MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 40.39,-90.67 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -90.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 991 194 29.9 23.3 68 6.6 25.0 28 4 303.8 307.3 298.5 359.0 18.52 2 950 568 26.0 21.2 75 4.8 22.5 57 2 303.6 306.7 297.4 353.8 16.89 3 900 1043 21.7 20.0 90 1.7 20.5 158 2 303.9 306.9 297.3 353.2 16.59 4 850 1538 18.3 17.7 96 0.7 17.9 210 6 305.4 308.2 296.8 350.6 15.13 5 800 2058 17.5 10.6 64 6.9 13.0 239 17 309.8 311.7 294.4 340.6 10.08 6 750 2607 13.8 8.7 71 5.1 10.6 230 22 311.6 313.4 294.5 340.7 9.47 7 700 3185 9.8 6.8 82 3.0 7.9 229 29 313.3 315.0 294.5 340.8 8.87 8 650 3798 5.8 2.5 79 3.3 3.9 238 33 315.6 316.9 293.8 337.9 7.09 9 600 4448 1.2 -2.3 78 3.5 -0.6 251 38 317.5 318.5 293.0 334.7 5.39 10 550 5143 -3.3 -12.4 49 9.1 -7.0 249 43 320.2 320.7 291.5 329.1 2.68 11 500 5890 -7.9 -12.0 72 4.1 -9.5 243 44 323.4 324.0 292.7 333.6 3.04 12 450 6702 -12.8 -16.2 76 3.4 -14.0 250 42 327.1 327.6 293.2 335.3 2.39 13 400 7594 -17.1 -18.8 87 1.6 -17.7 258 28 332.7 333.2 294.4 340.3 2.17 14 350 8582 -23.7 -26.0 82 2.2 -24.3 250 34 336.7 337.0 294.7 341.5 1.31 15 300 9689 -32.5 -36.6 67 4.1 -33.1 254 36 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.7 0.56 16 250 10946 -42.7 -43.5 92 0.8 -42.8 249 40 342.5 342.6 295.2 343.8 0.32 17 200 12410 -55.2 -55.3 99 0.0 -55.2 196 41 345.3 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.11 18 150 14196 -65.2 -70.0 51 4.8 -65.3 258 46 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16663 -63.9 -83.3 5 19.4 -64.1 232 25 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.70 m Freezing level: 586.84 mb = 4631.02 m = 15193.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.84 mb = 4356.09 m = 14291.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.25 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.49 mb = 1028.23 m = 3373.41 ft T: 21.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 18.43 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.20 mb = 1284.66 m = 4214.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.66 C = 87.18 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -6.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: -5.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.22 C Cross Totals Index: 25.54 C K Index: 40.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2294.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.29 mb = 1175.56 m = 3856.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.29 mb = 1423.27 m = 4669.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 821.29 mb = 1832.40 m = 6011.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 801.29 mb = 2044.00 m = 6705.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 125.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 21.58 Bulk Shear: 106.30 m/s