MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508160600F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508160600F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 41.8,-88.6 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 982 239 27.0 23.2 79 3.9 24.2 176 19 301.8 305.2 298.0 356.4 18.50 2 950 529 25.0 20.9 78 4.1 22.1 180 35 302.6 305.6 297.0 351.7 16.59 3 900 1002 20.8 19.2 90 1.7 19.6 185 43 303.0 305.9 296.5 349.5 15.71 4 850 1495 18.0 15.8 87 2.3 16.5 198 53 305.0 307.5 295.5 345.0 13.39 5 800 2015 16.0 13.0 82 3.0 14.0 206 54 308.2 310.5 295.3 344.2 11.88 6 750 2562 13.1 10.6 85 2.5 11.5 205 57 310.8 312.9 295.3 343.9 10.80 7 700 3140 9.8 7.6 86 2.2 8.5 203 57 313.4 315.2 294.9 342.5 9.41 8 650 3753 6.4 4.8 89 1.6 5.5 202 56 316.2 317.8 294.9 342.4 8.34 9 600 4407 2.9 1.6 91 1.3 2.2 204 56 319.5 320.9 294.9 342.5 7.20 10 550 5108 -1.0 -1.8 95 0.7 -1.4 208 55 322.9 324.1 295.0 342.8 6.13 11 500 5865 -4.0 -6.0 86 2.0 -5.0 211 52 328.1 329.1 295.4 344.4 4.88 12 450 6691 -8.5 -10.9 82 2.5 -9.5 213 53 332.6 333.3 295.6 345.3 3.70 13 400 7597 -12.6 -22.2 45 9.6 -15.7 220 50 338.6 338.9 295.4 344.5 1.62 14 350 8605 -18.6 -36.8 19 18.2 -22.2 223 45 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.5 0.46 15 300 9735 -26.7 -36.9 37 10.2 -28.4 229 51 347.8 347.9 296.6 349.9 0.54 16 250 11022 -37.4 -39.8 79 2.4 -37.7 231 50 350.5 350.6 297.1 352.4 0.48 17 200 12522 -49.7 -50.2 95 0.5 -49.7 218 57 354.0 354.1 297.7 354.8 0.19 18 150 14345 -62.3 -72.8 23 10.5 -62.4 242 44 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16782 -72.1 -81.8 22 9.8 -72.1 255 30 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.10 m Freezing level: 563.18 mb = 4923.22 m = 16152.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 569.89 mb = 4821.88 m = 15819.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.51 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.48 mb = 729.62 m = 2393.72 ft T: 23.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 13.96 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1256.90 m = 4123.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.08 C Cross Totals Index: 19.82 C K Index: 35.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 281.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.22 mb = 1086.84 m = 3565.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.22 mb = 2162.03 m = 7093.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 396.22 mb = 7668.70 m = 25159.48 ft B at Equ Level: 281.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.22 mb = 13323.95 m = 43713.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.6 at 52.1 knts Storm direction: 232.6 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 386.6 neg: -10.5 tot: 376.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 3.13 Bulk Shear: 90.11 m/s