MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F366.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F366.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 366 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 40.20,-91.52 Latitude: 40.20 Longitude: -91.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 992 181 28.1 22.4 71 5.7 23.9 55 6 302.0 305.2 297.4 353.5 17.47 2 950 561 25.2 20.4 75 4.7 21.8 52 11 302.8 305.7 296.7 350.5 16.13 3 900 1035 21.2 18.9 87 2.3 19.6 36 8 303.3 306.2 296.4 349.2 15.45 4 850 1529 18.2 15.9 87 2.3 16.6 358 5 305.2 307.7 295.6 345.5 13.49 5 800 2047 16.0 11.0 72 5.0 12.7 351 7 308.2 310.1 294.2 339.5 10.34 6 750 2594 13.9 5.2 56 8.8 8.8 324 9 311.7 313.1 293.0 334.6 7.41 7 700 3173 10.5 0.6 50 10.0 5.1 310 13 314.2 315.2 292.3 332.1 5.70 8 650 3786 6.2 -0.7 61 6.9 2.5 316 15 316.0 317.1 292.7 333.9 5.62 9 600 4437 1.6 -5.8 58 7.4 -1.9 332 21 318.0 318.8 292.1 331.4 4.14 10 550 5133 -2.4 -10.9 52 8.5 -6.0 327 24 321.2 321.8 292.0 331.3 3.03 11 500 5883 -6.7 -18.3 39 11.6 -10.7 315 29 324.8 325.2 292.0 331.1 1.81 12 450 6699 -11.0 -27.2 25 16.2 -15.3 306 31 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.7 0.91 13 400 7594 -16.3 -32.9 22 16.7 -19.8 300 37 333.8 333.9 293.3 336.1 0.60 14 350 8584 -23.7 -32.2 45 8.5 -25.4 287 40 336.8 336.9 294.2 339.5 0.73 15 300 9689 -32.2 -41.9 37 9.8 -33.3 278 41 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.3 0.32 16 250 10952 -41.4 -55.2 21 13.8 -42.1 267 49 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.09 17 200 12427 -53.1 -64.1 25 11.0 -53.4 269 43 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 14236 -62.8 -74.5 19 11.7 -62.9 266 34 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16690 -67.6 -82.6 10 15.0 -67.7 295 26 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.49 m Freezing level: 579.83 mb = 4717.78 m = 15478.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.49 mb = 4150.79 m = 13617.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.61 mb = 903.21 m = 2963.27 ft T: 22.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 21.43 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1406.54 m = 4614.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 30.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1145.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.53 mb = 1165.01 m = 3822.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.53 mb = 3036.15 m = 9960.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.53 mb = 12699.34 m = 41664.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1141.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.53 mb = 16029.58 m = 52589.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.1 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 0.1 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -11.2 tot: 13.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 31.69 Bulk Shear: 36.16 m/s