MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 41.47,-88.31 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -88.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 192 SFC 999 198 25.9 12.0 42 13.9 17.1 327 9 299.1 300.7 290.3 325.0 8.84 2 950 639 20.5 9.7 50 10.8 14.0 330 11 298.0 299.4 289.2 321.3 7.96 3 900 1102 16.1 8.7 62 7.4 11.7 332 10 298.1 299.5 289.1 321.2 7.89 4 850 1584 11.7 7.5 75 4.2 9.2 331 10 298.4 299.8 289.0 320.8 7.65 5 800 2090 9.8 3.8 66 6.0 6.5 320 17 301.6 302.8 288.9 320.4 6.30 6 750 2624 6.6 3.5 81 3.0 4.9 312 22 303.7 304.9 289.8 323.6 6.59 7 700 3188 4.3 -6.9 44 11.2 -0.7 315 23 307.3 307.9 287.9 317.4 3.24 8 650 3789 2.6 -11.7 34 14.3 -3.1 319 28 311.9 312.4 288.6 319.7 2.41 9 600 4432 -0.3 -11.2 44 10.8 -4.8 320 33 315.7 316.2 290.2 324.6 2.72 10 550 5124 -3.3 -26.3 15 23.0 -9.8 323 41 320.1 320.3 289.6 323.0 0.81 11 500 5872 -7.5 -31.7 12 24.1 -13.3 317 47 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.8 0.54 12 450 6683 -13.2 -35.0 14 21.8 -17.6 312 54 326.7 326.7 291.2 328.3 0.43 13 400 7568 -19.3 -35.6 22 16.4 -22.2 322 59 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.7 0.46 14 350 8549 -25.5 -26.4 92 0.9 -25.8 318 80 334.3 334.6 294.0 338.9 1.26 15 300 9648 -33.8 -34.0 97 0.3 -33.8 311 89 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.5 0.72 16 250 10899 -43.4 -50.6 45 7.3 -43.8 311 93 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.2 0.15 17 200 12361 -54.9 -61.5 44 6.5 -55.1 315 86 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.05 18 150 14159 -61.7 -75.9 13 14.2 -61.8 310 49 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16650 -63.3 -84.2 4 20.9 -63.5 301 25 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.59 m Freezing level: 605.90 mb = 4356.46 m = 14292.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.14 mb = 3116.17 m = 10223.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.90 % Est. max temperature: 25.20 C = 77.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.08 mb = 1934.37 m = 6346.29 ft T: 10.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.40 C/km ThetaE index: 6.13 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.22 mb = 2632.30 m = 8636.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.55 C = 86.99 F Cap Strength: 6.89 C Lifted Index: 7.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: 8.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.18 C Cross Totals Index: 14.97 C K Index: 15.38 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8027.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.90 mb = 1987.52 m = 6520.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.9 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 349.9 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.1 neg: -2.1 tot: 34.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 34.56 m/s