MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2507221800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2507221800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 116 SFC 988 223 33.9 21.0 47 12.8 24.5 244 12 308.1 311.1 298.1 356.8 16.09 2 950 575 28.9 19.7 58 9.2 22.3 243 24 306.5 309.4 297.3 352.9 15.43 3 900 1054 24.7 17.9 66 6.8 19.9 246 25 307.0 309.7 296.7 350.6 14.47 4 850 1553 20.6 15.4 72 5.3 17.0 251 27 307.8 310.2 296.0 347.2 13.04 5 800 2075 17.7 11.9 69 5.8 13.8 255 30 310.0 312.0 295.2 343.6 11.00 6 750 2624 13.9 9.4 74 4.5 11.0 260 29 311.6 313.5 294.8 342.2 9.93 7 700 3203 9.7 5.9 77 3.8 7.4 266 26 313.3 314.9 294.1 339.2 8.35 8 650 3814 5.3 2.5 82 2.8 3.7 265 23 315.0 316.4 293.6 337.2 7.08 9 600 4464 1.1 -2.2 78 3.3 -0.6 263 22 317.4 318.5 293.0 334.7 5.42 10 550 5160 -2.6 -7.2 71 4.5 -4.7 261 29 321.0 321.8 292.9 334.3 4.07 11 500 5911 -6.2 -14.9 50 8.6 -9.5 262 31 325.5 325.9 292.7 333.7 2.41 12 450 6729 -10.5 -18.4 53 7.8 -13.2 260 32 330.0 330.4 293.6 337.0 2.00 13 400 7627 -15.5 -25.4 42 9.9 -18.2 252 30 334.9 335.1 294.1 339.3 1.21 14 350 8621 -22.5 -26.6 69 4.1 -23.5 239 15 338.4 338.7 295.0 343.0 1.25 15 300 9734 -31.2 -34.1 75 2.9 -31.7 268 17 341.4 341.6 295.3 344.2 0.71 16 250 10997 -41.9 -42.6 93 0.7 -41.9 250 18 343.8 343.9 295.6 345.3 0.36 17 200 12468 -54.0 -54.0 100 0.0 -53.9 237 26 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.8 0.12 18 150 14269 -62.7 -70.0 37 7.3 -62.8 258 36 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.02 19 100 16734 -67.5 -83.3 9 15.8 -67.6 260 24 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.46 m Freezing level: 585.07 mb = 4671.78 m = 15327.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.20 mb = 4367.18 m = 14327.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.49 % Est. max temperature: 34.08 C = 93.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.62 mb = 1845.04 m = 6053.20 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 23.07 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.40 mb = 2253.19 m = 7392.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.31 C = 97.36 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 38.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1466.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.23 mb = 1828.17 m = 5997.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.23 mb = 2643.77 m = 8673.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.23 mb = 13189.82 m = 43273.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1457.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.23 mb = 16253.36 m = 53324.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 85.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 148.93 Bulk Shear: 9.84 m/s