MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2507221800F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2507221800F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 24 JUL 25 Station: 42,-88 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 989 223 29.2 22.5 67 6.7 24.3 228 9 303.3 306.5 297.8 355.4 17.57 2 950 581 25.4 20.7 75 4.7 22.1 236 19 303.0 306.0 297.0 351.5 16.40 3 900 1057 24.2 15.4 58 8.7 18.2 246 27 306.4 308.7 295.1 343.6 12.35 4 850 1555 20.4 14.0 67 6.4 16.1 242 29 307.5 309.7 295.1 343.4 11.89 5 800 2076 16.9 11.4 70 5.5 13.3 239 29 309.1 311.1 294.7 341.5 10.62 6 750 2624 13.9 6.5 61 7.4 9.4 236 29 311.7 313.2 293.5 336.8 8.12 7 700 3203 10.6 1.3 53 9.3 5.5 235 30 314.3 315.4 292.6 333.3 6.04 8 650 3816 6.4 -5.5 42 11.8 0.7 238 32 316.2 316.9 291.4 328.8 3.92 9 600 4467 1.5 -7.6 51 9.0 -2.7 246 33 317.8 318.5 291.6 329.6 3.61 10 550 5162 -3.0 -9.1 63 6.0 -5.7 254 37 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.0 3.50 11 500 5911 -7.3 -14.7 55 7.5 -10.1 255 40 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.5 2.44 12 450 6728 -10.1 -26.2 26 16.1 -14.6 244 37 330.5 330.7 292.8 334.1 1.00 13 400 7624 -16.8 -21.2 68 4.5 -18.1 257 35 333.2 333.6 294.2 339.4 1.75 14 350 8612 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 261 34 336.8 337.1 295.0 342.6 1.61 15 300 9720 -32.2 -32.2 100 -0.0 -32.1 267 32 340.0 340.2 295.1 343.3 0.86 16 250 10980 -42.0 -43.1 89 1.1 -42.1 294 25 343.6 343.6 295.5 344.9 0.34 17 200 12453 -53.6 -53.7 99 0.1 -53.6 267 32 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.4 0.13 18 150 14265 -61.1 -74.3 16 13.2 -61.2 255 37 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16733 -67.8 -82.8 10 15.0 -67.9 256 24 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.84 m Freezing level: 583.58 mb = 4695.20 m = 15404.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3941.67 m = 12931.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.86 % Est. max temperature: 33.76 C = 92.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.63 mb = 1080.24 m = 3544.05 ft T: 24.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 26.64 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.09 mb = 2117.88 m = 6948.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.23 C = 95.42 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 32.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1015.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.87 mb = 1505.42 m = 4938.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.87 mb = 3324.02 m = 10905.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.87 mb = 12780.41 m = 41929.98 ft B at Equ Level: 998.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.87 mb = 15142.12 m = 49678.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.7 neg: -6.9 tot: 69.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 32.30 Bulk Shear: 31.46 m/s