.68 m = 5966.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.83 mb = 3234.10 m = 10610.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.83 mb = 14033.05 m = 46039.62 ft B at Equ Level: 2660.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 330.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 330.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.97 Bulk Rich Number: 23.61 Bulk Shear: 113.88 m/s