MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 40.37,-92.83 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -92.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 202 SFC 990 287 21.3 8.1 43 13.2 13.6 193 7 295.2 296.5 287.1 315.1 6.84 2 950 642 16.9 6.7 51 10.2 11.2 198 11 294.4 295.5 286.5 313.2 6.49 3 900 1101 14.8 4.7 51 10.1 9.3 213 11 296.8 297.9 286.8 314.3 5.97 4 850 1582 11.8 5.2 64 6.5 8.2 245 6 298.5 299.7 288.0 317.8 6.56 5 800 2087 8.9 4.3 73 4.7 6.3 281 8 300.7 301.9 288.8 320.0 6.50 6 750 2618 4.7 2.5 85 2.2 3.5 302 10 301.7 302.8 288.7 319.9 6.10 7 700 3177 1.9 -1.9 76 3.7 0.1 321 13 304.5 305.4 288.5 319.1 4.77 8 650 3773 0.0 -10.0 47 10.1 -4.1 299 17 309.0 309.5 288.0 317.7 2.74 9 600 4411 -2.8 -16.6 34 13.7 -7.6 297 22 312.8 313.2 288.3 318.6 1.74 10 550 5095 -6.8 -20.4 33 13.6 -11.0 300 25 316.0 316.3 288.9 320.6 1.37 11 500 5832 -11.1 -31.0 18 19.8 -15.6 301 30 319.4 319.6 289.2 321.5 0.58 12 450 6634 -15.7 -33.8 20 18.0 -19.3 305 36 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.3 0.49 13 400 7512 -21.7 -24.1 81 2.4 -22.3 298 48 326.8 327.0 292.2 331.6 1.36 14 350 8481 -28.9 -33.3 66 4.4 -29.6 299 53 329.8 330.0 292.3 332.2 0.66 15 300 9566 -36.1 -42.1 54 6.0 -36.7 304 67 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.7 0.31 16 250 10805 -45.8 -46.1 96 0.3 -45.8 306 81 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.24 17 200 12251 -57.2 -57.6 96 0.4 -57.2 305 89 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.08 18 150 14064 -58.4 -79.4 5 21.0 -58.6 316 70 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16578 -63.8 -84.1 5 20.3 -64.0 313 42 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.42 m Freezing level: 649.30 mb = 3782.41 m = 12409.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.06 mb = 3188.21 m = 10459.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.54 % Est. max temperature: 24.91 C = 76.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.26 mb = 1939.82 m = 6364.17 ft T: 9.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.90 C/km ThetaE index: 2.30 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.05 mb = 3107.53 m = 10195.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Cap Strength: 7.69 C Lifted Index: 8.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.07 C Showalter Index: 6.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.92 C Cross Totals Index: 16.40 C K Index: 24.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 105.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10013.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.76 mb = 2089.44 m = 6855.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.9 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 322.9 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -4.0 tot: 31.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 53.27 m/s