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: 40.3,-93.43 Latitude: 40.30 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 986 284 30.7 20.8 56 9.9 23.5 183 11 305.0 308.0 297.1 352.4 15.85 2 950 614 26.7 18.4 61 8.2 20.9 185 16 304.3 306.9 295.8 346.5 14.20 3 900 1089 22.2 17.4 74 4.8 18.9 188 16 304.4 307.0 295.8 346.2 14.03 4 850 1584 19.6 12.3 63 7.3 14.8 200 16 306.7 308.7 294.0 338.8 10.65 5 800 2104 17.0 9.1 60 7.9 12.0 217 14 309.3 311.0 293.6 337.0 9.08 6 750 2653 15.1 4.6 49 10.5 8.9 253 8 313.0 314.3 293.1 335.1 7.11 7 700 3234 11.3 -0.2 45 11.5 5.1 283 7 315.0 316.0 292.3 332.0 5.39 8 650 3848 6.9 -3.9 46 10.8 1.5 293 8 316.8 317.6 292.0 331.0 4.43 9 600 4500 2.1 -8.4 46 10.5 -2.6 300 12 318.5 319.2 291.6 329.6 3.39 10 550 5195 -3.3 -11.5 53 8.1 -6.7 315 14 320.2 320.7 291.6 329.7 2.89 11 500 5941 -9.0 -14.3 66 5.3 -10.9 325 19 322.1 322.6 291.9 330.6 2.54 12 450 6748 -14.6 -22.3 52 7.7 -16.8 309 24 324.9 325.2 291.7 329.9 1.42 13 400 7628 -21.6 -31.0 42 9.4 -23.5 324 24 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.5 0.72 14 350 8598 -28.2 -31.4 74 3.2 -28.7 311 16 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.6 0.79 15 300 9685 -36.5 -38.0 86 1.5 -36.7 302 16 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.7 0.48 16 250 10921 -46.4 -47.6 88 1.1 -46.5 297 17 337.0 337.1 293.8 337.8 0.21 17 200 12366 -55.7 -61.6 48 5.9 -55.8 300 26 344.5 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.05 18 150 14180 -60.4 -74.5 14 14.1 -60.6 285 12 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16689 -62.2 -83.8 4 21.6 -62.4 215 20 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.86 m Freezing level: 580.64 mb = 4768.95 m = 15645.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.90 mb = 4077.68 m = 13378.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.85 % Est. max temperature: 33.00 C = 91.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.75 mb = 1535.41 m = 5037.36 ft T: 19.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 22.79 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.39 mb = 2693.72 m = 8837.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.69 C = 101.64 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 29.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1731.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.00 mb = 1664.81 m = 5461.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.00 mb = 3885.29 m = 12746.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.00 mb = 12789.96 m = 41961.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1707.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.00 mb = 15717.47 m = 51565.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -10.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.0 neg: -4.9 tot: 43.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 41.43 Bulk Shear: 41.79 m/s