MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.68,-88.29 Latitude: 41.68 Longitude: -88.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 991 216 24.3 21.5 85 2.8 22.3 178 7 298.2 301.2 295.8 346.2 16.52 2 950 589 24.8 19.4 72 5.4 20.9 191 21 302.4 305.1 295.9 346.9 15.06 3 900 1061 21.5 15.9 70 5.6 17.7 192 20 303.6 306.0 294.7 341.4 12.71 4 850 1556 21.1 5.6 37 15.4 11.9 197 14 308.2 309.5 291.4 328.8 6.74 5 800 2079 18.4 3.2 36 15.3 9.7 208 8 310.8 312.0 291.6 329.5 6.02 6 750 2628 14.3 5.1 54 9.1 8.9 246 5 312.1 313.5 293.0 335.0 7.38 7 700 3206 9.5 6.3 81 3.1 7.6 294 6 313.0 314.6 294.2 339.7 8.61 8 650 3817 4.8 3.6 92 1.2 4.1 299 6 314.4 315.9 293.9 338.4 7.66 9 600 4466 0.9 -5.7 61 6.6 -2.2 282 8 317.2 318.0 291.9 330.6 4.17 10 550 5160 -2.9 -11.5 51 8.6 -6.5 296 7 320.6 321.2 291.7 330.1 2.88 11 500 5909 -7.8 -19.0 40 11.2 -11.5 321 9 323.6 323.9 291.6 329.4 1.71 12 450 6720 -12.8 -25.6 33 12.9 -16.2 322 12 327.2 327.4 292.0 330.9 1.06 13 400 7608 -18.6 -28.4 42 9.7 -20.9 332 12 330.8 330.9 292.8 334.1 0.92 14 350 8590 -25.6 -30.6 63 5.0 -26.6 314 11 334.3 334.5 293.7 337.4 0.86 15 300 9688 -34.4 -40.8 53 6.3 -35.1 309 12 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.2 0.36 16 250 10934 -44.5 -47.3 73 2.8 -44.6 249 12 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.21 17 200 12389 -56.6 -58.6 78 2.0 -56.6 270 20 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.07 18 150 14166 -63.8 -71.0 37 7.2 -63.9 281 8 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.02 19 100 16668 -61.8 -83.9 4 22.1 -62.0 186 1 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.74 m Freezing level: 587.80 mb = 4635.14 m = 15206.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.44 mb = 4233.48 m = 13889.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.06 % Est. max temperature: 34.72 C = 94.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.29 mb = 567.39 m = 1861.50 ft T: 24.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 18.01 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.52 mb = 2497.97 m = 8195.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.83 C = 100.10 F Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: 4.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.84 C Cross Totals Index: 13.41 C K Index: 31.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 883.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 241.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.03 mb = 1314.93 m = 4314.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.03 mb = 3336.34 m = 10945.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.03 mb = 12737.50 m = 41789.20 ft B at Equ Level: 865.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.03 mb = 15095.77 m = 49526.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.3 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 269.3 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.7 neg: -14.6 tot: 24.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 46.82 Bulk Shear: 18.88 m/s