MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.98,-92.44 Latitude: 41.98 Longitude: -92.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 978 278 30.1 26.0 79 4.1 27.0 167 10 305.3 309.4 300.9 372.0 22.16 2 950 531 27.8 22.0 71 5.9 23.5 178 17 305.4 308.7 298.4 358.7 17.77 3 900 1009 23.6 19.7 79 3.9 20.8 191 20 305.9 308.9 297.7 354.7 16.30 4 850 1507 20.1 16.9 82 3.1 17.9 212 26 307.2 309.9 296.8 350.7 14.44 5 800 2029 19.1 11.1 60 8.0 13.9 225 31 311.5 313.5 295.2 343.6 10.44 6 750 2584 18.0 6.5 47 11.5 10.9 231 35 316.1 317.7 294.7 341.7 8.14 7 700 3171 13.7 5.3 57 8.4 8.6 233 37 317.7 319.2 295.0 343.1 8.03 8 650 3791 9.0 3.7 69 5.3 5.9 244 36 319.2 320.7 295.2 343.7 7.71 9 600 4449 3.9 -0.5 73 4.5 1.5 257 31 320.7 321.9 294.4 340.5 6.14 10 550 5150 -1.8 -6.4 71 4.6 -4.0 263 27 321.9 322.8 293.3 336.1 4.31 11 500 5900 -7.6 -14.4 58 6.8 -10.2 260 26 323.8 324.3 292.3 332.3 2.51 12 450 6711 -13.1 -17.9 67 4.8 -14.7 258 18 326.8 327.2 292.7 333.9 2.08 13 400 7598 -19.0 -24.7 60 5.7 -20.4 259 19 330.3 330.6 293.0 334.9 1.29 14 350 8580 -25.3 -35.3 39 10.0 -27.0 221 18 334.6 334.8 293.5 336.7 0.54 15 300 9680 -32.9 -34.3 87 1.4 -33.1 220 34 339.0 339.2 294.7 341.6 0.69 16 250 10936 -43.0 -46.2 71 3.2 -43.2 215 32 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.1 0.24 17 200 12398 -55.8 -55.9 98 0.1 -55.8 195 30 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.10 18 150 14182 -62.9 -72.8 25 9.9 -63.0 223 36 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16679 -63.5 -83.8 5 20.3 -63.6 211 25 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.36 m Freezing level: 565.76 mb = 4928.70 m = 16170.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.38 mb = 4633.85 m = 15202.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.90 % Est. max temperature: 33.93 C = 93.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.46 mb = 800.72 m = 2627.00 ft T: 25.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 30.26 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.41 mb = 2590.85 m = 8500.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.95 C = 105.72 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -7.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.53 C K Index: 36.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2896.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.38 mb = 1330.57 m = 4365.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.38 mb = 3507.75 m = 11508.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.38 mb = 14084.86 m = 46209.60 ft B at Equ Level: 2863.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.6 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 267.6 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 244.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.78 Bulk Rich Number: 35.59 Bulk Shear: 81.39 m/s