MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.35,-92.35 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -92.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 990 256 24.4 12.3 47 12.2 16.7 306 3 298.4 300.1 290.2 324.9 9.08 2 950 616 19.5 10.9 57 8.7 14.2 311 3 297.0 298.6 289.4 322.2 8.64 3 900 1079 17.0 6.8 51 10.2 11.2 315 1 299.1 300.3 288.6 319.5 6.91 4 850 1563 13.6 3.8 52 9.8 8.2 189 3 300.4 301.5 288.1 318.1 5.93 5 800 2071 10.0 1.9 57 8.1 5.7 175 4 301.8 302.8 288.2 318.4 5.50 6 750 2604 6.3 0.3 65 6.0 3.2 83 1 303.4 304.4 288.5 319.3 5.23 7 700 3166 3.1 -4.1 59 7.2 -0.3 2 6 305.9 306.7 288.2 318.4 4.03 8 650 3764 0.8 -16.0 27 16.7 -5.2 335 13 309.8 310.1 287.2 315.3 1.69 9 600 4402 -2.9 -19.6 26 16.8 -8.2 332 19 312.8 313.1 287.9 317.3 1.34 10 550 5086 -7.0 -18.9 38 11.9 -10.8 338 22 315.7 316.0 289.0 321.0 1.56 11 500 5823 -11.3 -26.9 26 15.6 -15.2 348 28 319.3 319.4 289.4 322.2 0.84 12 450 6625 -15.0 -46.8 5 31.8 -19.5 4 34 324.3 324.4 290.2 324.8 0.13 13 400 7504 -21.8 -49.6 6 27.8 -24.8 355 39 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.10 14 350 8473 -28.6 -55.5 6 26.9 -30.7 347 40 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.06 15 300 9560 -35.8 -56.3 10 20.5 -37.0 317 53 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.06 16 250 10802 -45.0 -57.3 24 12.3 -45.6 302 63 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.07 17 200 12259 -54.7 -62.2 39 7.5 -54.9 297 71 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14070 -60.5 -77.1 10 16.6 -60.7 315 76 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16576 -62.5 -84.8 3 22.3 -62.7 324 39 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.69 m Freezing level: 639.49 mb = 3898.12 m = 12788.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.89 mb = 3121.12 m = 10239.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.04 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.92 mb = 1783.50 m = 5851.30 ft T: 12.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 6.84 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.34 mb = 2577.93 m = 8457.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: 4.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.96 C Showalter Index: 6.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 15.12 C K Index: 21.54 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 79.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8498.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.74 mb = 1948.69 m = 6393.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.8 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 10.8 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -20.1 tot: -14.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 11.27 m/s