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: 40.32,-92.05 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -92.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 993 228 31.1 20.8 54 10.3 23.6 189 9 304.9 307.8 297.1 351.9 15.75 2 950 621 26.9 17.7 57 9.3 20.5 192 13 304.5 307.0 295.4 344.7 13.50 3 900 1096 22.4 16.7 70 5.6 18.5 195 13 304.6 307.1 295.4 344.6 13.43 4 850 1590 17.9 15.3 85 2.6 16.1 200 13 304.9 307.3 295.2 343.6 12.95 5 800 2108 16.7 4.3 44 12.4 9.6 227 12 309.0 310.2 291.5 329.1 6.54 6 750 2655 14.2 -0.0 38 14.2 6.5 254 8 312.0 313.0 291.2 328.0 5.10 7 700 3234 10.5 1.7 55 8.7 5.6 306 10 314.1 315.3 292.7 333.6 6.21 8 650 3847 6.3 -2.1 55 8.4 2.0 315 13 316.1 317.0 292.3 332.2 5.05 9 600 4497 1.5 -7.1 53 8.6 -2.5 302 15 317.9 318.6 291.7 330.0 3.73 10 550 5191 -3.8 -11.3 56 7.4 -6.9 288 15 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.2 2.93 11 500 5936 -9.6 -14.6 67 5.0 -11.4 278 13 321.4 321.8 291.6 329.6 2.47 12 450 6741 -15.2 -17.2 85 2.0 -15.9 298 14 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.7 2.21 13 400 7621 -21.0 -22.0 92 0.9 -21.3 328 12 327.6 328.0 292.6 333.4 1.64 14 350 8593 -28.2 -29.4 89 1.3 -28.4 331 14 330.8 331.0 292.9 334.2 0.95 15 300 9679 -36.8 -36.9 99 0.1 -36.8 313 18 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.5 0.54 16 250 10916 -45.9 -48.8 72 2.9 -46.1 295 17 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.5 0.18 17 200 12364 -55.4 -61.0 50 5.6 -55.6 300 20 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14179 -59.8 -74.8 12 15.1 -59.9 263 16 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16694 -62.1 -84.1 4 22.0 -62.3 217 15 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.15 m Freezing level: 585.88 mb = 4693.36 m = 15397.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.07 mb = 4125.65 m = 13535.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.87 % Est. max temperature: 31.67 C = 89.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.07 mb = 1538.64 m = 5047.98 ft T: 18.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 23.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.40 mb = 2560.75 m = 8401.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.69 C = 99.84 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.47 C Cross Totals Index: 24.86 C K Index: 34.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1569.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.22 mb = 1739.93 m = 5708.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.22 mb = 3717.57 m = 12196.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.22 mb = 12680.22 m = 41601.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1542.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.22 mb = 15551.86 m = 51022.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.1 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 296.1 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -145.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.0 neg: -1.8 tot: 34.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 56.65 Bulk Shear: 27.71 m/s