MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 41.94,-89.88 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -89.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 992 226 28.7 24.1 76 4.6 25.3 179 10 302.5 306.1 298.7 359.9 19.37 2 950 607 25.0 20.2 74 4.9 21.6 181 17 302.6 305.5 296.5 349.4 15.84 3 900 1080 21.0 18.2 84 2.8 19.1 191 19 303.2 305.9 296.0 347.0 14.80 4 850 1575 20.0 12.6 62 7.4 15.1 214 13 307.1 309.1 294.3 339.8 10.82 5 800 2096 17.0 9.3 61 7.6 12.1 232 11 309.2 311.0 293.7 337.5 9.25 6 750 2644 14.4 6.1 57 8.3 9.4 266 8 312.2 313.7 293.5 336.8 7.92 7 700 3224 11.6 -0.8 42 12.4 4.9 316 15 315.3 316.3 292.2 331.7 5.14 8 650 3838 6.7 -2.5 52 9.2 2.0 327 21 316.6 317.5 292.3 332.3 4.91 9 600 4490 1.1 -5.4 62 6.6 -2.0 324 28 317.4 318.3 292.0 331.2 4.26 10 550 5182 -4.9 -8.1 78 3.2 -6.3 319 33 318.3 319.0 291.9 330.5 3.78 11 500 5924 -10.1 -11.6 89 1.5 -10.6 321 30 320.8 321.4 292.0 331.2 3.16 12 450 6731 -14.2 -15.1 93 0.9 -14.5 308 20 325.4 326.0 292.9 334.4 2.63 13 400 7616 -19.5 -21.7 82 2.2 -20.1 297 17 329.6 330.0 293.2 335.6 1.68 14 350 8594 -26.7 -30.4 70 3.8 -27.4 288 12 332.8 333.0 293.3 336.0 0.87 15 300 9687 -35.3 -36.7 88 1.3 -35.5 295 11 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.7 0.55 16 250 10929 -45.7 -47.2 85 1.5 -45.8 335 14 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.0 0.22 17 200 12372 -58.3 -58.7 95 0.4 -58.3 30 5 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.07 18 150 14151 -62.4 -73.0 23 10.5 -62.6 247 12 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16662 -61.5 -83.9 4 22.4 -61.7 277 11 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.61 m Freezing level: 590.51 mb = 4621.19 m = 15161.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.12 mb = 4156.03 m = 13635.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.36 % Est. max temperature: 33.55 C = 92.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.17 mb = 810.38 m = 2658.70 ft T: 23.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.03 C/km ThetaE index: 28.27 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.95 mb = 1894.63 m = 6215.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.52 C = 94.13 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -7.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 30.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2316.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.95 mb = 1206.40 m = 3957.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.95 mb = 3563.30 m = 11690.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.95 mb = 13306.79 m = 43656.90 ft B at Equ Level: 2302.55 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.1 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 331.1 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.7 neg: -2.9 tot: 98.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.21 Bulk Rich Number: 18.99 Bulk Shear: 122.03 m/s