MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 41.40,-90.04 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -90.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 992 198 27.9 25.0 85 2.8 25.7 278 4 301.7 305.4 299.2 362.5 20.55 2 950 586 26.3 20.7 71 5.6 22.3 300 9 303.9 306.9 297.2 352.6 16.40 3 900 1061 22.2 19.3 83 3.0 20.1 307 8 304.4 307.4 297.0 351.6 15.82 4 850 1557 19.4 15.0 76 4.4 16.4 296 8 306.5 308.9 295.4 344.8 12.75 5 800 2078 18.3 7.0 48 11.3 11.4 282 13 310.7 312.1 293.0 334.9 7.86 6 750 2629 15.9 -2.1 29 18.0 6.4 284 20 313.8 314.7 291.1 327.8 4.38 7 700 3210 12.2 -2.9 35 15.1 4.4 308 24 316.0 316.9 291.7 330.1 4.41 8 650 3826 7.6 -3.7 45 11.3 1.9 326 33 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.0 4.49 9 600 4480 2.4 -5.5 56 7.9 -1.4 325 36 318.9 319.7 292.4 332.7 4.25 10 550 5176 -3.2 -8.2 68 5.0 -5.4 328 37 320.3 321.0 292.4 332.5 3.74 11 500 5923 -7.5 -12.8 66 5.3 -9.6 312 30 323.8 324.4 292.6 333.4 2.85 12 450 6739 -11.5 -18.1 58 6.6 -13.7 308 17 328.8 329.2 293.3 335.9 2.04 13 400 7631 -18.0 -19.3 90 1.3 -18.4 302 12 331.6 332.0 294.0 338.9 2.08 14 350 8617 -24.1 -26.6 80 2.4 -24.7 261 9 336.2 336.5 294.5 340.8 1.25 15 300 9724 -32.2 -35.3 75 3.0 -32.7 254 9 339.9 340.1 294.9 342.3 0.63 16 250 10983 -42.2 -45.3 71 3.1 -42.5 253 10 343.3 343.3 295.4 344.4 0.27 17 200 12451 -54.5 -55.3 91 0.8 -54.5 186 16 346.5 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.11 18 150 14233 -65.3 -69.1 59 3.8 -65.3 269 19 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16716 -63.0 -83.9 4 20.9 -63.2 233 26 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.30 m Freezing level: 578.57 mb = 4778.00 m = 15675.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.13 mb = 4197.04 m = 13769.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.27 C = 91.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.13 mb = 556.69 m = 1826.38 ft T: 26.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 34.71 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.32 mb = 1523.02 m = 4996.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.52 C = 90.53 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -6.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 26.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2015.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.27 mb = 1184.63 m = 3886.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.27 mb = 3423.57 m = 11232.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.27 mb = 13745.90 m = 45097.56 ft B at Equ Level: 2009.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.6 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 344.6 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.3 neg: -3.5 tot: 96.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 55.83 Bulk Shear: 36.10 m/s