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: 41,-88.62 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -88.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 988 209 25.2 22.7 86 2.5 23.4 254 5 299.4 302.6 297.0 351.5 17.85 2 950 554 25.1 16.7 60 8.4 19.4 273 14 302.6 305.0 294.4 340.2 12.69 3 900 1027 21.3 14.1 63 7.2 16.5 275 19 303.5 305.5 293.6 337.1 11.30 4 850 1519 18.0 7.6 51 10.4 11.7 283 25 305.0 306.4 291.2 328.3 7.74 5 800 2035 14.5 4.0 49 10.6 8.5 290 29 306.6 307.8 290.6 326.1 6.37 6 750 2577 10.2 1.8 56 8.3 5.6 295 33 307.6 308.7 290.4 325.5 5.83 7 700 3147 6.0 0.6 68 5.5 3.1 297 37 309.2 310.3 290.8 326.8 5.71 8 650 3749 1.7 -0.3 87 2.0 0.7 299 40 310.9 312.0 291.4 328.8 5.76 9 600 4390 -2.4 -3.3 94 0.8 -2.9 296 39 313.3 314.3 291.5 329.1 5.01 10 550 5078 -5.6 -9.3 76 3.6 -7.2 291 43 317.4 318.1 291.3 328.6 3.45 11 500 5819 -9.7 -20.5 41 10.8 -13.0 289 50 321.3 321.5 290.7 326.4 1.50 12 450 6626 -14.1 -36.2 14 22.1 -18.3 286 47 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.38 13 400 7509 -20.0 -42.5 12 22.5 -23.2 288 59 329.0 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.23 14 350 8485 -26.6 -42.1 22 15.5 -28.6 294 60 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.27 15 300 9582 -33.9 -44.4 34 10.5 -35.0 299 72 337.6 337.6 294.0 338.6 0.25 16 250 10831 -44.3 -49.6 55 5.3 -44.6 298 71 340.3 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.17 17 200 12287 -55.3 -59.0 64 3.7 -55.4 297 60 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.07 18 150 14110 -56.6 -77.6 5 21.1 -56.9 282 47 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.7 0.01 19 100 16656 -60.1 -84.5 3 24.4 -60.4 301 12 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.75 m Freezing level: 629.58 mb = 4011.16 m = 13159.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.55 mb = 3866.68 m = 12685.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.40 mb = 523.04 m = 1715.99 ft T: 25.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 26.02 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.02 mb = 2045.52 m = 6710.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.45 C = 90.42 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: 2.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.68 C Cross Totals Index: 17.31 C K Index: 29.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 707.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.36 mb = 1525.86 m = 5006.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.36 mb = 2527.96 m = 8293.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.36 mb = 10448.49 m = 34279.40 ft B at Equ Level: 706.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.36 mb = 13928.29 m = 45695.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.4 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 321.4 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 161.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 9.07 Bulk Shear: 78.02 m/s