MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.68,-88.22 Latitude: 41.68 Longitude: -88.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 989 216 28.1 22.0 70 6.1 23.6 190 10 302.2 305.4 297.2 352.7 17.07 2 950 568 25.5 20.2 73 5.3 21.7 191 22 303.1 306.0 296.7 350.1 15.88 3 900 1041 21.5 17.9 80 3.6 19.0 190 24 303.6 306.3 295.9 346.6 14.47 4 850 1536 20.6 6.7 40 13.9 12.2 194 20 307.7 309.0 291.6 329.8 7.25 5 800 2058 18.8 -1.2 26 20.0 8.2 201 15 311.2 312.0 290.3 325.0 4.39 6 750 2608 15.2 -1.8 31 17.1 6.3 202 14 313.1 314.0 290.9 327.3 4.46 7 700 3188 10.6 2.5 57 8.0 6.0 199 13 314.2 315.5 293.0 334.8 6.58 8 650 3800 5.8 -2.0 57 7.8 1.7 206 12 315.5 316.5 292.2 331.6 5.07 9 600 4450 1.5 -11.0 39 12.5 -3.8 222 9 317.8 318.3 290.8 326.9 2.75 10 550 5145 -2.7 -15.5 37 12.8 -7.5 245 5 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.9 2.08 11 500 5893 -7.7 -17.3 46 9.5 -11.1 232 3 323.6 324.0 291.8 330.3 1.97 12 450 6705 -12.2 -23.2 39 11.1 -15.4 219 8 327.9 328.2 292.4 332.6 1.31 13 400 7598 -17.0 -33.9 22 16.9 -20.5 221 11 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.9 0.54 14 350 8585 -24.4 -38.5 26 14.1 -26.6 250 9 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.4 0.39 15 300 9687 -33.3 -44.5 32 11.2 -34.4 300 11 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.4 0.24 16 250 10941 -42.9 -53.5 30 10.6 -43.5 317 23 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.7 0.10 17 200 12410 -53.9 -63.0 32 9.1 -54.1 295 18 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 14204 -65.7 -71.6 43 5.9 -65.8 308 30 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16674 -63.0 -83.7 5 20.6 -63.2 234 9 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.67 m Freezing level: 582.50 mb = 4693.05 m = 15396.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.40 mb = 3997.23 m = 13114.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.83 % Est. max temperature: 34.31 C = 93.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.19 mb = 991.04 m = 3251.39 ft T: 21.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 27.62 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.04 mb = 2438.74 m = 8001.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.37 C = 101.06 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 3.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.29 C Cross Totals Index: 14.41 C K Index: 26.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1187.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 174.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.87 mb = 1306.43 m = 4286.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.87 mb = 3332.00 m = 10931.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.87 mb = 12800.20 m = 41994.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1179.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.87 mb = 15672.44 m = 51418.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.3 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 232.3 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.2 neg: -5.1 tot: 17.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 243.79 Bulk Shear: 4.87 m/s