MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 40.22,-92.98 Latitude: 40.22 Longitude: -92.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 986 286 30.0 20.9 58 9.0 23.5 190 10 304.3 307.3 297.1 352.0 16.01 2 950 618 26.1 18.6 63 7.5 20.8 192 15 303.7 306.3 295.8 346.3 14.34 3 900 1092 21.7 17.4 77 4.3 18.8 195 15 303.9 306.5 295.7 345.7 14.07 4 850 1587 19.9 10.8 56 9.1 14.1 206 16 307.0 308.8 293.3 336.1 9.62 5 800 2107 16.8 6.1 49 10.7 10.4 217 12 309.1 310.5 292.2 331.8 7.40 6 750 2654 14.4 3.7 48 10.7 8.2 254 8 312.2 313.5 292.5 332.9 6.66 7 700 3234 10.8 0.7 50 10.1 5.2 315 6 314.4 315.5 292.4 332.6 5.76 8 650 3847 6.5 -3.6 48 10.2 1.4 300 8 316.4 317.2 291.9 330.8 4.50 9 600 4499 2.0 -6.6 53 8.6 -2.1 296 12 318.4 319.1 292.0 331.0 3.88 10 550 5194 -3.3 -9.8 61 6.5 -6.1 312 14 320.2 320.8 292.0 331.1 3.31 11 500 5940 -9.4 -13.6 71 4.2 -10.9 317 18 321.6 322.1 291.9 330.6 2.68 12 450 6746 -14.9 -18.5 74 3.6 -16.0 319 21 324.5 324.9 292.0 331.3 1.98 13 400 7625 -21.7 -24.9 75 3.3 -22.5 316 22 326.8 327.1 292.0 331.3 1.26 14 350 8597 -27.9 -28.5 94 0.6 -28.0 301 10 331.2 331.4 293.0 335.0 1.04 15 300 9684 -36.6 -36.6 100 0.0 -36.7 276 11 333.7 333.8 293.3 335.8 0.55 16 250 10920 -46.5 -46.5 100 -0.0 -46.5 296 16 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.24 17 200 12365 -55.6 -60.7 53 5.1 -55.7 298 25 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14181 -60.3 -74.4 14 14.1 -60.4 270 13 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16690 -62.2 -83.8 4 21.6 -62.4 217 18 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.11 m Freezing level: 581.23 mb = 4759.70 m = 15615.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.72 mb = 4105.01 m = 13467.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.62 % Est. max temperature: 33.22 C = 91.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.44 mb = 1430.77 m = 4694.08 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 20.24 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.92 mb = 2431.88 m = 7978.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.57 C = 97.82 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 30.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1679.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.79 mb = 1588.87 m = 5212.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.79 mb = 3786.20 m = 12421.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.79 mb = 12531.54 m = 41113.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1678.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.79 mb = 15836.50 m = 51956.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.8 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 298.8 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -64.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.9 neg: -5.4 tot: 30.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 50.09 Bulk Shear: 33.53 m/s