MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 40.98,-88.75 Latitude: 40.98 Longitude: -88.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 988 210 25.3 22.7 86 2.6 23.5 254 5 299.5 302.8 297.0 351.8 17.89 2 950 555 25.2 17.1 61 8.1 19.6 270 13 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.2 13.00 3 900 1027 21.4 14.5 65 6.9 16.8 273 18 303.5 305.7 293.8 338.0 11.59 4 850 1520 18.2 7.4 49 10.8 11.7 284 24 305.2 306.6 291.2 328.1 7.60 5 800 2036 14.7 3.9 48 10.8 8.5 290 28 306.8 308.0 290.6 326.1 6.32 6 750 2578 10.2 2.1 57 8.1 5.8 297 33 307.7 308.8 290.5 325.9 5.95 7 700 3148 6.0 1.2 71 4.8 3.4 299 38 309.1 310.3 291.0 327.6 5.98 8 650 3751 1.6 -0.5 86 2.1 0.5 299 40 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.4 5.68 9 600 4391 -2.5 -3.8 90 1.3 -3.1 295 39 313.3 314.2 291.3 328.5 4.82 10 550 5078 -5.6 -9.5 74 3.9 -7.2 290 44 317.4 318.1 291.3 328.5 3.39 11 500 5820 -9.5 -21.2 38 11.8 -13.0 290 50 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.3 1.41 12 450 6627 -14.1 -36.1 14 21.9 -18.3 288 47 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.39 13 400 7511 -19.6 -41.4 13 21.8 -22.9 287 60 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.25 14 350 8489 -26.0 -40.9 23 14.9 -28.0 298 62 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.9 0.31 15 300 9587 -33.9 -44.2 35 10.3 -34.9 299 71 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.25 16 250 10837 -44.1 -50.5 49 6.4 -44.5 299 69 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.15 17 200 12293 -55.5 -58.6 68 3.1 -55.6 297 59 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.07 18 150 14110 -57.3 -77.0 6 19.8 -57.6 281 49 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16656 -59.9 -84.5 3 24.6 -60.2 303 12 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.73 m Freezing level: 630.45 mb = 4001.02 m = 13126.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.17 mb = 3835.18 m = 12582.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.08 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.92 mb = 537.00 m = 1761.78 ft T: 25.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 25.90 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.37 mb = 2021.72 m = 6632.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.52 C = 90.54 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: 2.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.62 C Cross Totals Index: 16.82 C K Index: 30.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 781.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.48 mb = 1505.23 m = 4938.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.48 mb = 2395.43 m = 7858.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.48 mb = 10929.48 m = 35857.45 ft B at Equ Level: 781.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.48 mb = 13843.18 m = 45416.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.8 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 321.8 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 165.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 9.46 Bulk Shear: 82.63 m/s