MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 41.60,-90.50 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -90.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 994 214 26.0 22.3 80 3.8 23.3 182 10 299.7 302.9 296.7 350.3 17.29 2 950 607 21.9 20.1 89 1.8 20.6 191 15 299.4 302.3 295.6 345.4 15.75 3 900 1078 22.6 14.7 61 7.8 17.3 215 21 304.8 306.9 294.3 340.0 11.79 4 850 1574 20.7 9.4 48 11.3 13.6 229 17 307.9 309.5 292.9 334.4 8.73 5 800 2096 18.1 4.9 42 13.3 10.3 247 14 310.5 311.8 292.1 331.5 6.79 6 750 2646 14.7 6.3 57 8.4 9.6 258 13 312.6 314.1 293.7 337.5 8.03 7 700 3226 11.2 3.6 59 7.6 6.8 260 14 314.9 316.2 293.6 337.1 7.09 8 650 3841 6.6 0.4 65 6.2 3.2 257 13 316.4 317.6 293.3 335.7 6.09 9 600 4492 1.6 -6.5 55 8.1 -2.2 251 12 318.0 318.7 291.9 330.6 3.91 10 550 5186 -3.8 -11.0 57 7.2 -6.8 263 14 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.5 3.00 11 500 5931 -9.7 -12.4 80 2.7 -10.8 279 19 321.2 321.8 292.0 331.0 2.94 12 450 6736 -15.0 -19.3 70 4.3 -16.4 287 14 324.3 324.7 291.9 330.6 1.84 13 400 7617 -19.9 -29.1 44 9.2 -22.0 284 7 329.1 329.3 292.3 332.2 0.86 14 350 8595 -26.7 -32.4 59 5.7 -27.7 352 9 332.8 332.9 293.2 335.5 0.72 15 300 9687 -35.2 -43.3 43 8.1 -36.0 8 19 335.8 335.9 293.6 336.9 0.28 16 250 10934 -44.2 -47.3 71 3.1 -44.4 344 30 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.3 0.22 17 200 12390 -56.6 -57.1 93 0.6 -56.6 327 40 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.08 18 150 14186 -59.6 -72.6 17 12.9 -59.8 311 18 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16697 -63.0 -83.7 4 20.7 -63.1 247 9 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.50 m Freezing level: 585.30 mb = 4696.10 m = 15406.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.47 mb = 4218.94 m = 13841.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.79 % Est. max temperature: 34.47 C = 94.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.94 mb = 690.48 m = 2265.33 ft T: 22.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 18.83 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.50 mb = 2504.87 m = 8217.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.34 C = 101.01 F Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lifted Index: -4.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.08 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.43 C Cross Totals Index: 19.09 C K Index: 32.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1096.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 294.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.71 mb = 1187.68 m = 3896.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.71 mb = 4047.12 m = 13277.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.71 mb = 12589.50 m = 41303.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1084.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.71 mb = 14898.37 m = 48878.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.5 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 277.5 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 82.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 43.96 Bulk Shear: 24.95 m/s