MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.59,-91.65 Latitude: 41.59 Longitude: -91.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 988 226 25.8 23.7 88 2.1 24.3 150 9 300.0 303.5 297.9 355.9 19.05 2 950 567 24.8 21.6 82 3.3 22.5 172 24 302.4 305.6 297.4 353.6 17.31 3 900 1044 25.0 19.6 72 5.4 21.1 202 31 307.3 310.3 297.9 355.9 16.13 4 850 1545 22.2 16.8 72 5.4 18.4 227 30 309.4 312.1 297.3 352.9 14.33 5 800 2072 21.4 10.0 48 11.4 14.0 254 24 314.0 315.8 295.3 344.1 9.70 6 750 2628 17.4 8.2 54 9.3 11.6 272 21 315.5 317.3 295.3 344.1 9.12 7 700 3214 13.2 3.8 53 9.3 7.6 293 16 317.1 318.5 294.3 339.9 7.22 8 650 3831 7.7 -3.0 47 10.7 2.2 305 13 317.7 318.6 292.5 332.9 4.72 9 600 4485 2.6 -8.5 43 11.2 -2.4 343 18 319.2 319.8 291.7 330.1 3.34 10 550 5181 -2.9 -11.6 51 8.6 -6.5 346 24 320.6 321.2 291.7 330.1 2.87 11 500 5929 -8.4 -21.3 34 12.9 -12.4 337 23 322.8 323.1 291.0 327.6 1.39 12 450 6736 -14.3 -29.5 26 15.3 -17.8 331 27 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.73 13 400 7620 -19.7 -39.2 16 19.4 -22.9 315 21 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.32 14 350 8594 -28.2 -43.6 21 15.4 -30.0 306 24 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.23 15 300 9681 -36.1 -53.5 15 17.4 -37.2 289 26 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.09 16 250 10920 -45.6 -57.4 25 11.8 -46.0 263 31 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.07 17 200 12376 -55.3 -55.6 96 0.4 -55.3 231 41 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.6 0.10 18 150 14180 -58.8 -77.3 7 18.6 -59.0 276 28 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16698 -63.1 -83.5 5 20.3 -63.3 247 13 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.86 m Freezing level: 576.30 mb = 4815.00 m = 15797.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.37 mb = 4133.67 m = 13561.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.44 % Est. max temperature: 36.23 C = 97.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.90 mb = 484.40 m = 1589.20 ft T: 25.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 25.80 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.93 mb = 2594.71 m = 8512.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.15 C = 106.06 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: -7.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: -6.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.58 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 38.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2828.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 264.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.34 mb = 1187.89 m = 3897.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.34 mb = 3574.52 m = 11727.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.34 mb = 13382.18 m = 43904.26 ft B at Equ Level: 2792.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.8 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 313.8 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 419.1 neg: -2.1 tot: 417.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.26 Bulk Rich Number: 18.76 Bulk Shear: 150.82 m/s