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: 42.59,-90.34 Latitude: 42.59 Longitude: -90.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 981 277 26.8 24.4 86 2.5 25.0 182 7 301.6 305.3 298.8 360.5 19.93 2 950 563 25.4 22.1 82 3.3 23.0 192 15 303.0 306.3 297.9 356.0 17.88 3 900 1037 22.3 18.6 80 3.7 19.7 210 21 304.5 307.3 296.5 349.7 15.17 4 850 1534 20.3 13.9 66 6.5 16.0 226 29 307.4 309.6 295.1 343.1 11.80 5 800 2056 18.0 11.6 66 6.4 13.8 243 33 310.3 312.3 295.1 343.3 10.79 6 750 2607 15.4 8.5 64 6.8 11.0 263 29 313.3 315.1 294.8 342.3 9.35 7 700 3189 11.6 3.4 57 8.2 6.9 294 18 315.3 316.7 293.7 337.4 7.02 8 650 3804 7.0 -5.3 41 12.3 1.0 312 16 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.7 3.97 9 600 4456 2.3 -10.2 39 12.4 -3.1 335 26 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.4 2.94 10 550 5151 -3.7 -11.4 55 7.7 -6.8 340 34 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.3 2.91 11 500 5897 -8.2 -27.2 20 19.0 -13.2 338 29 323.0 323.2 290.6 325.9 0.82 12 450 6707 -13.2 -33.8 16 20.6 -17.6 343 24 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.4 0.49 13 400 7594 -18.9 -47.1 6 28.2 -22.6 344 19 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.14 14 350 8573 -25.8 -55.3 5 29.5 -28.4 352 15 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.06 15 300 9673 -33.5 -57.5 7 24.0 -35.1 340 16 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 16 250 10924 -44.2 -58.4 19 14.2 -44.7 307 20 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.06 17 200 12379 -55.9 -61.0 52 5.2 -56.0 289 27 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 18 150 14169 -63.5 -69.1 46 5.7 -63.5 234 18 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.02 19 100 16686 -61.2 -83.8 3 22.6 -61.4 261 18 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.50 m Freezing level: 580.92 mb = 4721.13 m = 15489.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.79 mb = 3958.34 m = 12986.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.64 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.06 mb = 590.29 m = 1936.63 ft T: 25.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 17.45 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.84 mb = 1897.91 m = 6226.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.61 C = 94.30 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -6.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2333.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.88 mb = 1174.87 m = 3854.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.88 mb = 3298.00 m = 10820.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.88 mb = 13733.28 m = 45056.16 ft B at Equ Level: 2298.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.4 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 323.4 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.7 neg: -8.1 tot: 345.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.67 Bulk Rich Number: 18.95 Bulk Shear: 123.14 m/s