MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.82,-90.2 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -90.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 980 303 29.1 23.3 71 5.8 24.8 188 13 304.0 307.4 298.7 359.7 18.72 2 950 580 25.9 20.5 72 5.4 22.1 192 22 303.5 306.5 297.0 351.6 16.22 3 900 1054 21.4 19.2 87 2.3 19.8 196 23 303.6 306.5 296.7 350.3 15.71 4 850 1548 19.2 13.4 69 5.8 15.4 211 24 306.2 308.4 294.5 340.6 11.44 5 800 2069 18.7 0.2 29 18.5 8.6 216 19 311.1 312.0 290.6 326.3 4.86 6 750 2621 17.3 -7.6 17 24.9 5.4 210 11 315.4 315.9 290.2 324.7 2.87 7 700 3205 13.6 -8.5 21 22.0 3.2 198 8 317.5 318.1 290.9 327.0 2.88 8 650 3822 8.6 -12.1 22 20.8 -0.3 208 4 318.7 319.2 290.7 326.4 2.32 9 600 4477 2.9 -11.3 34 14.2 -3.2 274 5 319.4 319.9 291.2 328.3 2.68 10 550 5173 -2.9 -11.3 52 8.4 -6.4 287 5 320.6 321.2 291.8 330.4 2.93 11 500 5921 -7.9 -17.5 46 9.6 -11.2 301 3 323.4 323.8 291.7 330.0 1.94 12 450 6731 -13.7 -19.8 60 6.1 -15.6 282 10 326.0 326.4 292.3 332.2 1.77 13 400 7615 -20.1 -31.1 37 11.1 -22.3 273 12 328.9 329.1 292.1 331.5 0.71 14 350 8591 -27.0 -35.2 46 8.2 -28.3 295 13 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.3 0.55 15 300 9683 -35.5 -44.6 39 9.1 -36.4 297 18 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.3 0.24 16 250 10925 -45.3 -52.7 43 7.4 -45.7 305 36 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.2 0.11 17 200 12381 -55.1 -60.9 48 5.8 -55.2 302 43 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.05 18 150 14188 -60.8 -76.2 11 15.4 -60.9 271 19 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16681 -62.5 -83.6 4 21.1 -62.7 214 12 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.19 m Freezing level: 575.19 mb = 4822.42 m = 15821.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.95 mb = 3771.87 m = 12374.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.19 C = 91.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.16 mb = 1032.86 m = 3388.61 ft T: 21.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 35.06 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.96 mb = 2746.17 m = 9009.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.87 C = 105.57 F Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 18.47 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2136.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 195.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.47 mb = 1292.76 m = 4241.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.47 mb = 3943.08 m = 12936.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.47 mb = 13026.03 m = 42735.79 ft B at Equ Level: 2125.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -24.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.8 neg: -20.4 tot: 42.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 155.11 Bulk Shear: 13.77 m/s