MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508080600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508080600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.8,-88.1 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 150 SFC 992 220 22.3 21.4 95 0.9 21.6 197 5 296.1 299.1 295.1 343.2 16.37 2 950 600 24.4 19.1 72 5.3 20.7 214 18 302.0 304.7 295.7 345.6 14.80 3 900 1072 21.7 15.5 68 6.2 17.5 219 15 303.8 306.1 294.5 340.7 12.38 4 850 1566 18.4 11.2 63 7.2 13.8 224 13 305.4 307.3 293.0 335.0 9.86 5 800 2083 15.0 8.4 65 6.6 11.0 225 12 307.1 308.7 292.7 333.5 8.70 6 750 2627 11.5 6.3 70 5.2 8.4 217 11 309.1 310.6 292.7 333.6 8.01 7 700 3201 8.4 2.4 66 5.9 5.1 208 9 311.7 313.0 292.3 332.0 6.53 8 650 3810 4.8 -2.8 58 7.7 1.0 197 7 314.4 315.4 291.6 329.6 4.79 9 600 4458 -0.0 -6.6 61 6.5 -3.1 218 5 316.1 316.8 291.3 328.6 3.89 10 550 5148 -5.0 -12.2 57 7.3 -7.8 274 9 318.2 318.7 290.9 327.1 2.72 11 500 5893 -7.8 -22.0 31 14.2 -12.1 307 18 323.6 323.8 291.2 328.2 1.32 12 450 6705 -13.0 -26.1 32 13.1 -16.4 314 20 326.9 327.1 291.9 330.5 1.01 13 400 7590 -19.9 -29.2 43 9.3 -22.0 322 18 329.1 329.3 292.3 332.2 0.85 14 350 8566 -27.0 -35.0 47 8.0 -28.3 327 20 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.5 0.56 15 300 9658 -35.6 -41.0 58 5.4 -36.1 303 21 335.3 335.3 293.5 336.6 0.35 16 250 10898 -46.1 -50.3 62 4.2 -46.3 298 22 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.15 17 200 12341 -57.6 -60.0 73 2.5 -57.6 299 29 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.8 0.06 18 150 14127 -62.4 -71.8 27 9.4 -62.5 317 32 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.02 19 100 16640 -62.4 -84.4 4 22.0 -62.6 299 14 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.68 m Freezing level: 600.48 mb = 4451.58 m = 14604.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.16 mb = 3959.08 m = 12988.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.43 mb = 332.30 m = 1090.21 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 12.14 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.99 mb = 1904.17 m = 6247.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.85 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1055.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.97 mb = 1276.80 m = 4188.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.97 mb = 2807.01 m = 9209.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.97 mb = 12531.55 m = 41113.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1049.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.97 mb = 14827.83 m = 48647.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.9 neg: -11.0 tot: 19.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 259.43 Bulk Shear: 4.07 m/s