MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.2,-90.84 Latitude: 41.20 Longitude: -90.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 990 203 29.5 24.3 74 5.2 25.6 165 11 303.5 307.2 299.1 362.2 19.72 2 950 571 25.9 20.1 70 5.8 21.7 171 20 303.4 306.3 296.7 350.1 15.74 3 900 1044 21.6 18.0 80 3.6 19.1 180 22 303.8 306.5 296.0 347.2 14.58 4 850 1540 21.0 7.7 42 13.3 12.9 194 17 308.2 309.6 292.2 331.9 7.78 5 800 2063 19.6 0.3 27 19.3 9.0 188 10 312.0 313.0 291.0 327.4 4.87 6 750 2615 16.9 -5.1 22 22.0 5.9 176 6 315.0 315.6 290.6 326.2 3.49 7 700 3198 13.3 -8.6 21 22.0 3.1 157 6 317.3 317.8 290.7 326.6 2.84 8 650 3815 8.3 -11.2 24 19.5 -0.2 127 5 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.6 2.50 9 600 4469 2.7 -11.9 33 14.6 -3.4 45 2 319.2 319.7 291.0 327.7 2.56 10 550 5165 -3.4 -12.4 50 8.9 -7.0 339 4 320.0 320.6 291.4 329.0 2.69 11 500 5910 -9.5 -13.7 72 4.2 -11.1 325 7 321.4 321.9 291.8 330.3 2.65 12 450 6716 -14.4 -18.5 71 4.0 -15.7 316 16 325.1 325.5 292.2 331.9 1.98 13 400 7598 -20.6 -25.0 68 4.4 -21.7 308 11 328.2 328.4 292.4 332.6 1.26 14 350 8573 -27.2 -38.8 32 11.6 -28.8 293 7 332.1 332.1 292.7 333.5 0.38 15 300 9664 -35.6 -45.5 36 9.8 -36.5 355 9 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.0 0.22 16 250 10909 -44.5 -44.8 97 0.3 -44.6 339 37 339.9 339.9 294.6 341.0 0.28 17 200 12361 -56.9 -57.2 96 0.3 -56.9 0 30 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.08 18 150 14141 -60.9 -73.6 17 12.7 -61.0 230 13 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16659 -62.5 -83.7 4 21.2 -62.7 223 16 406.9 406.9 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.70 m Freezing level: 578.01 mb = 4775.05 m = 15665.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.27 mb = 3773.54 m = 12380.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.48 % Est. max temperature: 34.90 C = 94.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.09 mb = 860.47 m = 2823.01 ft T: 23.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.44 C/km ThetaE index: 36.01 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.48 mb = 2699.98 m = 8858.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.27 C = 106.29 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: -7.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.42 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.24 C K Index: 16.32 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2215.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.45 mb = 1294.13 m = 4245.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.45 mb = 3949.04 m = 12956.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.45 mb = 13031.82 m = 42754.80 ft B at Equ Level: 2214.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.2 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 210.2 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -39.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.3 neg: -10.7 tot: 33.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 254.04 Bulk Shear: 8.72 m/s