MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.93,-90.26 Latitude: 41.93 Longitude: -90.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 990 225 27.7 22.2 72 5.6 23.7 209 9 301.7 304.9 297.2 352.5 17.21 2 950 590 23.8 19.4 76 4.4 20.7 210 13 301.3 304.1 295.7 345.6 15.06 3 900 1061 21.0 16.6 76 4.4 17.9 222 14 303.1 305.6 294.9 342.5 13.29 4 850 1556 19.9 12.3 62 7.6 15.0 246 19 307.0 309.0 294.1 339.1 10.65 5 800 2076 16.7 7.9 56 8.8 11.3 239 19 309.0 310.5 292.9 334.6 8.38 6 750 2623 13.9 1.9 44 12.0 7.2 220 18 311.6 312.7 291.7 329.8 5.84 7 700 3201 10.0 -0.8 47 10.8 4.3 209 17 313.6 314.6 291.7 329.9 5.16 8 650 3812 5.5 -5.6 45 11.1 0.2 202 17 315.2 315.9 291.0 327.6 3.88 9 600 4460 0.5 -9.7 46 10.2 -3.9 196 15 316.7 317.3 290.7 326.6 3.05 10 550 5151 -5.0 -12.4 56 7.4 -7.9 193 14 318.2 318.7 290.9 327.0 2.68 11 500 5894 -8.7 -23.2 30 14.5 -12.9 199 20 322.5 322.7 290.7 326.6 1.19 12 450 6705 -12.5 -27.5 28 14.9 -16.3 215 24 327.5 327.6 291.9 330.7 0.89 13 400 7594 -18.2 -32.8 27 14.6 -21.2 215 18 331.3 331.4 292.7 333.5 0.60 14 350 8575 -25.9 -36.3 37 10.4 -27.5 213 13 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.7 0.49 15 300 9673 -34.1 -41.1 49 7.1 -34.8 213 16 337.4 337.4 294.0 338.7 0.35 16 250 10923 -43.8 -45.8 80 2.0 -43.9 188 6 340.9 341.0 294.8 341.9 0.25 17 200 12386 -55.4 -55.4 99 0.1 -55.4 294 20 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14164 -64.0 -71.9 33 8.0 -64.0 178 11 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.02 19 100 16660 -62.8 -83.5 5 20.6 -63.0 191 11 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.80 m Freezing level: 595.60 mb = 4521.04 m = 14832.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.62 mb = 3841.65 m = 12603.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.62 % Est. max temperature: 33.34 C = 92.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.28 mb = 933.13 m = 3061.42 ft T: 21.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 22.66 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.21 mb = 2169.58 m = 7117.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.41 C = 95.74 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 30.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1027.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.14 mb = 1273.72 m = 4178.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.14 mb = 3523.46 m = 11559.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.14 mb = 12602.09 m = 41344.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1015.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.14 mb = 15378.73 m = 50454.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.4 neg: -21.5 tot: -1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 352.66 Bulk Shear: 2.91 m/s