MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 41.71,-88.22 Latitude: 41.71 Longitude: -88.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 988 218 21.9 14.4 62 7.6 17.0 139 2 296.1 298.0 290.7 326.4 10.47 2 950 558 24.4 11.4 44 12.9 16.1 200 14 301.9 303.5 291.3 328.5 8.96 3 900 1030 21.5 9.5 46 12.0 14.0 202 24 303.6 305.1 291.3 328.4 8.29 4 850 1521 17.0 8.1 56 8.9 11.6 198 26 304.0 305.5 291.1 327.9 7.99 5 800 2035 12.7 6.7 67 6.0 9.2 202 27 304.7 306.1 291.1 327.9 7.72 6 750 2573 8.9 5.8 81 3.1 7.1 220 28 306.2 307.6 291.6 329.6 7.72 7 700 3141 5.0 3.2 88 1.8 4.0 231 30 308.0 309.3 291.5 329.2 6.91 8 650 3743 1.3 -1.1 84 2.4 0.1 237 29 310.5 311.5 290.9 327.3 5.42 9 600 4384 -2.0 -6.1 74 4.1 -3.9 240 28 313.8 314.5 290.7 326.6 4.03 10 550 5071 -5.7 -9.0 77 3.3 -7.1 237 30 317.3 318.0 291.3 328.7 3.51 11 500 5814 -9.6 -14.9 65 5.3 -11.5 239 33 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.4 2.41 12 450 6619 -15.0 -17.3 82 2.4 -15.7 240 36 324.4 324.9 292.2 331.9 2.18 13 400 7501 -20.4 -20.9 96 0.4 -20.5 251 36 328.4 328.8 293.0 334.7 1.81 14 350 8476 -27.7 -28.3 95 0.6 -27.8 258 39 331.4 331.6 293.1 335.2 1.06 15 300 9563 -36.8 -39.9 73 3.1 -37.2 253 41 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.40 16 250 10796 -47.4 -54.0 47 6.6 -47.6 260 38 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 17 200 12231 -59.3 -64.2 53 4.9 -59.4 277 50 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.03 18 150 13992 -66.1 -72.1 43 5.9 -66.2 264 48 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16486 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.1 -61.2 280 38 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.27 m Freezing level: 630.37 mb = 3994.44 m = 13104.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.02 mb = 3755.10 m = 12319.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.35 mb = 1190.34 m = 3905.26 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 2.94 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.30 mb = 2758.70 m = 9050.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.57 C = 90.63 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 2.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: 2.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 17.68 C K Index: 32.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5932.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.11 mb = 2138.48 m = 7015.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.9 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 255.9 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 189.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 45.39 m/s