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: 41.39,-86.04 Latitude: 41.39 Longitude: -86.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 983 252 23.6 20.0 80 3.7 21.1 136 1 298.3 301.0 294.8 342.2 15.12 2 950 549 24.6 16.3 60 8.3 19.0 286 8 302.2 304.4 294.0 338.8 12.39 3 900 1021 21.5 14.5 65 6.9 16.8 291 14 303.6 305.8 293.9 338.2 11.64 4 850 1514 17.3 13.0 76 4.3 14.5 281 17 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.6 11.16 5 800 2029 13.2 11.1 87 2.1 11.9 267 19 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.4 10.41 6 750 2569 9.1 6.5 84 2.6 7.6 263 24 306.5 308.0 292.0 331.1 8.13 7 700 3137 4.8 2.8 86 2.1 3.7 266 34 307.8 309.1 291.2 328.2 6.68 8 650 3738 1.0 0.8 99 0.2 0.9 262 35 310.1 311.3 291.6 329.5 6.27 9 600 4378 -2.7 -3.1 97 0.4 -2.9 263 39 313.0 313.9 291.4 328.9 5.06 10 550 5065 -4.9 -8.6 75 3.7 -6.5 263 39 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.2 3.64 11 500 5809 -9.5 -14.0 70 4.5 -11.2 262 39 321.4 321.9 291.7 330.1 2.59 12 450 6614 -14.9 -20.0 65 5.1 -16.4 261 37 324.5 324.8 291.8 330.4 1.74 13 400 7493 -21.5 -33.5 33 12.0 -23.7 253 47 327.0 327.2 291.5 329.1 0.57 14 350 8464 -28.3 -43.8 21 15.6 -30.0 249 51 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.5 0.22 15 300 9551 -36.4 -47.4 31 10.9 -37.3 235 63 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.18 16 250 10791 -44.4 -55.2 29 10.8 -44.9 228 69 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.09 17 200 12265 -51.7 -63.0 24 11.4 -52.0 229 84 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.1 0.04 18 150 14105 -56.1 -79.3 4 23.2 -56.4 256 37 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16656 -59.4 -84.1 3 24.7 -59.7 256 17 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.89 m Freezing level: 636.49 mb = 3910.95 m = 12831.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.20 mb = 3884.49 m = 12744.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.66 mb = 719.28 m = 2359.80 ft T: 23.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 13.95 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.08 mb = 1933.27 m = 6342.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.59 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 762.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.62 mb = 1588.20 m = 5210.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.62 mb = 2266.56 m = 7436.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.62 mb = 10327.60 m = 33882.78 ft B at Equ Level: 761.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.62 mb = 13394.61 m = 43945.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.1 neg: -12.6 tot: 78.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 11.19 Bulk Shear: 68.15 m/s