MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 41.98,-89.97 Latitude: 41.98 Longitude: -89.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 986 224 29.4 24.9 77 4.4 26.0 207 9 303.7 307.5 299.7 365.0 20.55 2 950 554 26.0 20.7 72 5.4 22.2 212 16 303.6 306.6 297.1 352.2 16.37 3 900 1028 21.7 18.9 84 2.8 19.8 223 18 303.9 306.7 296.6 349.9 15.47 4 850 1523 19.4 14.0 71 5.4 15.8 239 20 306.5 308.7 294.8 342.2 11.89 5 800 2043 15.8 11.8 77 4.1 13.2 245 22 308.0 310.1 294.6 341.1 10.91 6 750 2588 12.0 9.5 85 2.5 10.4 252 23 309.6 311.4 294.3 340.0 9.99 7 700 3164 8.5 6.1 85 2.4 7.0 261 24 311.9 313.5 293.8 338.0 8.45 8 650 3774 5.2 0.6 72 4.6 2.7 260 22 314.9 316.1 292.9 334.3 6.17 9 600 4424 1.8 -4.6 63 6.4 -1.4 256 21 318.2 319.1 292.4 332.8 4.53 10 550 5121 -2.3 -9.7 57 7.4 -5.5 248 21 321.4 322.0 292.4 332.4 3.33 11 500 5872 -6.5 -14.7 52 8.3 -9.6 244 19 325.2 325.6 292.6 333.4 2.44 12 450 6688 -11.0 -19.3 51 8.2 -13.8 259 23 329.3 329.7 293.3 335.8 1.85 13 400 7584 -15.8 -21.3 63 5.5 -17.5 256 26 334.4 334.8 294.5 340.6 1.74 14 350 8578 -23.0 -28.3 62 5.3 -24.2 257 25 337.7 337.9 294.7 341.6 1.06 15 300 9687 -31.4 -41.3 37 9.9 -32.7 236 26 341.1 341.1 294.9 342.4 0.34 16 250 10950 -41.8 -50.1 40 8.2 -42.4 232 19 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.5 0.16 17 200 12418 -54.9 -55.6 91 0.7 -54.9 261 32 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.3 0.10 18 150 14199 -66.9 -68.9 76 2.0 -66.9 265 38 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16670 -62.9 -84.2 4 21.4 -63.1 244 22 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.82 m Freezing level: 578.06 mb = 4729.73 m = 15517.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.90 mb = 4198.39 m = 13774.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.48 mb = 783.38 m = 2570.11 ft T: 23.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 32.65 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1564.74 m = 5133.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.20 C = 89.96 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.03 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.45 C K Index: 37.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1821.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.59 mb = 1217.10 m = 3993.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.59 mb = 1877.45 m = 6159.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.59 mb = 13972.47 m = 45840.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1814.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 90.38 Bulk Shear: 20.15 m/s