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: 42.25,-91.52 Latitude: 42.25 Longitude: -91.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 285 24.6 23.1 92 1.5 23.5 161 3 299.7 303.1 297.5 353.9 18.52 2 950 533 23.8 20.9 84 2.9 21.7 192 7 301.3 304.4 296.7 350.2 16.59 3 900 1005 21.2 18.0 82 3.3 18.9 219 14 303.4 306.1 295.8 346.6 14.56 4 850 1499 18.0 15.8 87 2.1 16.5 226 21 305.0 307.5 295.6 345.1 13.44 5 800 2017 15.2 13.4 89 1.9 14.0 227 26 307.4 309.6 295.3 344.0 12.13 6 750 2564 13.5 10.3 81 3.2 11.4 227 32 311.2 313.2 295.1 343.5 10.53 7 700 3144 11.0 5.6 69 5.4 7.8 240 38 314.7 316.2 294.4 340.2 8.18 8 650 3758 6.2 2.1 75 4.1 3.9 251 37 315.9 317.3 293.7 337.6 6.87 9 600 4408 0.6 -1.5 86 2.1 -0.5 264 30 316.9 318.0 293.1 335.1 5.72 10 550 5102 -3.5 -5.7 85 2.1 -4.6 275 38 319.9 320.8 293.0 334.7 4.56 11 500 5850 -7.5 -12.0 70 4.6 -9.3 268 48 323.9 324.5 292.8 334.1 3.04 12 450 6666 -11.3 -17.8 59 6.5 -13.6 262 36 329.0 329.4 293.4 336.3 2.10 13 400 7558 -17.9 -22.1 69 4.3 -19.1 264 32 331.8 332.1 293.7 337.5 1.62 14 350 8542 -25.3 -31.7 55 6.4 -26.5 268 29 334.7 334.8 293.7 337.5 0.77 15 300 9643 -33.3 -36.0 77 2.7 -33.7 265 38 338.4 338.6 294.5 340.7 0.59 16 250 10897 -43.1 -43.1 100 -0.0 -43.1 212 16 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.4 0.34 17 200 12360 -54.9 -57.5 73 2.6 -55.0 164 18 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.08 18 150 14142 -66.7 -69.1 72 2.3 -66.8 189 23 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16641 -61.5 -83.7 4 22.3 -61.7 202 16 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.17 m Freezing level: 592.40 mb = 4513.87 m = 14809.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.78 mb = 4330.50 m = 14207.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.13 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.93 mb = 469.55 m = 1540.52 ft T: 23.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 19.80 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.62 mb = 1422.26 m = 4666.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.59 C = 85.27 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 35.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1291.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.57 mb = 1106.15 m = 3629.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.57 mb = 1968.73 m = 6459.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 794.57 mb = 2075.08 m = 6807.91 ft B at Equ Level: 13.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 714.57 mb = 2970.80 m = 9746.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 243.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 12.96 Bulk Shear: 99.63 m/s