MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 18Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 40.29,-90.21 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -90.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 996 179 29.6 18.9 53 10.7 22.1 270 5 303.1 305.7 295.4 344.4 13.91 2 950 594 24.6 16.0 59 8.6 18.8 273 6 302.2 304.4 293.8 337.9 12.10 3 900 1065 20.2 14.4 70 5.7 16.4 281 6 302.3 304.4 293.4 336.5 11.56 4 850 1555 16.8 9.3 61 7.5 12.1 313 8 303.7 305.3 291.6 329.6 8.66 5 800 2070 14.1 1.6 43 12.5 7.3 325 16 306.1 307.1 289.5 322.6 5.37 6 750 2611 11.2 -2.5 38 13.6 4.3 323 26 308.7 309.5 289.3 322.0 4.26 7 700 3184 8.6 -7.1 32 15.6 1.4 319 29 312.0 312.6 289.4 322.2 3.21 8 650 3792 5.3 -12.2 27 17.5 -1.9 304 25 314.9 315.4 289.5 322.5 2.31 9 600 4441 1.6 -21.2 16 22.9 -6.0 290 29 318.0 318.2 289.3 322.0 1.17 10 550 5137 -1.5 -33.6 7 32.1 -9.4 293 27 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.8 0.41 11 500 5890 -5.5 -28.2 15 22.7 -11.7 290 22 326.3 326.5 291.5 329.0 0.75 12 450 6707 -11.5 -27.2 26 15.7 -15.6 280 22 328.8 329.0 292.3 332.1 0.91 13 400 7598 -17.6 -35.7 19 18.1 -21.1 281 24 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.8 0.46 14 350 8582 -25.6 -42.9 18 17.4 -27.8 301 21 334.3 334.3 293.1 335.2 0.25 15 300 9677 -35.3 -48.1 26 12.8 -36.4 290 20 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.16 16 250 10917 -46.2 -53.0 46 6.7 -46.5 285 29 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.11 17 200 12365 -56.0 -61.0 53 5.0 -56.1 280 18 344.0 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.05 18 150 14159 -62.5 -72.5 25 10.1 -62.6 254 39 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16665 -60.9 -83.9 3 23.0 -61.2 251 14 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.49 m Freezing level: 574.07 mb = 4801.87 m = 15753.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.16 mb = 3431.83 m = 11259.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.01 mb = 1535.06 m = 5036.23 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 22.40 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.70 mb = 2199.53 m = 7216.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.22 C = 91.80 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 5.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.29 C Cross Totals Index: 14.76 C K Index: 15.93 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 277.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.72 mb = 1678.78 m = 5507.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 332.72 mb = 8941.82 m = 29336.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.72 mb = 11108.75 m = 36445.58 ft B at Equ Level: 39.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.72 mb = 11964.69 m = 39253.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.6 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 332.6 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.5 neg: -5.1 tot: 9.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.26 Bulk Shear: 32.33 m/s