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: 41.41,-89.87 Latitude: 41.41 Longitude: -89.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 992 201 26.7 24.0 85 2.7 24.7 82 5 300.6 304.1 298.1 357.2 19.25 2 950 582 23.9 20.2 80 3.7 21.3 116 11 301.5 304.4 296.3 348.3 15.89 3 900 1053 20.2 19.1 93 1.1 19.4 141 15 302.3 305.2 296.3 348.6 15.64 4 850 1547 18.2 16.8 91 1.5 17.2 175 18 305.2 307.9 296.2 347.9 14.28 5 800 2066 16.4 12.6 78 3.8 13.8 209 20 308.6 310.8 295.1 343.5 11.51 6 750 2613 12.5 9.5 82 3.0 10.6 216 22 310.2 312.0 294.5 340.8 10.01 7 700 3190 8.9 5.4 79 3.5 6.9 221 23 312.4 313.9 293.7 337.4 8.09 8 650 3800 5.1 1.8 79 3.3 3.2 225 25 314.7 316.0 293.3 335.7 6.70 9 600 4449 1.0 -1.9 81 2.9 -0.5 232 27 317.3 318.4 293.0 335.0 5.56 10 550 5144 -3.7 -5.7 86 2.0 -4.7 234 29 319.6 320.5 292.9 334.3 4.53 11 500 5891 -8.0 -8.8 94 0.8 -8.3 232 32 323.3 324.1 293.4 336.4 3.95 12 450 6705 -11.8 -13.6 86 1.8 -12.5 231 33 328.4 329.0 293.9 338.5 2.97 13 400 7598 -17.1 -18.9 86 1.8 -17.7 227 32 332.7 333.1 294.4 340.2 2.14 14 350 8588 -23.2 -26.3 76 3.1 -23.9 224 29 337.5 337.7 294.8 342.1 1.27 15 300 9697 -31.7 -34.2 79 2.5 -32.1 225 30 340.7 340.8 295.1 343.3 0.70 16 250 10958 -42.3 -43.4 89 1.1 -42.4 211 30 343.1 343.2 295.4 344.4 0.33 17 200 12425 -54.5 -56.0 83 1.5 -54.5 197 33 346.5 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.10 18 150 14210 -66.7 -69.5 68 2.8 -66.7 227 40 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16678 -61.4 -84.0 3 22.6 -61.7 239 24 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.36 m Freezing level: 589.46 mb = 4595.80 m = 15077.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.82 mb = 4357.73 m = 14296.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.61 mb = 548.56 m = 1799.71 ft T: 24.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 14.22 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1181.76 m = 3877.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 39.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1369.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.18 mb = 993.76 m = 3260.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.18 mb = 2377.32 m = 7799.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.18 mb = 13390.63 m = 43931.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1356.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.18 mb = 16033.14 m = 52601.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.5 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 247.5 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.58 Bulk Rich Number: 14.35 Bulk Shear: 95.48 m/s