MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 41.98,-91.58 Latitude: 41.98 Longitude: -91.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 983 255 25.7 24.3 92 1.5 24.7 119 6 300.4 304.0 298.4 358.6 19.81 2 950 553 27.8 20.2 63 7.7 22.3 164 14 305.4 308.3 297.3 352.8 15.83 3 900 1032 25.3 17.8 63 7.5 20.0 198 25 307.6 310.3 296.8 351.1 14.39 4 850 1533 21.3 16.2 73 5.1 17.8 213 29 308.5 311.1 296.7 350.3 13.80 5 800 2056 18.0 14.1 78 3.8 15.4 236 26 310.3 312.7 296.5 349.3 12.78 6 750 2607 15.8 5.3 50 10.4 9.5 272 27 313.7 315.2 293.6 337.1 7.49 7 700 3189 11.4 3.1 57 8.2 6.6 278 29 315.1 316.4 293.4 336.6 6.85 8 650 3803 6.6 1.9 72 4.7 3.9 269 29 316.4 317.7 293.8 337.8 6.77 9 600 4455 1.3 0.4 94 0.9 0.8 261 26 317.6 318.9 293.9 338.5 6.57 10 550 5152 -2.4 -3.1 95 0.7 -2.8 276 22 321.2 322.3 294.1 339.2 5.53 11 500 5904 -6.4 -7.1 95 0.7 -6.7 267 29 325.3 326.2 294.4 340.2 4.50 12 450 6721 -11.1 -11.9 94 0.8 -11.5 256 32 329.3 330.0 294.5 340.9 3.41 13 400 7615 -17.0 -17.6 95 0.6 -17.2 257 35 332.9 333.4 294.6 341.3 2.41 14 350 8606 -23.2 -23.4 99 0.2 -23.2 251 36 337.5 337.8 295.1 343.5 1.66 15 300 9715 -31.6 -32.2 94 0.6 -31.7 256 40 340.9 341.0 295.3 344.1 0.86 16 250 10978 -41.8 -42.3 95 0.5 -41.8 258 46 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.5 0.37 17 200 12450 -53.8 -58.2 59 4.3 -54.0 247 44 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.07 18 150 14239 -66.9 -69.4 71 2.4 -67.0 264 52 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16691 -65.0 -83.9 6 18.8 -65.2 254 27 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.80 m Freezing level: 582.76 mb = 4695.54 m = 15405.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.07 mb = 4602.64 m = 15100.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.38 % Est. max temperature: 34.42 C = 93.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.45 mb = 437.91 m = 1436.70 ft T: 27.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 22.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.00 mb = 2327.15 m = 7634.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.27 C = 99.08 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 35.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1626.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.69 mb = 1556.02 m = 5105.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.69 mb = 3276.09 m = 10748.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.69 mb = 13733.72 m = 45057.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1626.30 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.3 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 284.3 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.7 neg: -0.7 tot: 356.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.27 Bulk Rich Number: 15.03 Bulk Shear: 108.24 m/s