MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 41.61,-87.95 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -87.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 984 208 24.6 14.7 54 9.8 18.1 293 2 299.1 301.1 291.9 330.6 10.76 2 950 512 24.4 12.8 49 11.5 16.9 287 6 301.9 303.7 292.0 331.0 9.83 3 900 982 20.4 11.2 56 9.2 14.6 263 8 302.5 304.2 291.7 330.2 9.32 4 850 1473 16.1 9.9 67 6.2 12.2 246 11 303.0 304.7 291.7 329.9 9.03 5 800 1984 11.5 8.6 82 2.9 9.7 239 15 303.4 305.0 291.6 329.6 8.79 6 750 2520 7.3 6.3 94 1.0 6.7 240 18 304.5 305.9 291.3 328.5 8.01 7 700 3086 3.6 0.1 78 3.6 1.8 254 15 306.5 307.5 289.8 323.3 5.50 8 650 3686 1.2 -3.6 70 4.8 -1.1 286 13 310.3 311.2 290.1 324.4 4.51 9 600 4326 -2.7 -5.9 79 3.2 -4.1 270 15 313.0 313.8 290.6 326.0 4.11 10 550 5011 -6.4 -11.3 68 4.9 -8.4 265 19 316.5 317.0 290.6 326.0 2.93 11 500 5751 -10.5 -18.1 53 7.7 -13.0 262 19 320.3 320.6 290.7 326.5 1.83 12 450 6554 -15.7 -23.0 53 7.3 -17.7 273 23 323.5 323.8 291.2 328.1 1.33 13 400 7431 -22.4 -27.4 63 5.1 -23.5 271 29 325.9 326.1 291.6 329.5 1.00 14 350 8397 -29.7 -34.6 63 4.8 -30.4 262 28 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.8 0.58 15 300 9477 -38.4 -38.4 100 0.0 -38.4 289 41 331.3 331.3 292.5 333.0 0.46 16 250 10699 -49.5 -49.8 97 0.3 -49.6 299 44 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.16 17 200 12118 -62.1 -62.5 96 0.3 -62.1 293 48 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.04 18 150 13903 -58.6 -77.8 7 19.2 -58.9 288 35 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16458 -58.4 -84.8 2 26.4 -58.7 270 20 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.18 m Freezing level: 634.57 mb = 3883.66 m = 12741.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.04 mb = 3452.34 m = 11326.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.34 mb = 1459.08 m = 4786.96 ft T: 16.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 7.65 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.42 mb = 2211.60 m = 7255.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 20.33 C K Index: 32.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.43 mb = 1958.90 m = 6426.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.43 mb = 2548.64 m = 8361.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 537.43 mb = 5190.92 m = 17030.35 ft B at Equ Level: 49.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.43 mb = 7851.04 m = 25757.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 29.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.51 Bulk Shear: 14.04 m/s