MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.57,-88.43 Latitude: 41.57 Longitude: -88.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 992 205 29.5 22.2 65 7.3 24.2 182 10 303.4 306.6 297.6 354.5 17.21 2 950 586 25.5 19.4 69 6.1 21.2 184 17 303.0 305.8 296.1 347.7 15.05 3 900 1060 21.1 18.2 84 2.8 19.1 186 17 303.2 305.9 296.0 347.1 14.79 4 850 1553 18.8 12.0 64 6.8 14.4 190 15 305.9 307.8 293.6 337.2 10.42 5 800 2072 17.1 5.8 47 11.3 10.4 215 10 309.4 310.8 292.2 331.6 7.25 6 750 2621 14.5 1.9 42 12.6 7.4 253 11 312.3 313.4 291.9 330.6 5.86 7 700 3200 10.6 1.4 53 9.2 5.5 264 15 314.2 315.4 292.6 333.3 6.06 8 650 3812 5.8 2.2 78 3.6 3.8 273 19 315.6 316.9 293.7 337.4 6.94 9 600 4463 0.9 -2.2 80 3.1 -0.7 283 17 317.2 318.2 292.9 334.6 5.45 10 550 5157 -3.3 -9.8 61 6.4 -6.1 308 13 320.1 320.8 292.0 331.0 3.31 11 500 5904 -7.8 -15.8 53 8.0 -10.7 309 11 323.5 324.0 292.0 331.1 2.24 12 450 6716 -12.7 -19.1 59 6.4 -14.7 313 13 327.3 327.7 292.7 333.8 1.88 13 400 7605 -18.4 -24.4 59 6.0 -20.0 302 11 331.1 331.4 293.3 335.8 1.33 14 350 8588 -25.6 -30.0 67 4.4 -26.5 254 10 334.3 334.4 293.7 337.6 0.91 15 300 9686 -34.2 -35.5 87 1.4 -34.3 207 11 337.2 337.4 294.2 339.6 0.62 16 250 10934 -44.3 -52.7 39 8.4 -44.7 261 10 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.7 0.12 17 200 12387 -57.0 -59.8 70 2.8 -57.1 279 14 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.06 18 150 14158 -66.3 -70.0 59 3.8 -66.3 206 1 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16654 -61.8 -84.0 4 22.2 -62.1 244 8 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.83 m Freezing level: 589.26 mb = 4611.94 m = 15130.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.62 mb = 4360.27 m = 14305.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.01 mb = 1136.50 m = 3728.63 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 23.86 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.12 mb = 2124.40 m = 6969.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.79 C = 96.43 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 29.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1568.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.54 mb = 1336.92 m = 4386.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.54 mb = 3360.24 m = 11024.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.54 mb = 13514.37 m = 44337.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1543.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.54 mb = 16264.58 m = 53360.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.4 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 284.4 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 42.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 42.68 Bulk Shear: 36.75 m/s