MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.80,-89.58 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -89.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 987 235 30.1 23.7 69 6.4 25.3 202 9 304.5 308.0 299.0 361.3 19.03 2 950 570 26.9 19.4 63 7.6 21.6 203 17 304.5 307.3 296.5 349.5 15.07 3 900 1046 22.4 17.9 75 4.6 19.2 202 19 304.6 307.3 296.1 347.8 14.48 4 850 1541 18.6 15.4 82 3.1 16.4 205 22 305.6 308.0 295.5 344.8 13.10 5 800 2060 15.4 11.1 76 4.2 12.6 219 22 307.5 309.5 294.1 339.1 10.45 6 750 2604 11.4 6.6 72 4.8 8.5 224 20 308.9 310.5 292.8 334.0 8.18 7 700 3178 8.1 1.3 62 6.9 4.4 224 20 311.5 312.6 291.7 330.2 6.01 8 650 3786 4.8 -5.0 49 9.8 0.1 219 21 314.4 315.2 291.0 327.3 4.06 9 600 4434 0.8 -8.3 50 9.1 -3.3 222 20 317.1 317.7 291.2 328.1 3.40 10 550 5128 -3.5 -10.9 56 7.4 -6.6 227 20 319.9 320.5 291.7 329.9 3.02 11 500 5875 -8.0 -10.9 80 2.9 -9.2 241 18 323.3 324.0 292.9 334.4 3.34 12 450 6687 -12.6 -19.5 57 6.8 -14.9 262 15 327.3 327.7 292.7 333.6 1.82 13 400 7575 -18.6 -26.2 51 7.7 -20.5 250 16 330.8 331.1 293.0 334.9 1.12 14 350 8557 -25.8 -36.1 38 10.3 -27.5 255 20 334.0 334.1 293.3 335.9 0.50 15 300 9655 -33.6 -37.4 68 3.9 -34.1 236 30 338.0 338.1 294.3 340.0 0.51 16 250 10906 -43.7 -44.9 88 1.2 -43.7 241 28 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.2 0.28 17 200 12370 -54.7 -59.2 57 4.5 -54.8 223 34 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14166 -63.8 -69.6 45 5.8 -63.9 244 42 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.02 19 100 16665 -60.6 -82.7 4 22.1 -60.9 251 23 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.14 m Freezing level: 590.46 mb = 4566.31 m = 14981.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.83 mb = 3800.62 m = 12469.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.98 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.16 mb = 1054.03 m = 3458.05 ft T: 22.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 33.99 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.48 mb = 1657.90 m = 5439.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -5.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.71 C Showalter Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1883.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.35 mb = 1476.63 m = 4844.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.35 mb = 1939.26 m = 6362.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.35 mb = 12980.95 m = 42587.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1880.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.4 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 250.4 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 52.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 269.23 Bulk Shear: 7.00 m/s