MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.25,-92.57 Latitude: 41.25 Longitude: -92.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 981 254 26.9 22.6 77 4.3 23.8 302 6 301.8 305.1 297.6 354.5 17.88 2 950 533 26.3 19.6 66 6.7 21.5 274 11 303.9 306.7 296.4 349.2 15.24 3 900 1008 23.0 17.9 73 5.1 19.4 237 13 305.2 307.9 296.3 348.5 14.49 4 850 1505 19.7 15.7 78 4.0 17.0 218 18 306.8 309.3 295.9 346.8 13.30 5 800 2026 17.4 11.8 69 5.6 13.7 226 28 309.7 311.8 295.0 343.0 10.93 6 750 2576 14.7 8.0 64 6.7 10.5 235 35 312.6 314.3 294.4 340.5 9.03 7 700 3156 10.6 5.5 71 5.0 7.6 238 31 314.2 315.8 294.2 339.6 8.15 8 650 3770 6.1 2.6 78 3.5 4.1 245 28 315.9 317.3 293.9 338.4 7.15 9 600 4420 0.7 -0.2 93 1.0 0.2 261 30 317.0 318.2 293.6 336.9 6.28 10 550 5115 -3.6 -4.2 96 0.6 -3.9 274 35 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.3 5.10 11 500 5863 -7.9 -8.6 95 0.7 -8.2 280 37 323.4 324.1 293.4 336.5 3.98 12 450 6675 -12.1 -14.7 81 2.6 -13.0 281 31 328.0 328.6 293.7 337.3 2.71 13 400 7568 -17.5 -20.1 80 2.7 -18.3 273 25 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.0 1.93 14 350 8554 -24.4 -28.2 71 3.8 -25.3 271 21 335.8 336.0 294.3 339.7 1.07 15 300 9657 -33.0 -34.3 88 1.3 -33.2 261 20 338.8 339.0 294.7 341.5 0.70 16 250 10912 -43.5 -44.5 90 1.0 -43.6 250 14 341.4 341.4 294.9 342.5 0.29 17 200 12375 -54.9 -55.0 99 0.0 -54.9 197 13 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.3 0.11 18 150 14146 -67.9 -69.3 82 1.4 -67.9 185 20 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16646 -62.1 -83.6 4 21.5 -62.4 225 12 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.18 m Freezing level: 591.45 mb = 4539.19 m = 14892.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.62 mb = 4452.14 m = 14606.58 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.36 % Est. max temperature: 33.02 C = 91.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.03 mb = 805.08 m = 2641.31 ft T: 24.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 18.24 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.23 mb = 2217.67 m = 7275.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.82 C = 96.47 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 38.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1439.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.06 mb = 1433.06 m = 4701.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.06 mb = 3250.68 m = 10664.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.06 mb = 13300.97 m = 43637.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1436.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.1 neg: -4.2 tot: 153.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 31.22 Bulk Shear: 46.11 m/s