MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.08,-90.04 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -90.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 986 234 27.3 25.7 91 1.7 26.1 169 5 301.7 305.6 299.7 365.2 21.46 2 950 567 26.1 22.5 81 3.6 23.5 200 14 303.7 307.1 298.4 358.3 18.36 3 900 1042 22.9 18.5 76 4.5 19.8 224 18 305.1 307.9 296.6 350.0 15.01 4 850 1540 21.4 10.6 50 10.8 14.5 235 23 308.6 310.4 293.7 337.5 9.51 5 800 2063 18.4 9.7 57 8.7 12.9 243 27 310.8 312.6 294.3 340.0 9.52 6 750 2614 15.1 9.3 68 5.8 11.4 266 31 312.9 314.8 295.1 343.4 9.83 7 700 3195 11.1 6.6 74 4.5 8.3 289 27 314.7 316.4 294.8 342.1 8.77 8 650 3809 6.2 -0.4 63 6.6 2.7 306 22 316.0 317.1 292.9 334.2 5.74 9 600 4460 1.1 -6.6 57 7.7 -2.5 319 24 317.3 318.1 291.7 329.9 3.88 10 550 5153 -3.8 -13.8 46 10.0 -7.7 338 36 319.6 320.1 291.0 327.6 2.39 11 500 5898 -8.7 -24.3 27 15.6 -13.1 335 31 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.2 1.07 12 450 6708 -12.8 -28.0 27 15.3 -16.6 335 19 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.2 0.85 13 400 7595 -18.9 -38.6 16 19.7 -22.2 321 15 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.34 14 350 8576 -25.8 -46.9 12 21.1 -28.2 337 12 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.6 0.16 15 300 9676 -33.2 -55.1 9 21.9 -34.8 342 24 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.07 16 250 10927 -44.0 -52.8 37 8.7 -44.5 294 30 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.11 17 200 12388 -54.6 -62.7 36 8.1 -54.8 292 36 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14179 -64.3 -68.0 61 3.7 -64.4 264 21 359.2 359.2 298.6 359.4 0.03 19 100 16685 -61.7 -83.7 4 22.0 -62.0 257 18 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.67 m Freezing level: 589.07 mb = 4611.11 m = 15128.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.24 mb = 4137.75 m = 13575.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.31 % Est. max temperature: 34.81 C = 94.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.07 mb = 445.62 m = 1462.00 ft T: 26.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 27.72 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1933.21 m = 6342.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.89 C = 96.60 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -7.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.35 C K Index: 36.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2745.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.00 mb = 1159.09 m = 3802.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.00 mb = 2806.94 m = 9209.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.00 mb = 14055.74 m = 46114.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2712.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.5 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 323.5 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 332.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.10 Bulk Rich Number: 24.64 Bulk Shear: 111.45 m/s