MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 40.39,-90.75 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -90.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 993 196 27.3 23.3 79 3.9 24.4 143 10 301.0 304.4 297.8 355.4 18.48 2 950 589 25.9 19.7 69 6.2 21.5 154 21 303.4 306.3 296.4 349.0 15.35 3 900 1064 23.5 15.6 61 8.0 18.1 187 17 305.8 308.1 295.1 343.1 12.47 4 850 1561 20.7 11.8 57 8.9 14.9 208 17 307.9 309.8 294.1 339.1 10.30 5 800 2083 18.0 7.6 51 10.3 11.6 213 12 310.3 311.9 293.2 335.6 8.23 6 750 2633 15.1 4.7 50 10.5 8.9 233 7 313.0 314.4 293.1 335.2 7.14 7 700 3214 11.2 2.6 55 8.6 6.3 282 4 314.9 316.2 293.3 335.8 6.62 8 650 3828 7.0 -4.2 45 11.2 1.4 11 13 316.9 317.7 291.9 330.8 4.33 9 600 4481 2.4 -7.0 50 9.5 -2.0 330 16 319.0 319.7 292.0 331.2 3.76 10 550 5177 -3.5 -10.5 58 7.0 -6.5 347 23 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.2 3.12 11 500 5921 -9.8 -14.7 67 4.9 -11.6 352 28 321.0 321.5 291.5 329.2 2.44 12 450 6725 -15.1 -16.5 89 1.4 -15.6 341 19 324.2 324.7 292.3 332.2 2.35 13 400 7608 -20.2 -22.5 82 2.2 -20.8 348 15 328.7 329.0 292.9 334.2 1.57 14 350 8583 -27.7 -31.0 73 3.3 -28.3 22 11 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.4 0.82 15 300 9671 -36.0 -47.0 32 11.0 -37.0 41 4 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.18 16 250 10911 -45.6 -51.0 54 5.4 -45.9 3 9 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.14 17 200 12361 -56.0 -58.5 74 2.5 -56.1 31 9 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.07 18 150 14161 -60.8 -74.2 16 13.4 -61.0 267 11 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16667 -62.8 -83.7 4 20.9 -63.0 253 7 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.41 m Freezing level: 579.40 mb = 4767.57 m = 15641.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.02 mb = 4095.52 m = 13436.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.98 % Est. max temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.01 mb = 700.27 m = 2297.43 ft T: 25.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 20.18 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.28 mb = 2483.43 m = 8147.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.49 C = 101.28 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: -6.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 33.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1852.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 207.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.91 mb = 1450.29 m = 4758.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.91 mb = 3752.94 m = 12312.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.91 mb = 12818.34 m = 42054.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1840.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.91 mb = 16312.63 m = 53518.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.0 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 348.0 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.1 neg: -5.8 tot: 145.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.71 Bulk Rich Number: 13.16 Bulk Shear: 140.76 m/s