MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.98,-91.39 Latitude: 41.98 Longitude: -91.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 981 253 27.4 25.2 88 2.2 25.8 156 10 302.2 306.1 299.6 364.7 21.05 2 950 534 26.2 23.5 85 2.8 24.2 172 20 303.8 307.4 299.1 361.9 19.48 3 900 1012 24.8 19.9 74 4.9 21.3 211 29 307.1 310.2 298.0 356.7 16.45 4 850 1512 21.4 16.7 74 4.7 18.1 218 38 308.6 311.2 297.0 351.6 14.19 5 800 2036 18.3 13.0 71 5.3 14.8 223 38 310.7 312.9 296.0 346.9 11.85 6 750 2589 16.8 8.2 57 8.6 11.4 230 38 314.9 316.6 295.1 343.4 9.15 7 700 3174 13.3 5.4 59 8.0 8.5 244 38 317.3 318.8 295.0 342.7 8.06 8 650 3794 8.9 3.3 68 5.6 5.6 253 35 319.0 320.5 295.0 342.8 7.48 9 600 4452 4.1 -1.9 65 6.0 0.9 258 25 320.9 322.0 294.0 338.8 5.54 10 550 5153 -1.5 -8.5 59 7.0 -4.7 263 19 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.4 3.67 11 500 5904 -7.1 -15.6 51 8.5 -10.2 257 16 324.4 324.9 292.3 332.2 2.28 12 450 6716 -12.7 -19.8 55 7.1 -15.0 263 16 327.3 327.6 292.6 333.4 1.77 13 400 7606 -18.0 -27.0 45 9.0 -20.3 261 18 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.3 1.05 14 350 8590 -24.6 -33.0 46 8.4 -26.2 254 28 335.6 335.8 293.9 338.2 0.68 15 300 9696 -32.2 -39.4 49 7.2 -33.1 236 34 340.0 340.1 294.7 341.6 0.42 16 250 10953 -42.9 -43.1 98 0.2 -42.9 210 31 342.2 342.3 295.2 343.6 0.34 17 200 12414 -55.5 -57.4 79 1.9 -55.5 198 27 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.08 18 150 14203 -62.9 -73.7 22 10.9 -63.0 230 30 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16694 -64.0 -83.5 5 19.5 -64.1 234 27 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.29 m Freezing level: 563.42 mb = 4964.64 m = 16287.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.93 mb = 4560.95 m = 14963.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.92 % Est. max temperature: 34.51 C = 94.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.11 mb = 523.62 m = 1717.89 ft T: 26.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 21.95 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.86 mb = 1709.01 m = 5606.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.50 C = 94.10 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: -7.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: -4.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 37.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3030.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.84 mb = 1180.49 m = 3872.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.84 mb = 3320.88 m = 10895.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.84 mb = 14291.75 m = 46888.37 ft B at Equ Level: 2985.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 369.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 369.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.72 Bulk Rich Number: 34.91 Bulk Shear: 86.82 m/s