MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 41.13,-90.31 Latitude: 41.13 Longitude: -90.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 989 217 21.1 20.6 97 0.5 20.8 326 13 295.2 298.0 294.3 340.0 15.62 2 950 563 18.9 18.9 100 0.0 18.9 331 27 296.4 299.0 293.9 338.5 14.60 3 900 1029 18.8 18.3 97 0.5 18.5 307 21 300.8 303.6 295.4 344.5 14.87 4 850 1523 19.6 15.5 77 4.2 16.8 263 20 306.7 309.2 295.8 346.1 13.11 5 800 2044 16.9 12.1 73 4.8 13.7 249 24 309.2 311.3 295.1 343.1 11.16 6 750 2592 13.2 9.6 79 3.6 10.9 250 26 310.9 312.8 294.7 341.7 10.05 7 700 3170 9.8 6.8 81 3.0 7.9 251 28 313.3 315.0 294.5 340.8 8.87 8 650 3783 6.4 2.7 77 3.8 4.3 250 28 316.2 317.6 294.0 338.8 7.15 9 600 4435 2.2 -1.2 78 3.4 0.4 246 27 318.7 319.8 293.7 337.4 5.85 10 550 5134 -1.8 -4.9 79 3.1 -3.3 241 26 322.0 322.9 293.7 337.7 4.83 11 500 5887 -5.8 -9.2 77 3.4 -7.4 238 28 326.0 326.7 294.0 338.7 3.81 12 450 6706 -10.3 -13.1 80 2.8 -11.5 238 29 330.3 330.9 294.6 340.9 3.09 13 400 7605 -15.7 -16.5 93 0.8 -16.0 250 28 334.6 335.2 295.3 343.9 2.64 14 350 8600 -22.2 -22.3 99 0.1 -22.2 262 27 338.8 339.2 295.6 345.4 1.82 15 300 9714 -30.7 -31.1 96 0.4 -30.8 260 27 342.0 342.2 295.7 345.6 0.95 16 250 10979 -41.4 -42.4 90 1.0 -41.5 246 24 344.5 344.6 295.7 346.0 0.36 17 200 12452 -53.8 -56.0 77 2.2 -53.9 231 19 347.5 347.5 296.2 347.9 0.10 18 150 14240 -66.5 -69.9 62 3.5 -66.5 234 26 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16702 -62.7 -84.5 4 21.8 -62.9 222 13 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.67 m Freezing level: 572.32 mb = 4822.11 m = 15820.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.97 mb = 4503.01 m = 14773.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.45 % Est. max temperature: 33.12 C = 91.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.29 mb = 274.36 m = 900.11 ft T: 20.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 8.73 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.68 mb = 502.76 m = 1649.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.08 C = 71.75 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: 0.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.27 C K Index: 37.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3626.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.50 mb = 714.32 m = 2343.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.9 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 285.9 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.8 neg: -57.7 tot: -40.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 104.78 m/s