MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 41.81,-91.62 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -91.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 984 242 23.1 20.0 83 3.1 20.9 176 6 297.6 300.3 294.7 341.4 15.12 2 950 551 22.2 15.2 65 7.0 17.5 197 15 299.7 301.8 292.6 333.4 11.51 3 900 1020 19.6 13.0 66 6.6 15.3 234 20 301.7 303.6 292.4 332.7 10.49 4 850 1510 17.0 11.5 70 5.5 13.5 258 23 304.0 305.8 292.8 334.1 10.10 5 800 2027 15.6 10.4 71 5.2 12.3 287 21 307.8 309.7 293.8 338.0 9.96 6 750 2573 13.0 5.2 59 7.8 8.4 313 20 310.7 312.1 292.7 333.6 7.43 7 700 3149 8.6 -0.1 54 8.7 3.9 333 21 312.0 313.1 291.5 329.0 5.43 8 650 3757 3.8 -4.5 55 8.2 -0.2 336 24 313.2 314.0 290.7 326.6 4.22 9 600 4402 -0.1 -16.5 28 16.4 -6.1 322 24 316.0 316.3 289.3 321.8 1.75 10 550 5093 -3.8 -21.5 24 17.7 -9.4 317 27 319.6 319.8 289.9 323.9 1.25 11 500 5839 -8.1 -28.6 17 20.5 -13.3 308 25 323.2 323.3 290.5 325.7 0.72 12 450 6648 -13.8 -33.0 18 19.2 -17.9 301 26 325.9 326.0 291.1 327.8 0.53 13 400 7532 -19.8 -37.7 19 17.9 -22.8 293 26 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.7 0.37 14 350 8509 -26.8 -46.1 14 19.3 -29.0 284 28 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.17 15 300 9601 -35.6 -48.1 27 12.5 -36.6 281 31 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.16 16 250 10841 -46.0 -53.6 42 7.6 -46.4 275 34 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.10 17 200 12288 -56.3 -63.3 41 7.0 -56.4 269 43 343.6 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.04 18 150 14091 -60.3 -75.7 11 15.5 -60.4 280 38 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16616 -60.3 -84.3 3 24.0 -60.6 292 14 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.92 m Freezing level: 601.75 mb = 4379.12 m = 14367.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.58 mb = 3724.17 m = 12218.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.60 mb = 637.53 m = 2091.60 ft T: 21.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 16.23 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.54 mb = 2781.09 m = 9124.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.63 C = 97.94 F Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lifted Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.62 C K Index: 27.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4958.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.50 mb = 1474.94 m = 4838.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.6 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 334.6 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 171.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 263.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 263.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 108.06 m/s