MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.87,-88.18 Latitude: 41.87 Longitude: -88.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 993 228 19.6 14.8 74 4.7 16.5 41 9 293.3 295.3 290.0 324.0 10.74 2 950 604 16.4 13.5 83 2.9 14.6 45 16 293.8 295.6 289.8 323.2 10.29 3 900 1063 14.0 12.3 90 1.7 12.9 6 6 295.9 297.7 290.2 324.9 10.03 4 850 1544 11.3 10.6 95 0.7 10.9 294 9 298.0 299.7 290.5 325.6 9.47 5 800 2050 9.9 4.5 69 5.5 6.9 305 15 301.7 303.0 289.2 321.5 6.60 6 750 2584 6.5 1.8 72 4.7 4.0 308 18 303.6 304.7 289.1 321.2 5.82 7 700 3146 2.5 -1.3 76 3.8 0.6 308 20 305.3 306.2 288.9 320.5 4.97 8 650 3742 -0.7 -14.7 34 14.0 -5.7 321 20 308.2 308.6 286.8 314.3 1.88 9 600 4378 -3.3 -30.0 11 26.7 -9.8 336 21 312.3 312.4 286.8 314.2 0.53 10 550 5060 -7.6 -27.6 18 20.0 -12.6 330 24 315.1 315.2 287.9 317.6 0.72 11 500 5796 -10.9 -40.2 7 29.4 -16.0 332 28 319.8 319.9 288.9 320.7 0.23 12 450 6597 -16.7 -31.8 26 15.2 -19.7 341 36 322.3 322.4 290.1 324.4 0.59 13 400 7470 -23.3 -34.6 35 11.3 -25.2 344 42 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.5 0.51 14 350 8432 -30.9 -39.0 45 8.1 -31.9 346 52 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.5 0.37 15 300 9506 -39.3 -45.1 54 5.8 -39.8 347 58 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.9 0.23 16 250 10727 -49.2 -55.3 48 6.2 -49.4 350 63 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.08 17 200 12160 -57.3 -63.0 48 5.7 -57.3 336 64 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.04 18 150 13972 -57.5 -77.7 6 20.2 -57.8 327 49 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16522 -58.8 -85.4 2 26.6 -59.2 328 31 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.52 m Freezing level: 660.28 mb = 3619.25 m = 11874.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.19 mb = 3201.68 m = 10504.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.97 % Est. max temperature: 24.77 C = 76.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.47 mb = 825.88 m = 2709.55 ft T: 15.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 11.47 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1413.38 m = 4637.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.66 C = 74.59 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: 3.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 2.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 28.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7299.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.35 mb = 1040.50 m = 3413.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.0 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 358.0 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.7 neg: -17.0 tot: 52.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 51.22 m/s