MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 40.37,-88.90 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 991 231 29.2 22.6 68 6.6 24.3 176 7 303.1 306.3 297.8 355.4 17.63 2 950 607 25.1 19.8 72 5.3 21.3 175 9 302.6 305.5 296.3 348.4 15.46 3 900 1080 20.7 18.8 89 1.9 19.4 175 8 302.8 305.6 296.2 348.2 15.32 4 850 1572 17.0 15.3 90 1.7 15.9 183 5 304.0 306.4 295.0 342.7 13.00 5 800 2090 16.2 6.0 51 10.2 10.1 280 1 308.4 309.8 291.9 330.8 7.32 6 750 2636 14.0 0.6 40 13.3 6.7 18 3 311.7 312.8 291.3 328.5 5.35 7 700 3215 10.6 -0.2 47 10.8 4.8 19 9 314.2 315.3 292.0 331.2 5.38 8 650 3827 6.0 -0.9 61 6.9 2.4 3 14 315.7 316.8 292.6 333.3 5.52 9 600 4478 1.3 -8.4 48 9.7 -3.1 357 17 317.6 318.3 291.3 328.6 3.37 10 550 5171 -3.9 -13.2 48 9.3 -7.5 360 18 319.5 319.9 291.1 327.8 2.52 11 500 5916 -9.3 -19.0 45 9.7 -12.4 358 15 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.6 1.71 12 450 6721 -15.0 -26.7 36 11.8 -17.9 345 15 324.4 324.6 291.1 327.8 0.95 13 400 7601 -21.0 -34.6 28 13.6 -23.4 307 9 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.6 0.51 14 350 8574 -27.8 -40.9 28 13.1 -29.5 231 9 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.5 0.31 15 300 9662 -36.3 -45.6 38 9.3 -37.1 244 8 334.2 334.2 293.0 335.0 0.22 16 250 10899 -46.0 -53.0 45 7.0 -46.3 269 8 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.11 17 200 12350 -55.6 -61.2 50 5.6 -55.8 0 10 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14151 -61.0 -74.1 16 13.1 -61.2 221 15 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16665 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.1 -62.9 223 8 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.13 m Freezing level: 587.66 mb = 4648.75 m = 15251.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.31 mb = 4103.08 m = 13461.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.06 mb = 1069.30 m = 3508.16 ft T: 20.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 26.88 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.80 mb = 1324.10 m = 4344.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.04 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 30.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2136.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.56 mb = 1248.08 m = 4094.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.56 mb = 1395.72 m = 4579.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 817.56 mb = 1904.28 m = 6247.57 ft B at Equ Level: 5.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 787.56 mb = 2222.51 m = 7291.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 2.1 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 32.1 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: -3.8 tot: 22.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 45.60 Bulk Shear: 46.84 m/s