MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 41.38,-90.55 Latitude: 41.38 Longitude: -90.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 991 212 20.9 19.4 91 1.5 19.9 160 9 294.8 297.4 293.3 336.1 14.45 2 950 582 25.1 14.5 52 10.6 18.1 184 19 302.6 304.7 293.1 335.2 10.99 3 900 1057 23.9 14.0 54 9.8 17.3 204 20 306.1 308.2 294.3 340.0 11.27 4 850 1555 22.1 11.2 50 10.9 15.0 230 17 309.3 311.2 294.1 339.4 9.88 5 800 2080 19.5 9.1 51 10.4 12.9 275 22 311.9 313.7 294.3 340.1 9.12 6 750 2633 16.0 6.6 54 9.4 10.3 300 28 314.0 315.6 294.2 339.5 8.19 7 700 3215 11.4 3.7 59 7.7 6.9 304 33 315.1 316.5 293.7 337.6 7.14 8 650 3829 6.1 -0.5 63 6.6 2.5 306 35 315.8 316.9 292.7 333.9 5.68 9 600 4479 1.7 -7.0 52 8.7 -2.3 310 35 318.1 318.8 291.8 330.3 3.76 10 550 5175 -3.2 -12.0 51 8.8 -6.8 316 33 320.3 320.8 291.6 329.5 2.78 11 500 5921 -8.7 -15.5 58 6.8 -11.2 318 32 322.4 322.9 291.7 330.1 2.28 12 450 6729 -14.4 -18.4 72 4.0 -15.7 320 31 325.1 325.5 292.2 331.9 1.99 13 400 7611 -20.4 -21.4 92 1.0 -20.7 317 33 328.4 328.8 292.9 334.5 1.73 14 350 8587 -27.2 -27.7 96 0.5 -27.3 302 31 332.1 332.3 293.3 336.1 1.13 15 300 9679 -35.2 -35.2 100 0.0 -35.2 270 26 335.7 335.9 293.9 338.1 0.64 16 250 10923 -44.8 -44.8 100 0.0 -44.8 264 23 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.5 0.28 17 200 12377 -56.2 -56.3 99 0.1 -56.2 251 27 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.09 18 150 14175 -57.7 -67.2 29 9.5 -57.9 286 21 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.03 19 100 16698 -62.8 -83.4 5 20.6 -63.0 226 19 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.72 m Freezing level: 582.41 mb = 4724.09 m = 15498.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.89 mb = 4161.98 m = 13654.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.43 % Est. max temperature: 35.82 C = 96.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.11 mb = 399.04 m = 1309.18 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.16 mb = 3296.05 m = 10813.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.29 C = 106.32 F Cap Strength: 7.61 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.67 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 34.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 159.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 630.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.12 mb = 1759.99 m = 5774.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 525.12 mb = 5537.43 m = 18167.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.12 mb = 9109.50 m = 29886.46 ft B at Equ Level: 159.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.12 mb = 11606.03 m = 38077.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.7 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 326.7 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 329.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 183.76 m/s