MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.80,-88.10 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 992 220 23.3 15.1 60 8.2 17.9 14 6 297.1 299.1 291.4 328.9 10.95 2 950 597 18.8 13.4 71 5.5 15.4 12 9 296.3 298.1 290.5 325.8 10.20 3 900 1059 14.8 12.3 85 2.5 13.2 352 7 296.8 298.6 290.5 325.8 10.01 4 850 1540 11.1 10.3 95 0.8 10.6 327 7 297.8 299.5 290.3 324.9 9.31 5 800 2045 9.2 3.9 70 5.3 6.3 312 15 301.0 302.1 288.7 319.9 6.35 6 750 2577 5.6 0.7 70 4.9 3.1 309 22 302.7 303.7 288.3 318.9 5.36 7 700 3138 2.2 -7.8 48 10.0 -2.0 313 24 304.9 305.4 286.9 314.3 3.03 8 650 3733 -0.6 -20.5 20 19.9 -6.8 326 22 308.3 308.5 286.1 312.1 1.15 9 600 4368 -3.8 -28.3 13 24.5 -9.9 337 22 311.8 311.9 286.7 313.9 0.62 10 550 5049 -8.6 -25.2 25 16.7 -12.9 337 25 313.9 314.1 287.8 317.0 0.89 11 500 5781 -11.6 -43.5 5 32.0 -16.6 348 33 318.9 319.0 288.6 319.6 0.16 12 450 6582 -16.6 -37.2 15 20.7 -20.1 348 39 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.7 0.35 13 400 7454 -23.5 -35.1 33 11.7 -25.4 348 45 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.2 0.48 14 350 8415 -31.4 -41.0 38 9.7 -32.4 347 53 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.30 15 300 9486 -39.9 -49.0 37 9.1 -40.5 351 62 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.15 16 250 10706 -49.3 -54.7 54 5.3 -49.6 356 69 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.09 17 200 12142 -56.5 -62.7 46 6.1 -56.7 334 67 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 13959 -57.8 -77.5 6 19.7 -58.0 330 56 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16507 -59.0 -85.4 2 26.4 -59.3 329 33 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.21 m Freezing level: 660.63 mb = 3606.17 m = 11831.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.92 mb = 2909.71 m = 9546.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.64 % Est. max temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.55 mb = 1252.22 m = 4108.28 ft T: 13.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 16.77 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.52 mb = 1426.71 m = 4680.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.78 C = 74.81 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: 2.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.88 C K Index: 23.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.58 mb = 1309.65 m = 4296.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.58 mb = 2375.35 m = 7793.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 618.58 mb = 4125.93 m = 13536.36 ft B at Equ Level: 28.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 478.58 mb = 6113.95 m = 20058.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.9 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 2.9 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 63.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.14 Bulk Shear: 28.41 m/s