MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 38.77,-89.33 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -89.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 997 161 28.8 23.4 73 5.3 24.9 151 6 302.2 305.6 298.1 357.0 18.53 2 950 594 30.2 17.5 47 12.7 21.3 197 11 307.8 310.3 296.3 348.3 13.40 3 900 1075 26.6 15.4 50 11.1 18.9 231 11 308.9 311.2 295.8 346.4 12.36 4 850 1576 22.6 12.7 54 9.9 16.0 256 12 309.8 311.9 295.1 343.2 10.94 5 800 2101 18.6 8.5 52 10.1 12.3 272 13 311.0 312.7 293.8 337.9 8.75 6 750 2651 15.0 1.1 39 13.9 7.3 285 10 312.9 313.9 291.7 330.2 5.52 7 700 3230 11.0 -3.5 36 14.5 3.6 308 10 314.7 315.5 291.2 328.1 4.20 8 650 3843 6.4 -4.7 45 11.1 1.0 323 13 316.2 317.0 291.6 329.6 4.16 9 600 4494 1.6 -6.7 54 8.3 -2.3 330 17 318.0 318.8 291.9 330.6 3.87 10 550 5190 -3.0 -11.4 52 8.4 -6.5 325 15 320.5 321.1 291.7 330.1 2.90 11 500 5937 -7.8 -16.6 49 8.8 -10.9 319 13 323.5 323.9 291.9 330.6 2.08 12 450 6751 -11.5 -20.8 46 9.3 -14.4 291 16 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.5 1.62 13 400 7643 -18.2 -20.0 86 1.8 -18.7 273 19 331.3 331.7 293.9 338.2 1.95 14 350 8629 -24.2 -24.2 100 0.0 -24.2 305 14 336.2 336.5 294.7 341.7 1.54 15 300 9734 -32.5 -32.5 100 -0.0 -32.5 4 10 339.6 339.8 295.0 342.7 0.83 16 250 10992 -43.0 -44.3 88 1.2 -43.1 55 12 342.1 342.1 295.1 343.3 0.30 17 200 12450 -56.3 -56.9 92 0.6 -56.3 64 12 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.0 0.09 18 150 14250 -61.2 -75.2 14 14.0 -61.3 252 15 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16730 -66.5 -84.0 7 17.5 -66.6 179 16 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.84 m Freezing level: 582.36 mb = 4739.56 m = 15549.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.15 mb = 4031.25 m = 13225.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.65 % Est. max temperature: 36.47 C = 97.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.25 mb = 847.83 m = 2781.55 ft T: 28.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 28.91 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.68 mb = 2687.99 m = 8818.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.56 C = 103.20 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -4.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.40 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 28.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1417.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.41 mb = 1956.97 m = 6420.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.41 mb = 3489.49 m = 11448.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.41 mb = 13165.18 m = 43192.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1394.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.41 mb = 15696.34 m = 51496.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.5 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 328.5 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.5 neg: -1.2 tot: 89.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 32.06 Bulk Shear: 44.22 m/s