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: 41.92,-90.89 Latitude: 41.92 Longitude: -90.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 991 241 25.0 22.0 83 3.0 22.9 196 5 299.0 302.1 296.4 348.8 17.08 2 950 607 21.2 20.2 94 1.1 20.5 198 8 298.7 301.6 295.5 344.8 15.83 3 900 1077 22.0 14.6 63 7.4 17.1 218 17 304.2 306.3 294.1 339.0 11.68 4 850 1573 20.2 11.1 56 9.1 14.3 229 16 307.3 309.1 293.6 336.9 9.80 5 800 2094 17.2 10.7 65 6.5 13.0 245 15 309.5 311.4 294.4 340.4 10.14 6 750 2643 14.6 8.3 66 6.2 10.6 260 17 312.4 314.1 294.5 340.9 9.21 7 700 3223 10.7 5.0 68 5.7 7.3 254 18 314.4 315.9 294.0 338.9 7.83 8 650 3836 6.2 1.0 69 5.2 3.3 242 17 316.0 317.2 293.3 336.1 6.36 9 600 4487 1.1 -4.0 69 5.1 -1.4 239 18 317.4 318.3 292.4 332.7 4.74 10 550 5181 -4.1 -8.2 73 4.1 -5.9 244 21 319.2 319.9 292.1 331.4 3.75 11 500 5925 -9.3 -12.0 81 2.7 -10.4 255 23 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.9 3.05 12 450 6734 -13.9 -17.2 76 3.3 -15.0 271 20 325.8 326.2 292.6 333.4 2.21 13 400 7619 -19.4 -22.3 77 3.0 -20.2 284 14 329.8 330.2 293.2 335.5 1.59 14 350 8598 -26.6 -28.8 82 2.2 -27.1 315 12 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.6 1.01 15 300 9691 -35.3 -36.8 86 1.6 -35.5 333 17 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.7 0.54 16 250 10935 -45.0 -45.2 98 0.2 -45.0 327 25 339.2 339.2 294.4 340.3 0.27 17 200 12388 -56.3 -57.0 92 0.7 -56.3 301 36 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.09 18 150 14181 -60.8 -67.6 40 6.8 -60.9 308 17 365.4 365.4 299.8 365.5 0.03 19 100 16690 -61.8 -83.8 4 22.1 -62.0 235 11 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.99 m Freezing level: 589.30 mb = 4635.65 m = 15208.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.92 mb = 4287.59 m = 14066.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.70 C = 92.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.65 mb = 619.42 m = 2032.21 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 11.92 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.16 mb = 2439.06 m = 8002.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.33 C = 99.20 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 34.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 901.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 274.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.38 mb = 1150.59 m = 3774.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.38 mb = 3995.84 m = 13109.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.38 mb = 12469.83 m = 40911.00 ft B at Equ Level: 886.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.38 mb = 14724.79 m = 48309.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: -2.0 tot: 58.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 40.73 Bulk Shear: 22.13 m/s