MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.37,-87.20 Latitude: 41.37 Longitude: -87.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 995 214 13.8 12.7 93 1.1 13.1 251 3 287.4 289.0 286.5 313.3 9.31 2 950 604 14.9 10.4 74 4.5 12.3 277 15 292.3 293.8 287.5 316.2 8.37 3 900 1060 12.9 8.5 75 4.4 10.3 276 19 294.8 296.2 287.8 317.2 7.76 4 850 1539 10.1 7.2 82 2.9 8.4 279 23 296.7 298.1 288.3 318.6 7.49 5 800 2041 7.0 5.7 91 1.3 6.3 287 25 298.6 299.9 288.6 319.8 7.19 6 750 2569 3.8 3.7 99 0.1 3.8 295 27 300.7 301.9 288.9 320.5 6.67 7 700 3128 0.6 0.6 100 0.0 0.5 303 30 303.1 304.2 288.8 320.3 5.70 8 650 3720 -2.4 -2.7 97 0.3 -2.6 306 31 306.3 307.2 289.0 321.1 4.82 9 600 4352 -5.4 -6.0 96 0.6 -5.7 311 32 309.8 310.6 289.5 322.6 4.06 10 550 5029 -9.3 -10.1 94 0.8 -9.6 310 33 313.0 313.6 289.8 323.4 3.23 11 500 5759 -14.1 -14.9 94 0.8 -14.4 306 34 315.8 316.3 289.9 323.7 2.41 12 450 6549 -19.7 -20.0 98 0.3 -19.8 303 34 318.5 318.8 290.0 324.3 1.74 13 400 7412 -26.2 -26.2 100 0.0 -26.2 299 33 321.0 321.2 290.2 324.9 1.13 14 350 8362 -34.2 -34.2 100 -0.0 -34.3 294 33 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.7 0.60 15 300 9419 -43.9 -43.9 100 -0.0 -43.9 291 37 323.5 323.6 290.1 324.5 0.26 16 250 10628 -48.5 -57.5 34 9.0 -48.8 304 53 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.06 17 200 12076 -53.5 -65.7 21 12.1 -53.8 307 61 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 13917 -55.6 -80.0 3 24.4 -55.9 323 59 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16491 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 321 30 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5589.67 m Freezing level: 689.91 mb = 3246.94 m = 10652.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.19 mb = 3228.68 m = 10592.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.43 % Est. max temperature: 23.34 C = 74.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.00 mb = 349.12 m = 1145.39 ft T: 14.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 0.20 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.73 mb = 1839.50 m = 6035.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.27 C = 75.68 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: 4.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: 3.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 31.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9761.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.65 mb = 1129.16 m = 3704.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.0 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 330.0 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 46.70 m/s