MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508080600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508080600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 8 AUG 25 Station: 40.4,-91.4 Latitude: 40.40 Longitude: -91.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 994 189 20.9 16.9 78 4.0 18.2 162 8 294.5 296.7 291.6 329.6 12.26 2 950 586 25.8 16.4 56 9.5 19.4 187 30 303.4 305.7 294.4 340.3 12.40 3 900 1062 23.8 15.5 60 8.3 18.1 206 27 306.0 308.3 295.1 343.2 12.38 4 850 1559 19.6 14.6 73 5.0 16.2 215 24 306.7 309.0 295.3 343.9 12.38 5 800 2078 15.5 12.7 83 2.8 13.7 220 18 307.7 309.9 295.0 342.8 11.62 6 750 2624 12.5 9.6 82 3.0 10.6 204 10 310.2 312.1 294.6 340.9 10.04 7 700 3202 10.3 2.6 59 7.7 5.9 228 7 313.9 315.1 292.9 334.5 6.59 8 650 3815 7.1 -8.6 32 15.7 -0.0 291 12 317.0 317.6 290.9 327.0 3.08 9 600 4468 2.9 -13.4 29 16.3 -3.7 347 23 319.5 319.9 290.9 327.1 2.27 10 550 5164 -3.0 -16.2 35 13.2 -7.8 348 27 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.1 1.96 11 500 5911 -8.5 -20.2 38 11.7 -12.2 338 26 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.0 1.53 12 450 6723 -12.2 -35.5 12 23.2 -17.0 317 12 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.4 0.41 13 400 7611 -19.2 -37.8 18 18.6 -22.4 323 14 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.4 0.37 14 350 8589 -26.3 -47.5 12 21.3 -28.6 295 14 333.3 333.4 292.8 333.9 0.15 15 300 9683 -35.3 -53.4 14 18.1 -36.5 291 17 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 16 250 10925 -45.3 -51.2 52 5.9 -45.6 316 22 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.14 17 200 12376 -55.8 -60.9 53 5.1 -55.9 311 28 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 14172 -63.1 -76.1 16 13.0 -63.2 321 36 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16658 -63.8 -83.9 5 20.1 -64.0 328 11 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.56 m Freezing level: 575.44 mb = 4810.17 m = 15781.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.33 mb = 3810.80 m = 12502.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.77 % Est. max temperature: 33.14 C = 91.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.45 mb = 703.01 m = 2306.44 ft T: 25.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 16.91 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.32 mb = 2586.67 m = 8486.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.32 C = 97.38 F Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lifted Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 34.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 159.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 407.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.26 mb = 1667.69 m = 5471.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 544.26 mb = 5246.62 m = 17213.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.26 mb = 10547.37 m = 34603.82 ft B at Equ Level: 157.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.26 mb = 12557.86 m = 41199.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.2 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 305.2 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.3 neg: -62.0 tot: 153.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 1.42 Bulk Shear: 112.47 m/s