MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 40.39,-89.49 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -89.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 993 187 29.7 25.6 79 4.1 26.6 201 7 303.4 307.4 300.0 366.9 21.27 2 950 585 26.4 21.2 73 5.2 22.6 203 13 304.0 307.1 297.5 354.3 16.90 3 900 1060 22.2 19.7 86 2.4 20.4 204 14 304.3 307.4 297.3 352.9 16.28 4 850 1556 19.3 16.6 84 2.8 17.4 212 16 306.4 309.0 296.4 348.8 14.11 5 800 2077 16.5 12.9 79 3.6 14.1 219 18 308.7 311.0 295.4 344.4 11.74 6 750 2624 12.6 10.7 89 1.8 11.4 227 19 310.2 312.3 295.1 343.4 10.86 7 700 3201 9.1 7.2 88 1.9 7.9 233 17 312.5 314.3 294.5 340.8 9.14 8 650 3812 5.3 3.4 87 2.0 4.2 234 15 315.0 316.4 294.0 338.6 7.52 9 600 4462 0.9 -0.7 89 1.6 0.0 239 16 317.2 318.3 293.4 336.4 6.05 10 550 5157 -3.5 -5.4 87 1.9 -4.4 239 17 320.0 320.9 293.1 335.1 4.66 11 500 5905 -7.1 -9.9 80 2.8 -8.4 232 21 324.3 325.1 293.4 336.3 3.60 12 450 6721 -11.3 -15.3 73 3.9 -12.8 237 25 329.0 329.5 293.8 337.9 2.59 13 400 7615 -17.0 -19.5 81 2.5 -17.9 228 27 332.9 333.3 294.3 340.0 2.04 14 350 8603 -23.9 -24.7 94 0.7 -24.1 224 29 336.5 336.8 294.8 341.8 1.48 15 300 9711 -31.7 -31.7 100 0.0 -31.7 231 24 340.7 340.9 295.3 344.1 0.90 16 250 10972 -42.3 -42.3 99 0.1 -42.3 224 21 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.7 0.37 17 200 12441 -54.0 -57.8 63 3.8 -54.1 218 25 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.08 18 150 14229 -66.2 -68.8 70 2.6 -66.3 233 25 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16684 -62.1 -84.0 4 21.9 -62.3 236 21 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.99 m Freezing level: 589.75 mb = 4604.49 m = 15106.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.78 mb = 4465.13 m = 14649.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.66 % Est. max temperature: 32.98 C = 91.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.91 mb = 707.02 m = 2319.60 ft T: 25.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 31.83 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.55 mb = 1368.98 m = 4491.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.91 C = 89.43 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.24 C Showalter Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.71 C K Index: 41.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2555.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.54 mb = 1161.77 m = 3811.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.54 mb = 1714.14 m = 5623.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.54 mb = 14453.88 m = 47420.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2509.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 43.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 294.58 Bulk Shear: 8.68 m/s