MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.55,-90.95 Latitude: 41.55 Longitude: -90.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 988 213 27.7 24.5 83 3.2 25.3 165 9 301.9 305.6 298.9 361.0 19.94 2 950 558 26.4 20.5 70 5.9 22.2 184 22 304.0 307.0 297.1 352.1 16.16 3 900 1034 25.1 13.0 47 12.1 17.1 202 22 307.4 309.4 294.1 339.1 10.50 4 850 1535 23.3 7.8 37 15.6 13.7 227 21 310.6 312.1 293.0 334.7 7.82 5 800 2061 20.6 5.7 38 14.9 11.6 250 28 313.1 314.5 293.2 335.5 7.18 6 750 2615 16.9 4.5 44 12.4 9.5 272 32 314.9 316.3 293.6 337.1 7.06 7 700 3198 12.0 3.8 57 8.2 7.2 296 30 315.8 317.2 294.0 338.5 7.22 8 650 3814 6.5 2.8 77 3.7 4.4 309 30 316.3 317.7 294.1 339.2 7.25 9 600 4465 1.5 0.9 96 0.6 1.2 308 33 317.9 319.2 294.2 339.6 6.84 10 550 5162 -2.4 -3.7 91 1.3 -3.1 315 38 321.2 322.2 293.9 338.4 5.31 11 500 5910 -9.0 -11.1 84 2.2 -9.9 321 38 322.1 322.7 292.5 332.9 3.27 12 450 6715 -15.1 -22.1 55 7.1 -17.1 336 24 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.3 1.44 13 400 7598 -19.6 -27.5 49 7.9 -21.4 334 21 329.5 329.7 292.6 333.1 1.00 14 350 8575 -26.7 -35.9 42 9.2 -28.2 336 20 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.6 0.51 15 300 9669 -34.8 -43.1 43 8.3 -35.7 333 21 336.3 336.3 293.7 337.4 0.28 16 250 10917 -44.3 -45.1 92 0.8 -44.4 313 18 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.2 0.27 17 200 12369 -57.2 -57.3 98 0.1 -57.2 288 26 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.08 18 150 14155 -60.8 -71.6 23 10.8 -60.9 260 14 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.02 19 100 16669 -63.0 -83.5 5 20.4 -63.3 232 15 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.19 m Freezing level: 580.73 mb = 4733.58 m = 15529.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.07 mb = 4653.11 m = 15265.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.52 % Est. max temperature: 36.96 C = 98.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.80 mb = 624.73 m = 2049.63 ft T: 26.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 26.27 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.25 mb = 2875.30 m = 9433.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.07 C = 105.92 F Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lifted Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: 0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.31 C Cross Totals Index: 16.74 C K Index: 31.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1736.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 330.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.35 mb = 1633.82 m = 5360.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.35 mb = 3619.80 m = 11875.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.35 mb = 13185.67 m = 43259.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1696.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.35 mb = 15783.68 m = 51783.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.0 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 319.0 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 418.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 418.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.57 Bulk Rich Number: 8.74 Bulk Shear: 198.77 m/s