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: 40.57,-90.61 Latitude: 40.57 Longitude: -90.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 993 200 27.2 23.4 80 3.8 24.4 151 10 301.0 304.4 297.8 355.5 18.52 2 950 590 25.7 19.9 70 5.9 21.6 160 21 303.3 306.2 296.5 349.4 15.55 3 900 1064 23.1 15.9 64 7.2 18.2 186 17 305.3 307.7 295.1 343.3 12.70 4 850 1562 20.7 11.4 55 9.4 14.7 205 16 307.9 309.8 293.9 338.2 9.99 5 800 2083 17.9 7.8 52 10.1 11.7 211 12 310.2 311.8 293.3 335.9 8.35 6 750 2633 15.1 4.9 50 10.2 9.0 237 7 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.5 7.25 7 700 3214 11.0 3.0 58 8.0 6.4 294 4 314.7 316.0 293.3 336.1 6.81 8 650 3828 6.9 -3.8 47 10.6 1.5 3 13 316.7 317.6 292.0 331.0 4.46 9 600 4480 2.3 -6.7 51 9.1 -1.9 331 18 318.8 319.6 292.1 331.3 3.85 10 550 5176 -3.6 -10.6 58 7.0 -6.5 347 25 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.1 3.10 11 500 5920 -9.9 -14.6 68 4.7 -11.6 350 28 321.0 321.4 291.5 329.2 2.46 12 450 6725 -15.1 -16.3 90 1.3 -15.5 343 18 324.3 324.8 292.3 332.4 2.37 13 400 7608 -20.0 -22.4 81 2.4 -20.7 343 15 329.0 329.3 292.9 334.5 1.58 14 350 8583 -27.7 -29.9 81 2.2 -28.2 17 11 331.4 331.5 293.0 334.7 0.91 15 300 9671 -36.0 -45.4 38 9.3 -36.9 40 3 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.4 0.22 16 250 10911 -45.6 -50.3 59 4.6 -45.9 355 10 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.15 17 200 12361 -56.1 -58.5 74 2.4 -56.2 36 9 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.07 18 150 14159 -60.8 -74.1 16 13.3 -60.9 267 12 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16667 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -62.9 249 8 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.15 m Freezing level: 580.24 mb = 4755.11 m = 15600.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.16 mb = 4106.25 m = 13471.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.04 % Est. max temperature: 34.42 C = 93.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.09 mb = 691.21 m = 2267.71 ft T: 25.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 19.99 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.14 mb = 2418.54 m = 7934.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.08 C = 100.54 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -6.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 34.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1896.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.40 mb = 1405.43 m = 4610.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.40 mb = 3696.12 m = 12126.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.40 mb = 13005.54 m = 42668.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1866.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.40 mb = 16055.08 m = 52673.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.9 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 349.9 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.6 neg: -4.1 tot: 126.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 13.32 Bulk Shear: 142.41 m/s