MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 41.94,-89.73 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -89.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 980 236 25.3 21.4 79 3.9 22.5 169 9 300.2 303.2 296.4 348.9 16.62 2 950 509 27.6 17.1 53 10.6 20.3 190 24 305.2 307.6 295.3 344.1 12.99 3 900 987 25.9 12.2 42 13.7 16.9 223 27 308.2 310.0 293.9 338.4 9.95 4 850 1487 22.2 8.9 43 13.3 13.8 243 31 309.4 311.0 293.1 335.2 8.44 5 800 2010 17.5 6.5 48 11.0 10.9 252 33 309.8 311.2 292.6 333.1 7.59 6 750 2557 12.5 4.6 58 7.9 7.9 258 31 310.2 311.5 292.3 332.1 7.10 7 700 3131 7.5 2.2 69 5.3 4.5 259 30 310.8 312.0 291.9 330.6 6.41 8 650 3736 3.0 -2.4 68 5.4 0.3 262 29 312.3 313.3 291.1 327.8 4.93 9 600 4380 -1.3 -9.2 55 7.9 -4.6 261 27 314.7 315.3 290.3 324.9 3.19 10 550 5068 -5.3 -17.5 38 12.2 -9.5 255 25 317.8 318.1 289.9 323.7 1.76 11 500 5811 -9.1 -22.2 34 13.1 -13.0 244 22 322.0 322.2 290.7 326.4 1.29 12 450 6618 -14.6 -17.3 80 2.7 -15.5 265 18 324.9 325.3 292.3 332.3 2.19 13 400 7502 -19.4 -20.3 93 0.9 -19.7 277 17 329.7 330.1 293.4 336.4 1.90 14 350 8480 -27.3 -27.4 99 0.1 -27.3 262 22 332.0 332.2 293.3 336.2 1.16 15 300 9571 -35.7 -36.5 93 0.8 -35.8 272 35 335.0 335.1 293.6 337.1 0.56 16 250 10808 -46.9 -47.5 94 0.6 -46.9 261 38 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.21 17 200 12244 -59.0 -60.3 85 1.3 -59.0 273 48 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.06 18 150 14038 -60.6 -75.0 13 14.4 -60.7 295 41 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16549 -62.2 -84.0 4 21.8 -62.4 281 25 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.31 m Freezing level: 614.83 mb = 4189.25 m = 13744.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.39 mb = 3768.87 m = 12364.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.09 % Est. max temperature: 34.59 C = 94.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.06 mb = 734.98 m = 2411.31 ft T: 26.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 25.19 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.78 mb = 2592.39 m = 8505.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.26 C = 95.47 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.25 C Cross Totals Index: 17.96 C K Index: 34.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1078.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 177.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.07 mb = 2083.59 m = 6835.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.07 mb = 3035.26 m = 9958.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.07 mb = 12627.93 m = 41429.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1050.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.07 mb = 14551.16 m = 47739.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 296.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.96 Bulk Rich Number: 14.54 Bulk Shear: 74.19 m/s