MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 41.13,-90.18 Latitude: 41.13 Longitude: -90.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 991 215 26.9 24.2 85 2.7 25.0 143 7 300.9 304.5 298.4 358.6 19.59 2 950 585 25.8 20.5 73 5.3 22.1 164 17 303.4 306.4 297.0 351.6 16.23 3 900 1059 22.3 18.9 81 3.4 19.9 189 15 304.5 307.4 296.8 350.6 15.46 4 850 1556 20.9 14.7 68 6.1 16.7 232 11 308.0 310.3 295.7 345.8 12.49 5 800 2079 18.0 11.8 67 6.2 13.9 282 10 310.4 312.4 295.2 343.8 10.92 6 750 2629 14.2 7.1 62 7.1 9.8 308 9 312.0 313.6 293.9 338.1 8.45 7 700 3208 10.6 -2.4 40 13.0 3.9 323 10 314.2 315.1 291.4 328.8 4.58 8 650 3821 7.6 -14.9 19 22.5 -1.4 308 7 317.5 317.9 289.9 323.7 1.85 9 600 4475 4.0 -19.7 16 23.7 -4.4 269 5 320.8 321.0 290.4 325.3 1.34 10 550 5176 -0.3 -24.7 14 24.4 -7.9 259 5 323.8 323.9 290.9 327.1 0.94 11 500 5931 -5.2 -30.2 12 25.0 -11.8 297 5 326.6 326.8 291.4 328.9 0.62 12 450 6750 -9.8 -42.4 5 32.6 -15.8 300 3 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.20 13 400 7649 -15.7 -43.0 8 27.3 -20.2 154 4 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.21 14 350 8639 -23.8 -45.0 12 21.3 -26.5 157 2 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.5 0.20 15 300 9745 -32.7 -50.1 16 17.5 -34.2 309 5 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.13 16 250 11000 -43.1 -53.7 30 10.5 -43.7 318 5 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.4 0.10 17 200 12465 -54.8 -63.7 32 8.9 -55.0 311 7 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.04 18 150 14248 -65.5 -70.7 48 5.2 -65.5 311 11 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16710 -64.6 -84.4 5 19.8 -64.8 230 6 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.99 m Freezing level: 553.21 mb = 5131.24 m = 16834.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.35 mb = 3652.83 m = 11984.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.24 % Est. max temperature: 34.45 C = 94.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.91 mb = 557.42 m = 1828.78 ft T: 25.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 34.91 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.12 mb = 2045.82 m = 6711.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.22 C = 97.20 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.97 C K Index: 27.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1488.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.20 mb = 1203.45 m = 3948.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.20 mb = 2853.47 m = 9361.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.20 mb = 13840.31 m = 45407.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1464.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 37.20 Bulk Shear: 40.02 m/s