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: 42.28,-90.75 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -90.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 975 268 29.2 24.8 77 4.4 25.9 174 12 304.6 308.4 299.9 366.4 20.64 2 950 494 27.8 21.3 68 6.5 23.0 177 21 305.3 308.5 298.0 356.3 17.01 3 900 971 23.3 19.7 80 3.6 20.7 182 24 305.5 308.5 297.5 354.1 16.23 4 850 1469 19.7 18.2 91 1.5 18.7 189 28 306.8 309.7 297.4 353.8 15.64 5 800 1990 17.2 14.6 85 2.6 15.4 198 33 309.4 311.9 296.5 349.4 13.14 6 750 2540 14.8 10.3 74 4.5 11.9 201 36 312.7 314.7 295.6 345.3 10.56 7 700 3122 11.4 4.5 63 6.8 7.3 207 36 315.1 316.5 294.0 338.9 7.59 8 650 3736 7.1 -3.4 47 10.4 1.8 219 36 317.0 317.9 292.2 331.7 4.59 9 600 4389 2.3 -7.0 50 9.3 -2.1 233 43 318.7 319.5 292.0 331.0 3.77 10 550 5085 -3.2 -9.7 60 6.6 -6.0 232 46 320.3 321.0 292.0 331.2 3.32 11 500 5832 -8.4 -15.2 58 6.8 -10.9 230 44 322.8 323.3 291.9 330.7 2.34 12 450 6641 -13.5 -21.1 53 7.6 -15.8 234 42 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.8 1.58 13 400 7526 -19.6 -26.5 55 6.8 -21.2 233 46 329.5 329.7 292.6 333.4 1.10 14 350 8504 -26.2 -34.5 45 8.3 -27.6 225 52 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.6 0.58 15 300 9605 -32.3 -40.6 44 8.3 -33.3 212 71 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.2 0.37 16 250 10865 -42.0 -48.3 51 6.3 -42.5 205 69 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.19 17 200 12338 -51.9 -59.8 38 7.9 -52.2 218 57 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.8 0.06 18 150 14168 -60.3 -69.0 31 8.7 -60.4 219 36 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.02 19 100 16688 -61.8 -84.0 4 22.2 -62.0 244 17 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.06 m Freezing level: 579.24 mb = 4677.68 m = 15346.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.02 mb = 4029.78 m = 13220.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.50 % Est. max temperature: 32.70 C = 90.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.96 mb = 825.54 m = 2708.42 ft T: 24.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 35.38 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1532.01 m = 5026.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -7.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -6.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.05 C Cross Totals Index: 26.55 C K Index: 39.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 536.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2416.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.28 mb = 1323.53 m = 4342.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.28 mb = 2661.42 m = 8731.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.28 mb = 13033.64 m = 42760.78 ft B at Equ Level: 2410.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 212.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.72 Bulk Rich Number: 32.48 Bulk Shear: 74.39 m/s