MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.81,-92.64 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -92.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 979 275 26.3 23.8 86 2.5 24.5 183 5 301.2 304.7 298.3 358.1 19.30 2 950 545 26.6 19.4 65 7.1 21.5 183 14 304.2 307.0 296.4 349.2 15.13 3 900 1021 22.8 17.8 74 5.0 19.3 187 18 305.0 307.6 296.2 347.9 14.39 4 850 1516 18.7 16.2 85 2.6 17.0 192 21 305.8 308.3 295.9 346.9 13.72 5 800 2035 15.9 11.1 73 4.8 12.8 206 20 308.1 310.1 294.3 339.8 10.46 6 750 2582 13.2 6.5 64 6.7 9.2 229 22 310.9 312.4 293.3 335.9 8.13 7 700 3159 9.3 4.4 72 4.8 6.5 237 26 312.8 314.2 293.4 336.2 7.54 8 650 3770 5.9 1.2 72 4.7 3.2 246 27 315.6 316.8 293.3 335.8 6.42 9 600 4422 2.2 -2.3 72 4.5 -0.2 251 26 318.6 319.7 293.3 335.9 5.37 10 550 5119 -2.8 -5.7 81 2.8 -4.2 259 19 320.7 321.6 293.2 335.6 4.56 11 500 5868 -7.9 -10.0 85 2.1 -8.8 269 22 323.4 324.1 293.1 335.3 3.58 12 450 6679 -13.3 -15.7 82 2.4 -14.2 259 18 326.5 327.0 293.1 335.0 2.50 13 400 7566 -18.8 -20.0 90 1.2 -19.2 260 17 330.6 330.9 293.7 337.4 1.95 14 350 8550 -24.0 -26.2 82 2.1 -24.5 253 17 336.4 336.6 294.6 341.1 1.29 15 300 9658 -31.9 -35.0 74 3.1 -32.4 259 21 340.4 340.5 295.0 342.8 0.65 16 250 10918 -42.4 -46.0 67 3.6 -42.6 251 27 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.25 17 200 12386 -54.0 -57.7 64 3.7 -54.1 238 21 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.08 18 150 14169 -68.0 -68.9 89 0.9 -68.1 213 24 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 19 100 16661 -60.2 -83.9 3 23.7 -60.5 218 15 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.01 m Freezing level: 578.33 mb = 4724.23 m = 15499.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.30 mb = 4391.13 m = 14406.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.61 mb = 585.81 m = 1921.91 ft T: 26.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 22.17 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.73 mb = 1743.68 m = 5720.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 37.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1354.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.50 mb = 1419.96 m = 4658.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.50 mb = 2643.59 m = 8673.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.50 mb = 13231.07 m = 43408.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1350.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 35.29 Bulk Shear: 38.39 m/s