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: 41.43,-90.16 Latitude: 41.43 Longitude: -90.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 990 201 27.4 24.0 82 3.3 24.9 254 8 301.4 304.9 298.4 358.5 19.35 2 950 566 25.5 15.7 55 9.8 18.9 270 17 303.1 305.3 293.9 338.4 11.89 3 900 1039 22.0 10.3 47 11.7 14.7 278 20 304.2 305.8 291.8 330.4 8.77 4 850 1532 17.9 7.4 50 10.6 11.6 283 20 304.9 306.4 291.1 327.9 7.61 5 800 2047 13.9 5.0 55 8.9 8.8 286 21 306.0 307.3 290.8 326.9 6.87 6 750 2587 9.5 4.2 69 5.3 6.5 278 23 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.0 6.91 7 700 3156 5.4 2.7 82 2.7 3.9 275 29 308.5 309.7 291.4 328.8 6.63 8 650 3758 0.7 0.0 95 0.7 0.3 278 36 309.7 310.9 291.2 328.0 5.90 9 600 4397 -3.1 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.3 280 41 312.5 313.5 291.2 328.2 4.97 10 550 5082 -6.4 -6.9 96 0.5 -6.6 280 40 316.5 317.3 291.7 329.9 4.16 11 500 5822 -10.1 -11.0 93 0.9 -10.4 279 41 320.8 321.4 292.2 331.7 3.31 12 450 6628 -14.9 -15.5 96 0.6 -15.1 279 41 324.5 325.0 292.6 333.1 2.55 13 400 7509 -20.7 -20.8 99 0.1 -20.7 274 41 328.1 328.5 292.9 334.5 1.83 14 350 8482 -28.1 -28.2 99 0.1 -28.1 267 45 330.9 331.1 293.0 334.8 1.07 15 300 9568 -36.8 -37.9 89 1.1 -37.0 260 43 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.3 0.48 16 250 10802 -46.5 -47.4 90 0.9 -46.6 256 49 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.8 0.21 17 200 12257 -53.6 -57.9 59 4.3 -53.7 249 58 347.9 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.08 18 150 14091 -55.8 -79.9 3 24.1 -56.2 264 41 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16642 -60.1 -84.4 3 24.3 -60.4 277 20 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.45 m Freezing level: 640.90 mb = 3874.01 m = 12709.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.63 mb = 3811.71 m = 12505.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.83 mb = 622.87 m = 2043.51 ft T: 25.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 31.60 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.77 mb = 2122.99 m = 6965.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.13 C = 89.83 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: 2.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 17.44 C K Index: 32.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 873.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.24 mb = 1762.44 m = 5782.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.24 mb = 2451.84 m = 8043.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.24 mb = 11282.80 m = 37016.62 ft B at Equ Level: 859.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.24 mb = 13591.38 m = 44590.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.0 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 309.0 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 73.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 23.42 Bulk Shear: 37.32 m/s