MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.13,-87.92 Latitude: 41.13 Longitude: -87.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 991 203 30.3 20.4 56 9.9 23.2 193 7 304.2 307.1 296.7 350.1 15.41 2 950 575 25.7 18.6 65 7.0 20.7 195 9 303.2 305.9 295.7 345.8 14.35 3 900 1048 21.2 17.6 80 3.7 18.7 194 8 303.4 306.0 295.6 345.4 14.18 4 850 1541 17.7 14.4 81 3.3 15.5 196 8 304.7 307.0 294.6 341.3 12.25 5 800 2058 14.5 10.7 78 3.8 12.0 201 8 306.6 308.5 293.6 337.1 10.13 6 750 2602 12.0 5.2 63 6.8 8.0 200 10 309.6 311.0 292.3 332.4 7.41 7 700 3177 9.4 -2.2 44 11.6 3.4 184 11 312.9 313.8 291.0 327.5 4.64 8 650 3787 5.3 -6.0 44 11.3 -0.0 177 12 315.0 315.7 290.9 327.0 3.76 9 600 4435 0.7 -10.6 43 11.3 -4.1 180 12 317.0 317.5 290.6 326.3 2.85 10 550 5128 -3.9 -15.4 40 11.5 -8.2 185 12 319.5 319.9 290.7 326.5 2.09 11 500 5874 -7.9 -21.7 32 13.8 -12.2 185 14 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.1 1.35 12 450 6686 -12.5 -28.1 26 15.6 -16.4 185 11 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.6 0.84 13 400 7574 -18.9 -35.2 22 16.3 -21.9 167 9 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.3 0.48 14 350 8552 -26.9 -36.0 42 9.1 -28.3 173 9 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.4 0.50 15 300 9645 -35.3 -39.1 68 3.9 -35.7 210 8 335.7 335.8 293.6 337.3 0.43 16 250 10888 -45.0 -48.8 66 3.8 -45.3 189 4 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.18 17 200 12343 -55.5 -59.9 58 4.4 -55.6 133 7 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.1 0.06 18 150 14143 -60.1 -77.8 8 17.7 -60.3 186 24 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16672 -61.3 -83.9 3 22.6 -61.5 241 14 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.01 m Freezing level: 592.21 mb = 4543.29 m = 14905.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.56 mb = 3780.09 m = 12401.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.05 mb = 1449.92 m = 4756.88 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 23.85 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.79 mb = 1705.39 m = 5595.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 28.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1292.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.08 mb = 1479.83 m = 4855.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.08 mb = 2046.51 m = 6714.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.08 mb = 12628.56 m = 41431.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1274.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.08 mb = 15479.26 m = 50784.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.6 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 217.6 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -1.8 tot: 1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1409.34 Bulk Shear: 0.92 m/s