MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.01,-87.98 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -87.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 993 220 26.2 21.3 75 4.9 22.7 190 5 299.9 302.9 296.1 347.6 16.30 2 950 614 24.4 19.9 76 4.5 21.2 198 15 302.0 304.9 296.2 347.9 15.58 3 900 1086 21.3 17.0 77 4.2 18.4 200 12 303.4 305.9 295.3 344.0 13.70 4 850 1580 19.1 11.3 61 7.8 14.1 217 8 306.1 308.0 293.3 336.0 9.94 5 800 2100 16.9 7.3 53 9.6 11.1 274 4 309.2 310.7 292.7 333.9 8.06 6 750 2647 13.5 3.7 51 9.8 7.9 354 7 311.3 312.5 292.3 332.0 6.67 7 700 3224 9.6 2.6 62 7.0 5.6 340 17 313.1 314.4 292.7 333.8 6.62 8 650 3835 5.0 1.2 77 3.8 2.9 335 22 314.6 315.9 293.0 334.9 6.45 9 600 4484 0.5 -4.9 67 5.4 -2.1 333 23 316.7 317.5 291.9 330.9 4.42 10 550 5176 -4.5 -9.7 67 5.2 -6.7 342 22 318.8 319.4 291.6 329.7 3.33 11 500 5919 -9.9 -13.3 76 3.4 -11.2 350 19 321.0 321.5 291.7 330.1 2.75 12 450 6725 -14.2 -20.3 60 6.1 -16.1 354 16 325.3 325.7 292.0 331.2 1.69 13 400 7610 -18.8 -25.2 57 6.4 -20.5 343 23 330.5 330.8 293.0 334.9 1.24 14 350 8592 -25.5 -34.3 44 8.7 -27.1 288 16 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.6 0.60 15 300 9689 -34.9 -37.5 77 2.7 -35.2 287 11 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.2 0.50 16 250 10934 -45.1 -53.4 39 8.3 -45.5 327 15 339.0 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.11 17 200 12384 -56.9 -62.6 49 5.7 -57.0 313 12 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 14158 -65.3 -70.4 49 5.1 -65.3 275 15 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16673 -61.0 -84.2 3 23.2 -61.3 225 5 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.85 m Freezing level: 595.19 mb = 4550.21 m = 14928.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.32 mb = 4200.72 m = 13781.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.50 % Est. max temperature: 32.77 C = 90.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.61 mb = 840.95 m = 2758.98 ft T: 22.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 15.97 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.12 mb = 2151.80 m = 7059.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.64 C = 96.15 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 33.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1440.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.51 mb = 1255.79 m = 4119.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.51 mb = 3253.53 m = 10674.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.51 mb = 13119.40 m = 43042.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1415.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.51 mb = 15672.08 m = 51416.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.0 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 359.0 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.9 neg: -3.5 tot: 39.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 18.45 Bulk Shear: 78.05 m/s