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: 42.23,-91.84 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -91.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 978 282 25.3 23.1 88 2.1 23.8 225 4 300.3 303.7 297.7 354.8 18.55 2 950 534 24.1 20.2 79 3.9 21.3 224 8 301.6 304.5 296.3 348.4 15.88 3 900 1006 21.3 17.8 80 3.5 18.8 229 16 303.4 306.1 295.7 346.1 14.37 4 850 1500 18.3 15.6 84 2.7 16.5 227 22 305.3 307.8 295.5 345.0 13.26 5 800 2019 15.6 13.3 87 2.2 14.1 228 26 307.7 310.0 295.3 344.3 12.10 6 750 2566 13.3 10.0 80 3.3 11.2 237 31 311.0 312.9 295.0 342.7 10.32 7 700 3145 10.2 6.2 76 4.1 7.8 247 34 313.8 315.4 294.4 340.3 8.52 8 650 3758 5.8 2.7 80 3.1 4.0 253 34 315.6 316.9 293.9 338.1 7.16 9 600 4408 0.8 -0.9 89 1.7 -0.1 257 32 317.0 318.2 293.3 336.1 5.99 10 550 5103 -3.6 -4.4 94 0.9 -4.0 263 37 319.9 320.8 293.3 336.1 5.01 11 500 5851 -7.6 -9.9 83 2.4 -8.6 265 41 323.8 324.5 293.3 335.8 3.60 12 450 6665 -11.8 -15.2 76 3.4 -13.1 261 38 328.4 328.9 293.6 337.3 2.60 13 400 7557 -17.7 -21.4 72 3.8 -18.8 264 37 332.0 332.4 293.9 338.1 1.73 14 350 8541 -25.3 -31.5 56 6.2 -26.5 262 31 334.7 334.9 293.7 337.6 0.79 15 300 9642 -33.3 -37.3 67 4.0 -33.8 261 38 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.4 0.52 16 250 10896 -43.0 -43.0 100 -0.0 -43.0 218 19 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.5 0.34 17 200 12361 -54.9 -57.3 75 2.4 -54.9 172 22 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.08 18 150 14144 -66.9 -69.7 68 2.7 -67.0 196 26 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16638 -61.0 -83.9 3 23.0 -61.2 209 17 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.72 m Freezing level: 590.81 mb = 4535.97 m = 14881.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.19 mb = 4392.31 m = 14410.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.55 mb = 547.29 m = 1795.56 ft T: 23.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 19.00 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.21 mb = 1589.43 m = 5214.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.64 C = 87.14 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 37.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1167.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.23 mb = 1178.74 m = 3867.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.23 mb = 3297.34 m = 10817.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.23 mb = 12769.59 m = 41894.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1165.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.23 mb = 15660.32 m = 51378.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 17.76 Bulk Shear: 65.75 m/s