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: 42.5,-90.11 Latitude: 42.50 Longitude: -90.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 979 282 25.9 23.6 87 2.3 24.2 190 8 300.9 304.4 298.1 357.1 19.07 2 950 541 23.8 21.1 85 2.7 21.9 192 15 301.3 304.4 296.8 350.9 16.85 3 900 1013 20.3 18.8 91 1.5 19.2 199 17 302.4 305.3 296.1 347.8 15.34 4 850 1506 17.9 16.2 90 1.7 16.7 221 18 304.9 307.4 295.7 345.9 13.73 5 800 2025 16.6 12.1 75 4.5 13.7 231 28 308.9 311.0 295.0 342.8 11.18 6 750 2574 13.9 9.6 75 4.3 11.2 235 35 311.7 313.6 294.9 342.5 10.03 7 700 3152 9.3 6.0 80 3.3 7.3 243 38 312.8 314.4 294.0 338.9 8.40 8 650 3762 4.4 1.7 83 2.7 2.9 258 38 314.0 315.2 293.0 334.9 6.69 9 600 4410 -0.0 -2.0 87 2.0 -1.0 262 41 316.1 317.2 292.7 333.7 5.53 10 550 5103 -3.7 -5.6 87 1.9 -4.6 258 43 319.6 320.5 292.9 334.5 4.58 11 500 5851 -7.6 -9.7 85 2.1 -8.5 250 40 323.8 324.5 293.3 336.0 3.67 12 450 6666 -11.6 -16.2 69 4.5 -13.3 247 41 328.6 329.1 293.6 336.9 2.40 13 400 7558 -18.0 -22.5 68 4.5 -19.3 252 31 331.6 331.9 293.6 337.2 1.57 14 350 8543 -24.9 -26.2 89 1.3 -25.2 258 22 335.1 335.4 294.3 339.8 1.28 15 300 9646 -32.9 -33.0 99 0.1 -32.9 239 16 339.0 339.1 294.8 342.0 0.79 16 250 10901 -43.1 -43.1 100 0.0 -43.0 267 15 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.4 0.34 17 200 12365 -55.1 -55.4 97 0.3 -55.1 293 20 345.5 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.10 18 150 14151 -65.5 -68.7 64 3.2 -65.5 232 18 357.2 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16652 -62.0 -83.8 4 21.8 -62.3 235 19 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.66 m Freezing level: 600.20 mb = 4407.10 m = 14458.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.99 mb = 4236.48 m = 13899.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.62 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.32 mb = 575.24 m = 1887.25 ft T: 23.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 23.45 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1175.40 m = 3856.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.79 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -4.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 38.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1598.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.46 mb = 1008.49 m = 3308.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.46 mb = 2852.58 m = 9358.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.46 mb = 13177.67 m = 43233.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1589.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.46 mb = 16324.02 m = 53555.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.7 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 275.7 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 221.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.57 Bulk Rich Number: 16.49 Bulk Shear: 96.96 m/s