MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.08,-87.6 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -87.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 997 185 20.7 15.5 72 5.3 17.3 7 9 294.1 296.1 290.6 326.0 11.14 2 950 600 16.6 13.1 80 3.4 14.4 344 10 294.0 295.8 289.6 322.8 10.05 3 900 1059 13.5 11.1 85 2.4 12.0 317 12 295.4 297.1 289.4 322.2 9.27 4 850 1538 10.2 8.5 89 1.8 9.2 318 15 296.9 298.3 288.9 320.7 8.19 5 800 2041 7.8 3.3 73 4.5 5.4 323 19 299.5 300.6 287.9 317.5 6.08 6 750 2570 4.4 -0.2 72 4.6 2.1 324 20 301.4 302.3 287.6 316.5 5.03 7 700 3129 1.0 -4.3 67 5.4 -1.4 321 22 303.6 304.4 287.3 315.8 3.96 8 650 3721 -1.6 -18.5 26 16.9 -7.1 324 25 307.1 307.4 285.9 311.6 1.36 9 600 4354 -5.0 -24.5 20 19.5 -10.3 336 24 310.3 310.4 286.5 313.2 0.87 10 550 5031 -9.7 -27.3 22 17.6 -13.9 348 26 312.6 312.7 287.1 315.1 0.74 11 500 5759 -15.2 -27.6 34 12.3 -18.0 348 30 314.5 314.6 287.8 317.2 0.80 12 450 6545 -20.7 -37.8 20 17.1 -23.2 351 37 317.2 317.2 288.2 318.4 0.33 13 400 7409 -25.7 -47.3 11 21.6 -27.9 357 52 321.5 321.6 289.4 322.1 0.13 14 350 8362 -33.1 -51.4 14 18.4 -34.4 5 59 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.5 0.10 15 300 9424 -42.3 -53.5 28 11.2 -42.8 4 61 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.1 0.09 16 250 10632 -50.9 -58.1 42 7.2 -51.1 358 64 330.4 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.06 17 200 12074 -52.4 -65.1 20 12.7 -52.7 340 66 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.03 18 150 13925 -55.6 -78.5 4 22.9 -55.9 321 52 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.01 19 100 16485 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 336 28 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.57 m Freezing level: 680.75 mb = 3356.74 m = 11012.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.72 mb = 2903.69 m = 9526.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.15 % Est. max temperature: 23.62 C = 74.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.34 mb = 850.55 m = 2790.48 ft T: 14.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 14.45 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1287.34 m = 4223.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.73 C = 72.91 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 28.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.48 mb = 1082.15 m = 3550.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.48 mb = 2222.44 m = 7291.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 632.48 mb = 3937.36 m = 12917.69 ft B at Equ Level: 29.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 362.48 mb = 8111.74 m = 26613.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.2 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 4.2 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 44.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.82 Bulk Shear: 21.10 m/s