MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.22,-90.98 Latitude: 41.22 Longitude: -90.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 991 197 26.4 22.0 77 4.4 23.2 208 11 300.3 303.5 296.7 350.2 17.01 2 950 564 23.1 18.8 77 4.3 20.1 218 21 300.6 303.3 295.1 343.2 14.53 3 900 1038 24.1 14.2 54 9.9 17.5 230 29 306.4 308.5 294.5 340.6 11.39 4 850 1536 21.1 11.6 55 9.5 14.9 226 23 308.2 310.1 294.1 339.0 10.13 5 800 2059 18.3 7.2 48 11.1 11.5 224 16 310.7 312.2 293.1 335.2 7.97 6 750 2609 15.0 2.9 44 12.1 8.0 226 11 312.8 314.0 292.4 332.5 6.29 7 700 3188 10.5 0.0 48 10.5 4.8 227 10 314.1 315.2 292.1 331.4 5.48 8 650 3800 6.0 -6.3 41 12.3 0.1 232 9 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.5 3.66 9 600 4450 1.6 -13.2 32 14.8 -4.4 253 8 318.0 318.4 290.5 325.6 2.30 10 550 5144 -4.0 -16.7 36 12.7 -8.5 270 8 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.6 1.88 11 500 5888 -8.5 -17.1 50 8.6 -11.5 298 5 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.4 2.00 12 450 6700 -12.5 -24.1 37 11.6 -15.7 302 5 327.5 327.8 292.2 331.8 1.21 13 400 7589 -18.8 -35.6 21 16.8 -21.9 335 4 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.3 0.46 14 350 8570 -25.7 -43.6 17 17.9 -28.0 333 7 334.1 334.1 293.0 335.0 0.23 15 300 9666 -34.6 -48.2 24 13.6 -35.8 346 6 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.2 0.16 16 250 10912 -44.5 -55.4 29 10.9 -45.0 355 18 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.08 17 200 12371 -54.6 -62.4 38 7.8 -54.8 24 21 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14161 -63.7 -70.3 40 6.6 -63.7 54 2 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.02 19 100 16653 -62.2 -83.7 4 21.5 -62.4 215 19 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.49 m Freezing level: 585.78 mb = 4647.61 m = 15247.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.48 mb = 3819.28 m = 12530.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.45 % Est. max temperature: 34.70 C = 94.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.23 mb = 758.08 m = 2487.12 ft T: 23.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 24.64 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.60 mb = 2703.44 m = 8869.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.04 C = 102.28 F Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.70 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.09 C K Index: 30.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 710.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 311.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.61 mb = 1448.65 m = 4752.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.61 mb = 3880.50 m = 12731.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.61 mb = 11641.59 m = 38193.72 ft B at Equ Level: 709.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.61 mb = 14428.96 m = 47338.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.1 neg: -38.9 tot: 23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 122.93 Bulk Shear: 5.78 m/s