MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.90,-87.82 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -87.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 995 205 16.8 11.3 70 5.5 13.5 257 7 290.4 291.9 286.9 314.4 8.47 2 950 598 16.2 8.4 60 7.7 11.7 262 19 293.6 294.9 286.9 314.6 7.30 3 900 1056 13.9 7.6 66 6.2 10.3 269 22 295.8 297.1 287.8 317.0 7.31 4 850 1536 10.8 7.0 77 3.8 8.6 281 25 297.4 298.8 288.4 319.0 7.39 5 800 2039 7.3 6.3 93 1.0 6.7 297 25 298.9 300.3 289.0 320.9 7.48 6 750 2568 4.4 4.2 98 0.2 4.3 307 25 301.4 302.6 289.3 321.9 6.90 7 700 3128 1.1 0.2 94 0.9 0.7 312 27 303.7 304.7 288.9 320.5 5.55 8 650 3721 -1.9 -4.6 82 2.7 -3.1 312 28 306.8 307.6 288.6 319.7 4.17 9 600 4353 -5.3 -8.3 79 3.0 -6.5 307 29 310.0 310.6 289.0 320.8 3.41 10 550 5031 -9.3 -12.7 77 3.3 -10.6 302 30 313.0 313.5 289.2 321.5 2.62 11 500 5762 -14.0 -17.1 77 3.1 -15.0 299 32 316.0 316.4 289.6 322.6 2.01 12 450 6553 -19.5 -21.2 87 1.7 -20.0 299 34 318.7 319.0 290.0 324.0 1.56 13 400 7416 -26.3 -27.3 92 1.0 -26.5 295 37 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.3 1.02 14 350 8366 -34.2 -34.4 98 0.2 -34.3 296 40 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.7 0.59 15 300 9425 -42.5 -42.5 100 -0.0 -42.5 302 45 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.5 0.30 16 250 10629 -51.8 -52.7 89 1.0 -51.8 304 49 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.11 17 200 12068 -53.8 -66.6 19 12.8 -54.1 314 58 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13913 -54.4 -81.2 2 26.8 -54.8 322 55 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16493 -56.6 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.1 314 30 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.97 m Freezing level: 681.56 mb = 3346.37 m = 10978.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.28 mb = 3228.00 m = 10590.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.72 % Est. max temperature: 23.99 C = 75.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.91 mb = 907.62 m = 2977.73 ft T: 14.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 2.19 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.95 mb = 2278.86 m = 7476.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lifted Index: 5.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: 2.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 30.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10010.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.48 mb = 1511.57 m = 4959.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.5 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 328.5 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 144.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 39.91 m/s