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: 41.43,-90.05 Latitude: 41.43 Longitude: -90.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 988 198 29.9 24.4 72 5.5 25.8 198 9 304.1 307.8 299.4 363.4 19.86 2 950 548 26.4 21.0 72 5.4 22.5 197 16 304.0 307.1 297.4 353.7 16.73 3 900 1023 21.9 19.9 88 2.0 20.5 194 17 304.1 307.2 297.3 353.3 16.51 4 850 1519 19.9 15.1 74 4.8 16.6 210 17 307.0 309.4 295.6 345.5 12.79 5 800 2041 18.0 11.5 66 6.5 13.8 233 23 310.4 312.4 295.1 343.2 10.75 6 750 2591 14.1 8.5 69 5.6 10.6 231 27 311.9 313.7 294.5 340.6 9.32 7 700 3170 10.0 4.4 68 5.6 6.8 234 29 313.6 315.0 293.6 337.1 7.53 8 650 3782 5.8 -0.0 66 5.8 2.7 235 28 315.5 316.6 292.8 334.1 5.88 9 600 4432 1.1 -3.3 72 4.4 -1.1 242 27 317.4 318.4 292.6 333.5 5.01 10 550 5126 -3.8 -5.7 87 1.9 -4.7 262 28 319.6 320.4 292.9 334.3 4.55 11 500 5873 -8.7 -10.6 86 2.0 -9.5 269 28 322.5 323.1 292.7 333.8 3.40 12 450 6682 -13.7 -17.0 76 3.4 -14.8 262 23 326.1 326.5 292.7 333.7 2.24 13 400 7568 -19.1 -21.0 84 2.0 -19.6 261 16 330.2 330.6 293.4 336.5 1.79 14 350 8550 -25.5 -26.9 88 1.4 -25.8 281 11 334.4 334.6 294.0 338.8 1.21 15 300 9649 -33.8 -36.4 77 2.6 -34.1 299 7 337.8 337.9 294.3 340.0 0.57 16 250 10901 -42.8 -42.9 99 0.1 -42.8 30 17 342.4 342.5 295.2 343.8 0.34 17 200 12365 -55.7 -56.0 97 0.2 -55.8 344 17 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.10 18 150 14146 -63.2 -71.2 33 7.9 -63.3 200 13 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.02 19 100 16657 -60.6 -84.0 3 23.4 -60.9 217 13 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.28 m Freezing level: 588.75 mb = 4588.18 m = 15052.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.58 mb = 4237.02 m = 13900.82 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.60 % Est. max temperature: 33.56 C = 92.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.24 mb = 894.91 m = 2936.01 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 29.89 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1650.50 m = 5414.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.64 C = 92.54 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -7.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2671.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.01 mb = 1188.41 m = 3898.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.01 mb = 2500.35 m = 8203.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.01 mb = 13823.64 m = 45352.60 ft B at Equ Level: 2638.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 70.87 Bulk Shear: 37.69 m/s