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: 41,-89.32 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -89.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 981 206 31.3 23.8 64 7.5 25.7 167 13 306.1 309.7 299.4 363.9 19.22 2 950 494 30.2 22.0 62 8.2 24.2 175 25 307.8 311.1 299.0 361.7 17.81 3 900 977 26.9 19.7 65 7.2 21.7 198 29 309.3 312.3 298.4 358.7 16.26 4 850 1480 23.2 17.6 71 5.6 19.2 215 31 310.5 313.3 298.0 356.5 15.07 5 800 2007 19.0 15.2 79 3.8 16.4 225 33 311.4 314.0 297.4 353.4 13.72 6 750 2560 16.0 8.9 62 7.2 11.4 232 37 314.0 315.8 295.2 343.7 9.56 7 700 3144 13.2 3.4 51 9.8 7.4 229 34 317.1 318.4 294.1 339.2 6.99 8 650 3763 9.0 -1.7 47 10.6 3.2 236 31 319.1 320.1 293.3 335.9 5.21 9 600 4419 3.8 -9.0 39 12.8 -2.0 246 33 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.1 3.23 10 550 5118 -2.3 -13.2 43 10.9 -6.7 245 35 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.7 2.51 11 500 5866 -7.8 -21.0 34 13.2 -12.0 235 34 323.5 323.8 291.3 328.4 1.43 12 450 6677 -12.8 -36.0 12 23.2 -17.4 241 34 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.6 0.39 13 400 7564 -19.5 -41.3 13 21.8 -22.8 241 35 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.7 0.26 14 350 8541 -26.3 -42.7 20 16.4 -28.4 228 43 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.3 0.25 15 300 9642 -32.8 -43.4 34 10.6 -34.0 221 56 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.2 0.27 16 250 10900 -42.4 -53.6 28 11.2 -43.0 226 61 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.5 0.10 17 200 12373 -52.4 -64.1 23 11.7 -52.7 226 57 349.7 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14199 -59.3 -75.3 11 16.0 -59.5 247 32 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16709 -62.6 -83.5 4 20.9 -62.8 239 10 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.66 m Freezing level: 569.08 mb = 4851.56 m = 15917.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.26 mb = 4160.26 m = 13648.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.33 % Est. max temperature: 35.99 C = 96.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.88 mb = 1165.90 m = 3825.07 ft T: 25.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 35.45 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.14 mb = 2070.04 m = 6791.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.87 C = 98.36 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: -8.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.06 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 523.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3059.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.80 mb = 1647.54 m = 5405.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.80 mb = 3038.05 m = 9967.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.80 mb = 13449.21 m = 44124.17 ft B at Equ Level: 3057.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.8 neg: -13.4 tot: 259.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.91 Bulk Rich Number: 34.72 Bulk Shear: 88.12 m/s