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: 41.43,-89.82 Latitude: 41.43 Longitude: -89.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 992 203 26.8 23.9 84 3.0 24.7 86 5 300.7 304.2 298.1 357.1 19.16 2 950 582 24.0 20.2 79 3.8 21.3 116 11 301.5 304.4 296.3 348.3 15.87 3 900 1054 20.2 19.1 93 1.1 19.4 140 15 302.3 305.2 296.3 348.5 15.63 4 850 1547 18.1 16.9 92 1.3 17.2 174 18 305.2 307.8 296.2 348.1 14.36 5 800 2067 16.3 12.6 78 3.8 13.8 209 20 308.6 310.7 295.1 343.5 11.52 6 750 2613 12.5 9.5 82 3.0 10.6 217 22 310.2 312.0 294.5 340.7 9.98 7 700 3190 8.9 5.5 79 3.4 6.9 221 22 312.4 313.9 293.7 337.6 8.13 8 650 3800 5.0 1.8 80 3.2 3.2 226 25 314.7 316.0 293.3 335.8 6.73 9 600 4449 0.9 -1.8 82 2.7 -0.5 233 27 317.1 318.2 293.0 335.0 5.60 10 550 5144 -3.8 -5.7 87 1.9 -4.7 234 29 319.6 320.5 292.9 334.3 4.55 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 6704 -11.8 -13.5 87 1.7 -12.5 231 33 328.4 329.0 294.0 338.6 2.99 13 400 7598 -17.1 -18.7 87 1.6 -17.6 227 32 332.8 333.2 294.4 340.4 2.18 14 350 8588 -23.2 -25.9 79 2.6 -23.9 224 29 337.4 337.7 294.8 342.3 1.33 15 300 9697 -31.7 -33.8 82 2.1 -32.1 225 29 340.7 340.8 295.1 343.4 0.73 16 250 10958 -42.3 -43.3 90 1.0 -42.4 211 30 343.1 343.2 295.4 344.5 0.33 17 200 12424 -54.6 -55.8 86 1.3 -54.6 196 33 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.8 0.10 18 150 14210 -66.7 -69.5 68 2.8 -66.7 226 40 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16678 -61.3 -84.0 3 22.7 -61.6 240 24 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.88 m Freezing level: 590.66 mb = 4579.20 m = 15023.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.77 mb = 4358.49 m = 14299.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.61 mb = 576.70 m = 1892.05 ft T: 24.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 14.22 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.33 mb = 1185.96 m = 3890.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.82 C K Index: 39.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1368.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.05 mb = 1005.01 m = 3297.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.05 mb = 2389.86 m = 7840.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.05 mb = 13431.36 m = 44065.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1353.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.05 mb = 16095.03 m = 52804.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.9 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 247.9 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 190.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 14.60 Bulk Shear: 93.73 m/s