MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 40.98,-90.79 Latitude: 40.98 Longitude: -90.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 991 203 29.0 23.4 72 5.6 24.9 171 9 303.0 306.4 298.4 358.2 18.61 2 950 574 25.8 19.7 69 6.1 21.5 172 16 303.4 306.2 296.4 349.0 15.38 3 900 1048 22.0 17.7 77 4.3 19.0 180 16 304.1 306.8 295.9 346.7 14.29 4 850 1545 20.7 12.0 58 8.7 15.0 208 11 307.8 309.8 294.2 339.5 10.44 5 800 2066 17.8 6.0 46 11.8 10.7 237 11 310.1 311.5 292.4 332.8 7.35 6 750 2615 15.0 -0.1 36 15.1 6.8 244 9 312.9 313.8 291.4 328.8 5.07 7 700 3195 10.9 -3.5 36 14.4 3.6 251 8 314.6 315.4 291.2 328.0 4.22 8 650 3808 6.2 -7.2 37 13.5 -0.0 251 8 316.0 316.7 290.9 327.1 3.41 9 600 4457 1.2 -11.2 39 12.4 -4.0 243 7 317.6 318.1 290.7 326.5 2.71 10 550 5151 -3.4 -18.2 31 14.8 -8.5 246 9 320.0 320.3 290.5 325.6 1.66 11 500 5898 -7.6 -21.7 31 14.1 -12.0 254 14 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.4 1.35 12 450 6709 -13.2 -24.1 40 10.9 -16.2 256 16 326.6 326.9 292.0 330.9 1.21 13 400 7596 -18.9 -35.5 22 16.7 -22.0 226 16 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.2 0.46 14 350 8576 -26.2 -38.1 32 11.9 -28.0 201 16 333.4 333.5 293.0 335.0 0.41 15 300 9673 -33.1 -37.8 63 4.6 -33.7 201 11 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.6 0.49 16 250 10929 -43.0 -44.1 88 1.2 -43.0 280 7 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.4 0.30 17 200 12390 -56.0 -56.0 99 0.1 -56.0 252 3 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.5 0.10 18 150 14172 -62.1 -74.7 17 12.6 -62.3 182 20 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16656 -65.3 -83.1 7 17.8 -65.4 176 10 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.15 m Freezing level: 586.71 mb = 4641.83 m = 15228.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.53 mb = 3800.76 m = 12469.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.96 % Est. max temperature: 34.28 C = 93.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.88 mb = 914.10 m = 2998.98 ft T: 23.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 32.54 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.62 mb = 2253.29 m = 7392.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.06 C = 98.71 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: -4.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.33 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 25.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1616.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.29 mb = 1349.88 m = 4428.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.29 mb = 3382.63 m = 11097.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.29 mb = 13242.46 m = 43445.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1583.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.8 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 257.8 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 40.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 93.63 Bulk Shear: 17.26 m/s