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: 41.93,-87.87 Latitude: 41.93 Longitude: -87.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 994 209 16.6 11.4 71 5.2 13.5 261 7 290.2 291.7 286.9 314.4 8.55 2 950 598 15.9 8.6 62 7.3 11.7 264 20 293.3 294.7 286.9 314.6 7.40 3 900 1056 13.6 7.8 68 5.8 10.3 271 22 295.6 296.9 287.8 317.0 7.40 4 850 1536 10.6 7.1 79 3.5 8.6 281 25 297.2 298.6 288.4 319.0 7.46 5 800 2038 7.1 6.3 95 0.8 6.7 297 25 298.8 300.1 289.0 320.9 7.52 6 750 2567 4.4 4.3 99 0.1 4.4 308 25 301.4 302.7 289.4 322.1 6.95 7 700 3127 1.2 0.5 95 0.7 0.8 313 27 303.8 304.8 289.0 320.9 5.67 8 650 3720 -1.9 -4.0 86 2.1 -2.9 313 27 306.8 307.6 288.9 320.4 4.39 9 600 4353 -5.2 -7.5 84 2.3 -6.2 307 28 310.0 310.7 289.2 321.4 3.61 10 550 5031 -9.2 -11.8 82 2.5 -10.2 302 31 313.1 313.7 289.4 322.2 2.82 11 500 5762 -13.9 -16.2 82 2.3 -14.6 299 33 316.1 316.5 289.8 323.2 2.15 12 450 6553 -19.5 -20.7 90 1.2 -19.8 298 34 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.3 1.64 13 400 7417 -26.4 -27.1 94 0.7 -26.5 294 37 320.7 320.9 290.1 324.4 1.04 14 350 8366 -34.3 -34.4 99 0.1 -34.3 296 40 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.6 0.59 15 300 9425 -42.6 -42.6 100 -0.0 -42.6 302 45 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.5 0.30 16 250 10629 -51.7 -52.9 87 1.2 -51.7 304 50 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.11 17 200 12069 -53.9 -66.6 20 12.7 -54.1 314 57 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13913 -54.4 -81.2 2 26.8 -54.8 322 55 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16493 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 314 30 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.35 m Freezing level: 681.04 mb = 3351.77 m = 10996.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.62 mb = 3257.98 m = 10688.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.62 % Est. max temperature: 23.76 C = 74.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.48 mb = 865.31 m = 2838.92 ft T: 14.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 1.68 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.40 mb = 2210.27 m = 7251.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.99 C = 78.78 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.78 C Showalter Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 30.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9308.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.43 mb = 1462.48 m = 4798.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.8 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 328.8 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 141.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 36.68 m/s