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: 41.85,-87.86 Latitude: 41.85 Longitude: -87.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 SFC 995 207 15.6 13.4 86 2.2 14.3 235 5 289.2 290.9 287.6 316.5 9.73 2 950 601 15.7 8.5 62 7.2 11.6 260 16 293.1 294.5 286.8 314.2 7.34 3 900 1059 14.1 7.4 64 6.7 10.3 277 21 296.0 297.3 287.8 317.0 7.19 4 850 1540 11.1 6.7 75 4.3 8.6 287 25 297.8 299.1 288.4 319.1 7.27 5 800 2043 7.5 5.6 88 1.9 6.5 293 29 299.2 300.5 288.8 320.3 7.16 6 750 2572 4.0 4.0 100 0.0 4.1 298 31 301.0 302.2 289.1 321.3 6.83 7 700 3131 1.0 0.8 99 0.2 0.9 307 34 303.6 304.6 289.0 321.1 5.80 8 650 3723 -2.5 -3.9 91 1.3 -3.1 310 31 306.1 306.9 288.6 319.7 4.42 9 600 4354 -6.2 -7.4 91 1.3 -6.7 311 31 309.0 309.7 288.9 320.4 3.64 10 550 5030 -10.3 -11.1 94 0.8 -10.6 306 30 311.9 312.4 289.2 321.4 2.97 11 500 5758 -14.9 -15.4 97 0.4 -15.1 301 32 314.8 315.3 289.5 322.4 2.32 12 450 6547 -20.4 -20.5 99 0.1 -20.4 301 34 317.6 317.9 289.7 323.2 1.66 13 400 7408 -27.0 -27.0 100 -0.0 -27.0 305 34 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.6 1.05 14 350 8355 -34.8 -34.9 99 0.1 -34.8 302 36 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.56 15 300 9410 -42.7 -46.8 64 4.1 -43.0 309 40 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.19 16 250 10628 -48.0 -59.0 27 11.0 -48.4 312 49 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 17 200 12082 -52.9 -65.8 20 12.9 -53.2 313 57 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 13924 -56.3 -79.6 4 23.3 -56.6 321 58 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16491 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 329 31 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5592.82 m Freezing level: 686.05 mb = 3296.10 m = 10813.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.89 mb = 3258.78 m = 10691.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.13 % Est. max temperature: 24.32 C = 75.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.32 mb = 491.69 m = 1613.15 ft T: 15.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 2.24 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.11 mb = 2176.07 m = 7139.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lifted Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9658.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.01 mb = 1402.14 m = 4600.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.6 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 329.6 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 58.93 m/s