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: 40.93,-91.42 Latitude: 40.93 Longitude: -91.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 990 208 28.5 23.8 76 4.7 25.0 299 7 302.5 306.0 298.5 358.8 19.03 2 950 572 25.7 17.8 62 7.9 20.2 300 13 303.3 305.8 295.2 343.7 13.63 3 900 1046 22.1 13.5 58 8.6 16.4 294 15 304.3 306.3 293.5 336.7 10.84 4 850 1540 18.6 9.4 55 9.3 12.9 281 16 305.7 307.3 292.2 331.9 8.71 5 800 2057 15.2 6.1 54 9.1 9.8 269 17 307.3 308.7 291.7 329.9 7.39 6 750 2600 11.3 3.2 57 8.1 6.8 280 22 308.9 310.1 291.3 328.6 6.42 7 700 3172 6.5 1.3 69 5.2 3.7 293 30 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.4 6.03 8 650 3775 1.4 -0.2 89 1.6 0.5 299 34 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.5 5.79 9 600 4416 -2.1 -3.6 89 1.5 -2.8 296 36 313.7 314.7 291.5 329.2 4.88 10 550 5103 -6.1 -7.7 89 1.6 -6.8 285 34 316.9 317.6 291.6 329.5 3.91 11 500 5845 -9.7 -11.8 84 2.2 -10.5 283 39 321.3 321.9 292.1 331.5 3.09 12 450 6651 -14.5 -17.3 79 2.9 -15.4 279 45 325.0 325.5 292.4 332.5 2.18 13 400 7533 -20.8 -22.2 88 1.4 -21.2 271 47 328.0 328.3 292.7 333.6 1.61 14 350 8505 -28.5 -35.9 49 7.4 -29.6 282 50 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.2 0.51 15 300 9592 -36.1 -45.9 36 9.8 -37.0 296 50 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.3 0.21 16 250 10829 -46.2 -50.5 62 4.3 -46.4 288 48 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.15 17 200 12283 -54.1 -60.0 48 5.9 -54.2 284 50 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14112 -56.9 -78.6 5 21.7 -57.2 271 35 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.01 19 100 16649 -60.8 -84.4 3 23.7 -61.0 276 19 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.51 m Freezing level: 630.15 mb = 4029.70 m = 13220.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.88 mb = 3875.90 m = 12716.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.51 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.04 mb = 805.52 m = 2642.74 ft T: 23.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 30.47 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.02 mb = 2067.39 m = 6782.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.34 C = 92.01 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.39 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.29 C Cross Totals Index: 19.00 C K Index: 32.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1468.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.33 mb = 1596.91 m = 5239.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.33 mb = 2607.78 m = 8555.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.33 mb = 11985.83 m = 39323.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1453.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.33 mb = 15039.42 m = 49341.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.4 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 318.4 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 42.41 Bulk Shear: 34.63 m/s