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: 41.77,-91.04 Latitude: 41.77 Longitude: -91.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 986 232 27.7 24.0 80 3.7 25.0 167 10 302.1 305.7 298.6 359.6 19.41 2 950 559 25.8 20.4 72 5.4 21.9 181 19 303.4 306.4 296.9 351.2 16.10 3 900 1035 25.1 12.2 45 12.8 16.7 205 23 307.3 309.2 293.7 337.6 10.00 4 850 1535 23.0 9.2 41 13.9 14.3 222 25 310.3 311.9 293.5 336.6 8.59 5 800 2061 20.3 7.8 45 12.5 12.5 245 32 312.8 314.4 294.0 338.7 8.35 6 750 2615 16.6 6.6 52 10.0 10.4 270 33 314.6 316.1 294.3 340.1 8.17 7 700 3198 11.6 5.3 65 6.3 7.8 288 31 315.3 316.9 294.4 340.5 8.01 8 650 3813 6.4 2.7 77 3.6 4.3 301 29 316.2 317.5 294.0 338.8 7.18 9 600 4464 1.3 1.0 98 0.3 1.2 301 33 317.7 319.0 294.2 339.6 6.90 10 550 5160 -3.0 -6.8 75 3.8 -4.8 313 38 320.5 321.3 292.8 334.1 4.17 11 500 5906 -9.1 -13.8 68 4.7 -10.9 318 38 321.9 322.5 291.9 330.7 2.63 12 450 6713 -14.2 -23.1 47 8.9 -16.7 330 24 325.4 325.6 291.7 330.0 1.32 13 400 7597 -19.4 -30.4 37 11.1 -21.7 330 22 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.76 14 350 8575 -26.8 -39.2 30 12.4 -28.6 329 19 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.37 15 300 9668 -35.0 -48.2 25 13.2 -36.1 337 24 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.6 0.16 16 250 10914 -44.5 -49.3 58 4.8 -44.8 323 20 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.6 0.17 17 200 12366 -56.9 -57.0 99 0.1 -56.9 280 27 342.6 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.09 18 150 14152 -60.8 -72.0 21 11.2 -60.9 268 16 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.02 19 100 16668 -62.7 -83.5 4 20.8 -62.9 233 17 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.52 m Freezing level: 584.63 mb = 4677.77 m = 15346.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.03 mb = 4597.93 m = 15084.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.05 % Est. max temperature: 36.55 C = 97.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.67 mb = 702.62 m = 2305.17 ft T: 25.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 22.91 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.17 mb = 2887.80 m = 9474.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.50 C = 104.90 F Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lifted Index: -5.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.25 C K Index: 34.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1475.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 330.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.23 mb = 1677.01 m = 5501.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.23 mb = 3670.56 m = 12042.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.23 mb = 12977.94 m = 42578.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1443.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.23 mb = 15473.06 m = 50764.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.4 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 313.4 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 448.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 448.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.41 Bulk Rich Number: 7.81 Bulk Shear: 188.88 m/s