MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.46,-89 Latitude: 41.46 Longitude: -89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 986 210 27.3 22.9 77 4.3 24.1 181 14 301.6 304.9 297.7 355.1 18.14 2 950 542 25.2 21.2 79 4.0 22.3 186 26 302.7 305.8 297.2 352.7 16.89 3 900 1016 21.9 18.9 83 3.0 19.8 204 28 304.1 306.9 296.6 350.0 15.44 4 850 1511 19.1 16.6 85 2.6 17.4 216 24 306.2 308.8 296.3 348.5 14.11 5 800 2033 17.6 12.1 70 5.5 14.0 215 22 309.9 312.0 295.3 344.0 11.17 6 750 2582 13.9 8.9 72 5.0 10.7 221 24 311.7 313.5 294.6 341.2 9.59 7 700 3161 9.9 4.7 70 5.1 6.8 226 25 313.4 314.9 293.7 337.4 7.70 8 650 3772 5.5 0.6 71 4.9 2.8 228 26 315.2 316.4 293.0 334.7 6.17 9 600 4422 1.2 -3.4 71 4.6 -1.2 235 23 317.5 318.4 292.6 333.4 4.96 10 550 5118 -2.7 -6.0 78 3.3 -4.3 251 18 320.8 321.7 293.2 335.3 4.43 11 500 5868 -6.8 -10.7 74 3.9 -8.4 259 17 324.8 325.4 293.3 336.1 3.39 12 450 6685 -11.2 -15.5 70 4.3 -12.8 271 17 329.1 329.6 293.8 337.8 2.54 13 400 7579 -17.3 -21.4 71 4.1 -18.5 281 17 332.5 332.9 294.0 338.7 1.74 14 350 8565 -24.4 -26.4 83 2.0 -24.8 287 21 335.9 336.2 294.4 340.5 1.27 15 300 9671 -32.0 -33.8 84 1.8 -32.3 299 21 340.2 340.4 295.0 343.0 0.73 16 250 10930 -42.5 -50.9 39 8.4 -43.0 351 13 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.5 0.14 17 200 12399 -53.9 -54.1 98 0.2 -53.9 328 36 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.9 0.12 18 150 14190 -67.0 -67.5 93 0.5 -67.0 309 36 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.9 0.03 19 100 16660 -61.4 -83.6 4 22.2 -61.7 190 21 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.57 m Freezing level: 584.91 mb = 4632.12 m = 15197.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.46 mb = 4228.88 m = 13874.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.51 mb = 761.34 m = 2497.81 ft T: 23.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 21.71 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1598.66 m = 5244.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.46 C = 90.43 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 37.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1648.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.27 mb = 1139.23 m = 3737.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.27 mb = 2668.81 m = 8755.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.27 mb = 13700.58 m = 44948.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1638.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.1 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 255.1 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.9 neg: -7.7 tot: 128.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.23 Bulk Rich Number: 56.52 Bulk Shear: 29.16 m/s