MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508081200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508081200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 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 149 SFC 992 220 21.7 20.7 94 1.0 21.0 178 5 295.5 298.3 294.4 340.5 15.66 2 950 597 24.0 18.4 71 5.6 20.1 207 20 301.5 304.1 295.1 343.2 14.14 3 900 1069 21.2 15.9 72 5.4 17.6 213 18 303.4 305.7 294.6 341.1 12.71 4 850 1563 18.7 9.9 57 8.8 13.2 222 13 305.7 307.4 292.5 333.0 9.06 5 800 2081 15.6 6.3 54 9.3 10.0 234 11 307.8 309.2 291.9 330.7 7.51 6 750 2625 11.5 4.0 60 7.4 7.2 241 12 309.0 310.3 291.7 330.0 6.83 7 700 3198 8.0 0.5 59 7.5 4.0 232 12 311.4 312.4 291.5 329.1 5.68 8 650 3806 4.6 -4.0 54 8.6 0.4 211 14 314.2 315.0 291.2 328.1 4.38 9 600 4453 -0.5 -7.4 60 6.9 -3.6 216 11 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.3 3.65 10 550 5142 -5.3 -16.1 42 10.8 -9.2 278 7 317.8 318.1 290.1 324.4 1.98 11 500 5886 -7.9 -25.4 23 17.4 -12.8 340 9 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.8 0.97 12 450 6697 -12.8 -30.7 21 17.9 -17.0 323 13 327.1 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.66 13 400 7583 -19.6 -31.4 34 11.8 -22.0 308 13 329.5 329.7 292.3 332.1 0.70 14 350 8559 -27.5 -38.2 35 10.7 -29.0 310 15 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.3 0.40 15 300 9647 -36.5 -46.5 35 10.0 -37.3 309 19 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.19 16 250 10882 -46.7 -50.7 63 4.1 -46.9 307 23 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.15 17 200 12325 -57.5 -60.5 68 3.0 -57.5 309 20 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.06 18 150 14116 -61.8 -71.4 27 9.6 -62.0 315 34 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.02 19 100 16630 -61.5 -84.9 3 23.4 -61.8 308 13 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.38 m Freezing level: 605.05 mb = 4387.19 m = 14393.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.34 mb = 3864.30 m = 12677.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.19 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.71 mb = 346.01 m = 1135.18 ft T: 22.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 18.79 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.95 mb = 2102.37 m = 6897.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.95 C = 93.12 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 17.84 C K Index: 29.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 888.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.77 mb = 1265.65 m = 4152.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.77 mb = 3024.37 m = 9922.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.77 mb = 12490.02 m = 40977.27 ft B at Equ Level: 870.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.77 mb = 14779.64 m = 48489.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.0 neg: -3.3 tot: 50.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 164.02 Bulk Shear: 5.42 m/s