MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 40.55,-90.47 Latitude: 40.55 Longitude: -90.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 199 28.0 24.6 82 3.4 25.5 302 8 301.9 305.6 299.0 361.2 20.04 2 950 575 26.2 16.7 56 9.5 19.6 299 14 303.7 306.1 294.7 341.4 12.66 3 900 1049 22.0 12.3 54 9.7 15.7 290 15 304.2 306.1 292.8 334.1 10.03 4 850 1543 18.5 8.4 52 10.0 12.3 282 16 305.5 307.0 291.7 330.1 8.17 5 800 2059 14.6 5.9 56 8.6 9.5 276 16 306.7 308.0 291.4 328.9 7.31 6 750 2601 10.4 3.9 64 6.4 6.7 273 18 307.8 309.1 291.3 328.6 6.78 7 700 3171 6.3 1.8 73 4.5 3.8 275 23 309.5 310.6 291.3 328.7 6.25 8 650 3775 2.0 -0.3 85 2.2 0.8 271 31 311.2 312.3 291.5 329.2 5.78 9 600 4417 -2.5 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.7 272 37 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.4 5.12 10 550 5103 -5.9 -6.2 97 0.4 -6.0 278 43 317.1 318.0 292.0 331.2 4.37 11 500 5846 -9.4 -9.7 98 0.3 -9.6 281 46 321.5 322.3 292.7 333.6 3.65 12 450 6653 -14.2 -14.6 96 0.5 -14.3 281 44 325.4 326.0 293.0 334.7 2.73 13 400 7537 -20.1 -20.9 94 0.8 -20.3 280 44 328.8 329.2 293.1 335.2 1.81 14 350 8513 -26.9 -27.1 98 0.3 -26.9 272 44 332.5 332.8 293.5 336.8 1.18 15 300 9606 -35.5 -35.6 99 0.1 -35.5 263 43 335.3 335.5 293.7 337.7 0.62 16 250 10847 -45.6 -45.6 100 -0.0 -45.6 265 50 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.26 17 200 12302 -54.0 -56.3 76 2.3 -54.1 253 59 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.6 0.09 18 150 14114 -59.3 -74.0 13 14.7 -59.5 262 43 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16655 -61.2 -84.0 3 22.7 -61.5 267 20 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.32 m Freezing level: 627.84 mb = 4059.61 m = 13318.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.89 mb = 3913.62 m = 12839.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.77 C = 89.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.30 mb = 628.01 m = 2060.38 ft T: 25.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 32.64 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.37 mb = 2044.52 m = 6707.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.72 C = 90.89 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 17.84 C K Index: 31.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1108.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.40 mb = 1669.86 m = 5478.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.40 mb = 2353.92 m = 7722.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.40 mb = 11609.89 m = 38089.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1101.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.40 mb = 14440.05 m = 47374.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 38.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 28.71 Bulk Shear: 38.61 m/s