MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 42.21,-90.04 Latitude: 42.21 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 48 SFC 977 252 30.8 24.7 70 6.1 26.2 173 11 305.9 309.8 300.1 367.6 20.49 2 950 503 28.1 21.5 67 6.6 23.3 176 19 305.7 308.9 298.2 357.4 17.23 3 900 981 23.6 19.8 79 3.8 20.9 179 21 305.8 308.8 297.7 354.9 16.38 4 850 1479 19.6 17.4 87 2.2 18.1 189 24 306.7 309.5 297.0 351.5 14.88 5 800 2001 18.2 12.2 68 6.0 14.3 200 32 310.5 312.7 295.5 344.9 11.25 6 750 2552 14.6 10.5 76 4.1 12.0 202 33 312.5 314.5 295.6 345.5 10.72 7 700 3133 11.2 6.6 73 4.6 8.3 204 33 314.9 316.5 294.8 342.2 8.76 8 650 3748 7.5 -0.9 55 8.4 3.0 223 33 317.4 318.5 293.1 335.1 5.52 9 600 4402 2.7 -8.3 44 11.0 -2.3 237 38 319.2 319.9 291.8 330.4 3.40 10 550 5098 -3.0 -10.7 55 7.7 -6.2 237 45 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.8 3.08 11 500 5845 -8.6 -18.1 46 9.5 -11.8 231 42 322.5 322.9 291.4 328.8 1.84 12 450 6654 -13.1 -28.0 27 14.9 -16.8 233 37 326.8 326.9 291.6 329.8 0.85 13 400 7541 -19.2 -33.2 28 14.0 -22.0 237 42 330.0 330.2 292.3 332.2 0.58 14 350 8520 -25.8 -39.9 25 14.1 -27.8 229 52 334.0 334.0 293.2 335.3 0.34 15 300 9622 -32.4 -42.7 35 10.3 -33.6 217 61 339.7 339.7 294.5 340.8 0.29 16 250 10883 -41.6 -48.4 47 6.8 -42.1 206 60 344.3 344.3 295.5 345.0 0.19 17 200 12356 -52.8 -64.3 23 11.6 -53.1 219 51 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14177 -60.6 -74.0 16 13.4 -60.7 224 35 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16692 -61.5 -83.7 4 22.3 -61.7 241 16 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.66 m Freezing level: 576.11 mb = 4734.41 m = 15532.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.79 mb = 4110.05 m = 13484.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.31 % Est. max temperature: 33.25 C = 91.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.87 mb = 1021.00 m = 3349.68 ft T: 23.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 22.66 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1478.59 m = 4850.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -8.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.26 C Cross Totals Index: 26.02 C K Index: 41.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 513.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2566.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.25 mb = 1364.08 m = 4475.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.25 mb = 2480.70 m = 8138.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.25 mb = 13525.72 m = 44375.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2537.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 178.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.61 Bulk Rich Number: 35.37 Bulk Shear: 72.55 m/s