MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.66,-88.35 Latitude: 41.66 Longitude: -88.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 990 216 27.5 22.4 74 5.1 23.8 183 8 301.4 304.7 297.3 352.9 17.47 2 950 584 25.4 19.9 72 5.5 21.5 187 18 303.0 305.9 296.4 349.1 15.58 3 900 1057 21.2 18.1 83 3.1 19.0 187 20 303.3 306.0 295.9 346.8 14.67 4 850 1551 19.6 10.3 55 9.3 13.7 190 15 306.7 308.4 293.0 334.8 9.28 5 800 2072 17.9 4.3 41 13.6 10.0 214 9 310.2 311.4 291.8 330.4 6.53 6 750 2621 14.5 4.8 52 9.6 8.8 268 8 312.3 313.6 293.0 334.7 7.22 7 700 3200 10.0 5.5 74 4.5 7.3 290 13 313.6 315.1 294.0 338.8 8.11 8 650 3812 5.2 3.2 87 2.0 4.0 297 13 314.8 316.2 293.9 338.1 7.43 9 600 4461 0.9 -4.5 67 5.4 -1.7 288 10 317.2 318.1 292.2 331.9 4.58 10 550 5155 -3.1 -10.8 55 7.7 -6.4 280 8 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.5 3.05 11 500 5904 -7.2 -18.6 40 11.4 -11.1 298 10 324.3 324.6 291.8 330.3 1.76 12 450 6717 -12.5 -25.6 32 13.1 -16.0 315 13 327.6 327.8 292.1 331.3 1.06 13 400 7606 -18.7 -26.0 53 7.3 -20.5 316 14 330.7 330.9 293.0 334.8 1.15 14 350 8588 -25.5 -28.5 76 3.0 -26.1 284 10 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.2 1.04 15 300 9686 -34.1 -35.7 85 1.6 -34.3 251 11 337.3 337.5 294.2 339.6 0.61 16 250 10935 -44.3 -47.0 75 2.7 -44.5 262 13 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.1 0.22 17 200 12388 -56.8 -59.4 73 2.6 -56.9 269 15 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.06 18 150 14162 -64.3 -70.9 40 6.6 -64.4 262 8 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.02 19 100 16661 -61.3 -84.0 3 22.7 -61.6 259 3 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.62 m Freezing level: 588.35 mb = 4622.88 m = 15166.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.96 mb = 4261.32 m = 13980.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.38 % Est. max temperature: 33.37 C = 92.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.27 mb = 862.10 m = 2828.37 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 22.54 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.77 mb = 2235.50 m = 7334.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.81 C = 98.26 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.82 C Cross Totals Index: 17.47 C K Index: 32.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1581.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.56 mb = 1265.48 m = 4151.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.56 mb = 3157.28 m = 10358.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.56 mb = 13262.20 m = 43510.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1559.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.56 mb = 15877.10 m = 52089.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.6 neg: -7.4 tot: 30.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 60.77 Bulk Shear: 26.02 m/s