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: 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 121 SFC 988 225 28.6 23.7 75 4.9 25.0 206 6 302.7 306.3 298.5 359.2 19.03 2 950 575 25.3 20.1 73 5.1 21.6 195 12 302.8 305.7 296.5 349.6 15.79 3 900 1049 21.1 18.5 86 2.5 19.3 188 14 303.2 306.0 296.2 348.0 15.10 4 850 1543 19.9 12.6 63 7.3 15.1 209 12 307.0 309.0 294.2 339.6 10.83 5 800 2064 17.7 6.7 48 11.1 11.0 231 14 310.1 311.5 292.7 333.7 7.69 6 750 2613 14.5 1.5 41 13.0 7.3 234 16 312.3 313.4 291.7 330.2 5.69 7 700 3192 10.5 -2.1 41 12.6 3.9 227 17 314.1 315.0 291.4 328.9 4.67 8 650 3804 5.9 -6.1 42 11.9 0.2 223 17 315.6 316.3 291.0 327.6 3.74 9 600 4453 1.0 -10.4 42 11.4 -3.8 217 17 317.3 317.8 290.7 326.7 2.89 10 550 5146 -3.5 -17.5 33 14.0 -8.4 225 19 319.9 320.3 290.5 325.9 1.76 11 500 5893 -7.7 -21.5 32 13.8 -12.0 245 22 323.7 323.9 291.3 328.5 1.38 12 450 6704 -12.8 -22.7 43 9.9 -15.7 250 25 327.2 327.4 292.3 332.0 1.37 13 400 7593 -18.5 -30.9 33 12.4 -21.2 238 21 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.6 0.72 14 350 8573 -26.4 -34.7 45 8.3 -27.8 213 20 333.2 333.3 293.2 335.3 0.57 15 300 9670 -33.2 -37.6 65 4.4 -33.7 207 15 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.6 0.50 16 250 10924 -43.2 -43.7 95 0.5 -43.3 247 10 341.8 341.8 295.0 343.0 0.32 17 200 12384 -56.3 -56.4 99 0.1 -56.3 243 5 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.0 0.09 18 150 14169 -60.7 -76.5 11 15.8 -60.9 198 20 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16653 -64.2 -83.3 6 19.1 -64.4 183 18 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.91 m Freezing level: 589.11 mb = 4603.93 m = 15104.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.58 mb = 3833.99 m = 12578.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.01 % Est. max temperature: 33.50 C = 92.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.61 mb = 841.02 m = 2759.21 ft T: 22.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 33.33 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 2085.19 m = 6841.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.96 C = 96.73 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.25 C K Index: 27.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1774.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.00 mb = 1213.62 m = 3981.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.00 mb = 3096.55 m = 10159.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.00 mb = 13107.34 m = 43002.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1755.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.00 mb = 16181.62 m = 53088.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.8 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 253.8 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.5 neg: -1.6 tot: 29.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 172.82 Bulk Shear: 10.27 m/s