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: 42.34,-90.16 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -90.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 983 263 26.9 24.8 88 2.1 25.3 186 6 301.5 305.3 299.1 361.8 20.40 2 950 566 25.7 21.9 80 3.7 22.9 200 15 303.2 306.5 297.9 355.9 17.73 3 900 1041 22.6 18.5 77 4.2 19.7 216 20 304.8 307.6 296.5 349.7 15.04 4 850 1538 20.5 13.2 63 7.3 15.7 228 26 307.6 309.7 294.7 341.8 11.30 5 800 2060 17.9 10.9 63 7.0 13.3 242 30 310.2 312.2 294.7 341.6 10.27 6 750 2610 14.9 9.2 69 5.7 11.3 262 31 312.7 314.6 295.1 343.1 9.81 7 700 3192 11.2 5.0 65 6.2 7.5 292 23 314.9 316.4 294.2 339.5 7.84 8 650 3806 6.8 -3.1 49 9.9 1.8 315 19 316.7 317.6 292.2 331.7 4.70 9 600 4457 1.7 -8.5 47 10.2 -2.9 327 25 318.0 318.7 291.4 329.0 3.35 10 550 5152 -3.7 -13.7 46 10.0 -7.5 340 35 319.7 320.2 291.1 327.8 2.42 11 500 5897 -8.2 -27.2 20 19.0 -13.2 336 29 323.1 323.2 290.6 326.0 0.82 12 450 6708 -12.9 -30.8 21 18.0 -17.0 340 21 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.4 0.65 13 400 7595 -18.9 -43.7 9 24.8 -22.5 331 16 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.20 14 350 8575 -26.0 -51.8 7 25.8 -28.5 344 14 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.09 15 300 9674 -33.4 -57.4 7 24.0 -35.0 340 20 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.05 16 250 10925 -44.1 -56.0 26 11.9 -44.7 302 25 340.4 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.08 17 200 12382 -55.5 -60.9 51 5.4 -55.6 295 31 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.1 0.05 18 150 14173 -63.5 -68.8 48 5.3 -63.6 250 20 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.02 19 100 16685 -61.4 -83.7 4 22.3 -61.6 261 17 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.67 m Freezing level: 584.47 mb = 4672.91 m = 15330.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.04 mb = 4046.84 m = 13276.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.87 % Est. max temperature: 33.84 C = 92.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.68 mb = 531.82 m = 1744.79 ft T: 25.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 20.17 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1893.30 m = 6211.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.76 C = 94.57 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -6.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2394.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.13 mb = 1195.50 m = 3922.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.13 mb = 3082.34 m = 10112.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.13 mb = 13425.60 m = 44046.72 ft B at Equ Level: 2390.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.2 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 323.2 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 339.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 339.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.07 Bulk Rich Number: 21.23 Bulk Shear: 112.79 m/s