MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 41.93,-87.94 Latitude: 41.93 Longitude: -87.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 991 215 29.8 18.5 51 11.3 21.9 237 8 303.8 306.3 295.4 344.4 13.66 2 950 586 26.0 17.0 58 8.9 19.8 236 17 303.5 305.9 294.8 342.0 12.96 3 900 1059 21.5 16.1 72 5.4 17.8 235 18 303.6 306.0 294.8 342.0 12.90 4 850 1552 16.9 15.0 89 1.9 15.7 235 19 303.9 306.2 294.7 341.7 12.73 5 800 2067 12.8 11.9 94 0.9 12.2 245 20 304.8 306.8 293.7 337.7 10.99 6 750 2609 11.0 6.0 71 5.0 8.0 272 24 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.5 7.86 7 700 3181 6.9 1.3 67 5.7 3.9 289 28 310.2 311.3 291.3 328.8 6.00 8 650 3785 2.6 -6.2 52 8.7 -1.4 292 32 311.9 312.6 289.9 323.6 3.71 9 600 4427 -1.9 -11.9 46 10.1 -5.8 291 31 314.0 314.5 289.5 322.3 2.56 10 550 5114 -6.0 -22.0 27 16.0 -10.8 289 33 316.9 317.2 289.0 321.0 1.19 11 500 5853 -10.4 -30.1 18 19.7 -15.0 293 35 320.4 320.5 289.6 322.6 0.63 12 450 6657 -15.0 -29.9 27 14.9 -18.3 291 38 324.4 324.5 290.8 326.9 0.71 13 400 7537 -21.0 -34.6 29 13.6 -23.4 291 38 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.51 14 350 8508 -28.6 -38.9 37 10.3 -30.0 286 32 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.6 0.38 15 300 9591 -37.3 -46.5 38 9.2 -38.1 291 32 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.19 16 250 10824 -47.0 -54.3 43 7.3 -47.3 298 44 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.10 17 200 12272 -55.4 -65.0 29 9.6 -55.5 292 53 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14094 -57.8 -77.8 6 20.0 -58.0 291 43 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16603 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.0 283 34 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.98 m Freezing level: 620.98 mb = 4158.09 m = 13641.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.55 mb = 3617.14 m = 11867.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.07 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.75 mb = 1645.13 m = 5397.33 ft T: 16.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 23.37 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.27 mb = 1792.60 m = 5881.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 25.38 C K Index: 36.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1345.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.65 mb = 1706.96 m = 5600.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.65 mb = 1860.86 m = 6105.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.65 mb = 11966.50 m = 39259.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1334.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.65 mb = 14536.15 m = 47690.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 29.32 Bulk Shear: 45.89 m/s