MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.25,-91.53 Latitude: 41.25 Longitude: -91.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 994 213 23.8 14.6 56 9.3 17.8 112 8 297.4 299.4 291.2 328.0 10.54 2 950 609 19.4 10.9 58 8.6 14.2 111 10 296.9 298.5 289.3 322.0 8.63 3 900 1071 15.0 10.0 72 5.0 12.0 110 10 297.0 298.5 289.3 321.9 8.58 4 850 1551 10.4 8.8 89 1.7 9.5 110 10 297.1 298.6 289.2 321.5 8.38 5 800 2056 11.1 -21.0 9 32.1 0.4 129 11 303.0 303.1 283.8 305.9 0.89 6 750 2592 9.7 -28.4 5 38.1 -1.3 136 7 307.1 307.2 284.8 308.8 0.49 7 700 3160 7.0 -27.0 7 34.1 -3.0 140 5 310.3 310.4 286.1 312.3 0.60 8 650 3764 3.2 -26.6 9 29.9 -5.4 157 4 312.6 312.8 287.1 314.9 0.67 9 600 4407 -0.8 -30.5 8 29.7 -8.4 174 3 315.2 315.3 287.8 317.0 0.50 10 550 5096 -5.4 -28.1 15 22.8 -11.2 191 3 317.7 317.9 288.8 320.1 0.69 11 500 5836 -10.6 -22.5 37 11.9 -14.0 221 6 320.1 320.3 290.1 324.4 1.25 12 450 6638 -15.4 -35.5 16 20.1 -19.1 209 6 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.4 0.41 13 400 7518 -21.0 -30.9 41 9.9 -22.9 172 7 327.8 327.9 291.8 330.4 0.73 14 350 8489 -28.4 -32.6 67 4.3 -29.1 193 17 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.1 0.70 15 300 9580 -34.5 -46.4 29 11.9 -35.6 269 16 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.20 16 250 10824 -45.6 -47.8 79 2.2 -45.8 277 26 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.0 0.20 17 200 12274 -55.1 -60.3 52 5.3 -55.2 273 47 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.06 18 150 14118 -54.7 -79.0 3 24.3 -55.0 276 41 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.01 19 100 16642 -64.0 -84.7 4 20.7 -64.1 307 28 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.48 m Freezing level: 609.63 mb = 4283.51 m = 14053.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 787.77 mb = 2183.55 m = 7163.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.05 % Est. max temperature: 24.10 C = 75.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.94 mb = 1375.84 m = 4513.85 ft T: 12.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 22.14 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.61 mb = 3165.00 m = 10383.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.63 C = 97.94 F Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lifted Index: 4.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.24 C Showalter Index: 4.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: -4.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 131.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8593.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.36 mb = 1616.69 m = 5304.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.4 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 168.4 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -10.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -3.2 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 2.83 m/s