MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 40.73,-90.36 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -90.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 989 206 26.7 24.4 87 2.3 25.0 324 2 300.8 304.4 298.5 359.2 19.84 2 950 565 25.5 20.1 72 5.4 21.7 255 8 303.1 306.0 296.6 350.0 15.82 3 900 1040 22.6 18.1 76 4.5 19.5 243 17 304.8 307.5 296.3 348.7 14.70 4 850 1536 19.5 15.6 78 3.9 16.8 234 24 306.6 309.0 295.8 346.4 13.24 5 800 2057 16.4 12.3 77 4.0 13.7 235 28 308.6 310.7 295.0 343.0 11.34 6 750 2604 13.5 8.5 71 5.0 10.3 245 28 311.2 313.0 294.3 339.8 9.30 7 700 3182 9.9 5.7 75 4.2 7.3 247 27 313.4 315.0 294.1 339.0 8.23 8 650 3795 5.6 2.3 80 3.2 3.7 248 28 315.3 316.6 293.6 337.2 6.99 9 600 4445 1.1 -0.8 87 1.9 0.1 247 28 317.4 318.5 293.4 336.6 6.03 10 550 5140 -3.3 -5.0 88 1.7 -4.1 250 28 320.2 321.1 293.3 335.8 4.79 11 500 5889 -7.0 -9.7 82 2.6 -8.2 244 29 324.4 325.2 293.5 336.7 3.68 12 450 6705 -11.0 -14.6 75 3.6 -12.4 234 30 329.4 329.9 294.0 338.8 2.74 13 400 7601 -16.2 -19.5 76 3.3 -17.3 227 30 333.9 334.3 294.6 341.1 2.05 14 350 8594 -22.6 -27.1 66 4.6 -23.7 226 29 338.3 338.5 295.0 342.6 1.18 15 300 9706 -31.1 -37.6 53 6.5 -32.0 228 28 341.5 341.6 295.1 343.5 0.50 16 250 10971 -41.3 -48.8 44 7.5 -41.8 217 44 344.7 344.8 295.6 345.5 0.18 17 200 12446 -53.3 -57.1 63 3.8 -53.4 204 51 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.7 0.08 18 150 14241 -66.7 -67.9 85 1.1 -66.7 190 39 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.03 19 100 16689 -61.7 -83.9 4 22.1 -62.0 256 23 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.01 m Freezing level: 587.59 mb = 4617.09 m = 15147.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.07 mb = 4457.00 m = 14622.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.90 C = 91.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.69 mb = 494.07 m = 1620.96 ft T: 25.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 23.44 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.45 mb = 1725.70 m = 5661.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.22 C = 91.80 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 37.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1251.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.52 mb = 1229.97 m = 4035.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.52 mb = 2654.43 m = 8708.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.52 mb = 13260.69 m = 43505.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1246.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.52 mb = 16364.81 m = 53689.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 4.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.3 neg: -2.1 tot: 81.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 25.75 Bulk Shear: 48.62 m/s