MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.12,-89.55 Latitude: 41.12 Longitude: -89.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 988 207 30.7 22.7 63 7.9 24.8 188 11 304.9 308.2 298.4 358.4 17.90 2 950 555 27.1 19.7 64 7.4 21.8 194 17 304.7 307.6 296.7 350.6 15.37 3 900 1031 22.6 18.7 79 3.9 19.9 199 18 304.8 307.6 296.7 350.4 15.27 4 850 1527 18.6 17.0 91 1.6 17.5 216 17 305.6 308.3 296.4 349.0 14.50 5 800 2048 17.4 12.2 71 5.2 14.0 246 18 309.7 311.8 295.3 344.0 11.23 6 750 2597 13.9 9.3 74 4.6 11.0 242 19 311.6 313.5 294.8 342.0 9.86 7 700 3176 10.0 5.5 74 4.5 7.3 235 19 313.5 315.1 294.0 338.7 8.10 8 650 3788 5.6 1.6 75 4.0 3.4 234 20 315.3 316.6 293.4 336.2 6.64 9 600 4438 0.9 -3.4 73 4.3 -1.3 243 21 317.2 318.1 292.5 333.0 4.96 10 550 5131 -3.9 -8.2 72 4.3 -5.8 261 23 319.5 320.2 292.2 331.8 3.76 11 500 5877 -9.1 -12.1 79 3.0 -10.4 275 22 321.9 322.5 292.2 331.9 3.01 12 450 6684 -13.9 -17.0 78 3.1 -15.0 266 15 325.7 326.2 292.6 333.4 2.25 13 400 7570 -19.1 -28.1 45 9.0 -21.2 266 12 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.5 0.94 14 350 8550 -26.1 -36.4 37 10.4 -27.7 273 8 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.5 0.48 15 300 9647 -34.5 -46.7 28 12.2 -35.5 309 7 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.19 16 250 10898 -42.9 -44.4 85 1.5 -43.0 57 23 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.5 0.30 17 200 12362 -55.8 -56.1 96 0.3 -55.8 10 25 344.4 344.5 295.5 344.8 0.10 18 150 14143 -62.8 -72.0 28 9.1 -63.0 182 11 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.02 19 100 16657 -60.9 -83.7 3 22.8 -61.2 198 13 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.65 m Freezing level: 590.59 mb = 4568.27 m = 14987.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.62 mb = 4255.42 m = 13961.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.35 C = 90.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.09 mb = 1215.31 m = 3987.18 ft T: 21.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 26.65 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.22 mb = 2056.22 m = 6746.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.53 C = 95.95 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 26.14 C K Index: 40.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2140.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.31 mb = 1452.58 m = 4765.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.31 mb = 2683.47 m = 8803.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.31 mb = 13284.55 m = 43583.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2123.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.5 neg: -2.9 tot: 60.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 78.17 Bulk Shear: 27.39 m/s