MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2507221800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2507221800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 121 SFC 989 223 33.9 20.9 47 13.0 24.5 238 12 308.1 311.1 298.0 356.4 15.98 2 950 579 28.3 19.6 59 8.7 22.1 237 24 305.9 308.8 297.0 351.8 15.31 3 900 1057 24.1 18.1 69 6.0 19.9 238 26 306.3 309.1 296.7 350.4 14.68 4 850 1555 20.6 15.4 72 5.2 17.1 243 29 307.8 310.2 296.0 347.3 13.09 5 800 2078 17.7 11.8 69 5.9 13.8 250 31 310.0 312.0 295.1 343.4 10.94 6 750 2627 13.6 9.0 74 4.5 10.7 255 30 311.3 313.1 294.6 341.0 9.67 7 700 3205 9.4 5.4 76 4.0 7.1 251 30 312.9 314.4 293.8 338.0 8.07 8 650 3816 5.3 1.2 75 4.1 3.1 249 30 315.0 316.2 293.1 335.3 6.43 9 600 4466 1.3 -3.8 69 5.1 -1.3 256 31 317.6 318.5 292.6 333.1 4.82 10 550 5161 -2.5 -8.6 63 6.1 -5.2 257 33 321.1 321.8 292.6 333.1 3.64 11 500 5912 -6.4 -17.1 42 10.7 -10.2 252 34 325.3 325.7 292.3 332.2 2.01 12 450 6730 -10.0 -24.2 30 14.2 -14.2 251 33 330.7 330.9 293.0 335.0 1.20 13 400 7629 -15.5 -27.7 35 12.1 -18.6 258 35 334.8 335.0 293.9 338.4 0.99 14 350 8622 -22.7 -26.3 73 3.6 -23.6 263 25 338.2 338.4 295.0 342.9 1.28 15 300 9733 -31.6 -34.1 79 2.5 -32.0 256 23 340.8 341.0 295.1 343.5 0.71 16 250 10996 -41.6 -43.5 81 1.9 -41.8 252 20 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.6 0.32 17 200 12469 -54.0 -54.3 97 0.3 -54.0 266 28 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.8 0.12 18 150 14266 -62.4 -70.9 31 8.5 -62.5 249 29 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.02 19 100 16733 -68.4 -83.4 10 15.0 -68.5 240 22 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.76 m Freezing level: 583.02 mb = 4701.85 m = 15425.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.64 mb = 4269.91 m = 14008.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.11 % Est. max temperature: 34.09 C = 93.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.41 mb = 1860.86 m = 6105.11 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 24.27 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.35 mb = 2235.19 m = 7333.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.19 C = 97.15 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 38.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1371.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.15 mb = 1769.50 m = 5805.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.15 mb = 2579.92 m = 8464.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.15 mb = 13333.07 m = 43743.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1344.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.1 neg: -7.5 tot: 87.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 84.30 Bulk Shear: 16.27 m/s