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: 41,-89.88 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -89.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 990 214 27.6 24.8 84 2.9 25.5 148 5 301.6 305.4 299.0 361.5 20.24 2 950 580 25.2 20.7 76 4.5 21.9 170 10 302.8 305.8 296.9 351.1 16.35 3 900 1053 21.4 19.1 87 2.3 19.8 179 13 303.5 306.4 296.6 350.0 15.62 4 850 1549 19.0 16.5 85 2.5 17.2 194 18 306.0 308.7 296.2 348.1 14.02 5 800 2069 16.4 13.1 81 3.3 14.2 210 21 308.7 310.9 295.5 344.9 11.94 6 750 2616 12.7 10.0 84 2.7 11.0 218 22 310.4 312.3 294.8 342.1 10.36 7 700 3193 9.2 5.9 80 3.3 7.2 224 22 312.7 314.3 294.0 338.6 8.36 8 650 3804 5.4 2.0 78 3.5 3.5 227 23 315.1 316.4 293.4 336.5 6.80 9 600 4454 1.3 -1.6 81 2.9 -0.3 231 25 317.6 318.7 293.2 335.7 5.66 10 550 5149 -3.4 -5.5 85 2.2 -4.4 235 27 320.1 321.0 293.1 335.0 4.60 11 500 5898 -7.8 -9.6 87 1.8 -8.6 235 29 323.5 324.2 293.3 335.8 3.70 12 450 6711 -12.2 -13.2 93 0.9 -12.6 234 31 327.9 328.5 293.9 338.3 3.08 13 400 7603 -17.5 -18.4 93 0.9 -17.8 231 31 332.2 332.7 294.3 340.1 2.24 14 350 8592 -23.0 -26.8 71 3.8 -23.9 226 29 337.7 338.0 294.8 342.2 1.22 15 300 9702 -31.6 -34.5 76 2.9 -32.1 227 29 340.8 341.0 295.1 343.4 0.69 16 250 10962 -42.4 -43.1 93 0.7 -42.5 211 27 343.0 343.1 295.4 344.3 0.34 17 200 12430 -54.0 -56.6 73 2.6 -54.1 199 28 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.6 0.09 18 150 14219 -66.2 -68.9 69 2.6 -66.2 235 40 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16681 -62.3 -83.8 4 21.5 -62.5 239 24 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.51 m Freezing level: 586.36 mb = 4643.84 m = 15235.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.64 mb = 4405.11 m = 14452.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.20 mb = 578.17 m = 1896.86 ft T: 25.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 26.45 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.52 mb = 1431.96 m = 4697.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.44 C = 88.60 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 40.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1807.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.54 mb = 1106.22 m = 3629.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.54 mb = 2180.56 m = 7153.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.54 mb = 13835.51 m = 45391.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1790.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 42.03 Bulk Shear: 43.01 m/s