MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 40.39,-90.21 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -90.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 999 182 27.2 23.3 79 3.9 24.3 141 5 300.5 303.8 297.5 354.2 18.30 2 950 624 24.8 19.2 71 5.5 20.9 169 8 302.3 305.1 295.8 346.4 14.94 3 900 1096 20.7 17.8 83 3.0 18.7 192 7 302.8 305.5 295.6 345.3 14.35 4 850 1589 17.5 14.3 82 3.2 15.4 230 6 304.5 306.7 294.5 340.6 12.13 5 800 2106 15.0 8.1 63 7.0 10.7 279 7 307.2 308.8 292.5 332.9 8.48 6 750 2650 12.7 1.5 47 11.1 6.5 311 8 310.3 311.4 291.2 328.0 5.70 7 700 3226 9.2 -0.3 51 9.6 4.1 322 10 312.7 313.7 291.6 329.5 5.34 8 650 3836 5.2 -1.5 62 6.7 1.7 332 14 314.9 315.9 292.2 331.6 5.27 9 600 4485 0.9 -5.4 63 6.3 -2.1 336 19 317.2 318.0 292.0 331.0 4.28 10 550 5178 -4.1 -9.8 64 5.8 -6.5 326 21 319.2 319.9 291.7 330.0 3.29 11 500 5923 -8.9 -15.0 61 6.1 -11.1 313 20 322.2 322.6 291.7 330.2 2.39 12 450 6731 -14.0 -19.2 65 5.2 -15.6 327 16 325.6 326.0 292.3 332.1 1.86 13 400 7615 -19.9 -24.3 68 4.3 -21.1 332 19 329.1 329.3 292.7 333.8 1.34 14 350 8592 -26.7 -37.7 35 11.0 -28.3 331 19 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.3 0.43 15 300 9687 -34.6 -42.5 44 7.9 -35.4 36 19 336.6 336.7 293.8 337.8 0.30 16 250 10932 -45.6 -47.2 83 1.6 -45.7 354 28 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.2 0.22 17 200 12379 -56.6 -60.0 66 3.4 -56.7 332 23 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.06 18 150 14183 -59.5 -75.8 10 16.3 -59.7 260 16 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16705 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.1 -62.9 251 7 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.04 m Freezing level: 590.75 mb = 4613.00 m = 15134.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.43 mb = 4122.17 m = 13524.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.77 mb = 681.26 m = 2235.07 ft T: 24.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 26.19 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.87 mb = 1449.30 m = 4754.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.73 C = 87.31 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 31.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1720.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.98 mb = 1202.30 m = 3944.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.98 mb = 2169.18 m = 7116.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.98 mb = 12902.35 m = 42330.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1698.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.98 mb = 15890.60 m = 52133.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.8 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 345.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 36.17 Bulk Shear: 47.57 m/s