MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.77,-88.16 Latitude: 41.77 Longitude: -88.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 993 220 23.7 14.0 55 9.6 17.4 310 5 297.4 299.3 290.9 327.0 10.19 2 950 600 18.5 11.9 66 6.6 14.4 312 7 295.9 297.6 289.6 322.7 9.26 3 900 1060 14.2 10.9 81 3.3 12.1 317 7 296.1 297.8 289.5 322.5 9.12 4 850 1542 12.0 7.6 74 4.5 9.4 324 11 298.7 300.1 289.2 321.4 7.70 5 800 2048 9.6 3.7 67 5.9 6.3 318 18 301.4 302.5 288.8 320.0 6.24 6 750 2580 5.7 1.8 76 3.9 3.7 313 24 302.8 303.8 288.8 320.3 5.81 7 700 3141 1.3 -1.0 85 2.3 0.2 310 28 304.0 304.9 288.6 319.4 5.09 8 650 3733 -2.2 -8.1 64 5.9 -4.7 315 27 306.5 307.1 287.6 316.5 3.20 9 600 4366 -5.1 -21.2 27 16.1 -9.9 328 26 310.2 310.4 286.8 314.1 1.17 10 550 5044 -9.0 -31.6 14 22.6 -13.9 342 26 313.5 313.6 287.2 315.2 0.49 11 500 5774 -14.4 -30.1 25 15.7 -17.7 342 31 315.5 315.6 288.0 317.7 0.63 12 450 6565 -17.9 -47.4 6 29.6 -21.5 352 46 320.8 320.8 289.1 321.2 0.12 13 400 7436 -24.0 -46.0 11 22.0 -26.5 355 52 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.15 14 350 8394 -31.9 -47.5 20 15.6 -33.3 353 55 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.3 0.15 15 300 9462 -41.1 -51.1 33 10.0 -41.7 351 58 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.12 16 250 10674 -50.2 -57.2 44 7.0 -50.4 351 59 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.07 17 200 12116 -54.3 -63.8 30 9.5 -54.5 334 67 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.04 18 150 13952 -57.7 -77.5 6 19.8 -58.0 322 61 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16505 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 323 28 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.14 m Freezing level: 681.19 mb = 3363.64 m = 11035.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.99 mb = 3163.61 m = 10379.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.74 % Est. max temperature: 25.33 C = 77.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.67 mb = 1426.83 m = 4681.15 ft T: 12.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 7.02 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.61 mb = 2051.74 m = 6731.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.60 C = 81.68 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 31.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.99 mb = 1443.21 m = 4734.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.99 mb = 2968.43 m = 9738.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 604.99 mb = 4300.22 m = 14108.15 ft B at Equ Level: 26.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 474.99 mb = 6159.20 m = 20207.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.7 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 356.7 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 51.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 34.61 m/s