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: 41.71,-88.45 Latitude: 41.71 Longitude: -88.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 987 224 27.5 22.4 74 5.0 23.8 182 11 301.7 304.9 297.4 353.5 17.56 2 950 566 25.4 20.5 74 4.9 21.9 187 22 303.0 306.0 296.8 350.9 16.17 3 900 1039 21.3 18.3 83 2.9 19.2 191 25 303.4 306.2 296.1 347.6 14.91 4 850 1534 21.1 5.0 35 16.1 11.6 196 20 308.2 309.5 291.2 328.0 6.43 5 800 2057 19.1 -0.7 26 19.8 8.5 199 15 311.5 312.4 290.5 325.8 4.55 6 750 2607 15.3 -1.3 32 16.6 6.5 202 14 313.2 314.1 291.1 327.9 4.64 7 700 3187 10.7 2.6 57 8.1 6.1 205 14 314.3 315.6 293.0 335.0 6.59 8 650 3800 6.0 -2.2 56 8.2 1.7 213 13 315.7 316.7 292.2 331.6 5.00 9 600 4450 1.5 -11.0 39 12.5 -3.8 224 11 317.9 318.4 290.9 326.9 2.76 10 550 5145 -2.8 -14.8 39 12.0 -7.4 245 6 320.8 321.2 291.2 328.2 2.21 11 500 5893 -7.8 -16.8 48 9.0 -11.0 225 4 323.5 323.9 291.9 330.5 2.06 12 450 6705 -12.3 -22.7 42 10.4 -15.3 217 8 327.8 328.1 292.4 332.6 1.38 13 400 7597 -17.2 -33.4 23 16.2 -20.5 224 13 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.8 0.57 14 350 8583 -24.5 -37.3 29 12.8 -26.5 246 10 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.5 0.44 15 300 9686 -33.4 -46.3 26 12.8 -34.7 295 11 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.1 0.20 16 250 10940 -42.8 -53.3 31 10.5 -43.4 321 23 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.11 17 200 12411 -53.6 -62.6 32 9.0 -53.8 298 22 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14206 -66.1 -70.7 52 4.6 -66.1 308 31 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16672 -63.2 -83.7 5 20.5 -63.4 233 9 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.93 m Freezing level: 582.44 mb = 4693.81 m = 15399.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.40 mb = 3997.05 m = 13113.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.25 % Est. max temperature: 34.78 C = 94.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.02 mb = 865.72 m = 2840.25 ft T: 22.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 27.69 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.77 mb = 2407.43 m = 7898.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.33 C = 100.99 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: 4.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 12.78 C K Index: 25.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1302.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 179.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.12 mb = 1242.73 m = 4077.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.12 mb = 3256.80 m = 10684.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.12 mb = 12927.28 m = 42411.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1293.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.12 mb = 15869.02 m = 52063.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.4 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 234.4 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.5 neg: -5.9 tot: 34.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 198.67 Bulk Shear: 6.56 m/s