MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.38,-90.03 Latitude: 38.38 Longitude: -90.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 998 155 24.9 21.5 81 3.4 22.5 72 5 298.3 301.3 295.7 346.1 16.43 2 950 584 23.0 18.1 74 4.9 19.6 82 9 300.5 303.0 294.6 341.2 13.89 3 900 1053 19.6 15.0 75 4.6 16.5 104 5 301.7 303.9 293.6 337.0 11.97 4 850 1544 16.6 10.6 68 6.0 12.8 185 4 303.5 305.3 292.2 331.7 9.46 5 800 2058 13.1 7.3 68 5.7 9.6 212 5 305.1 306.6 291.5 329.4 8.07 6 750 2598 10.4 0.3 50 10.1 5.1 176 5 307.8 308.8 289.9 323.9 5.21 7 700 3169 7.9 -15.5 17 23.4 -1.0 165 4 311.2 311.6 287.6 316.6 1.63 8 650 3775 3.9 -16.5 21 20.4 -3.6 192 3 313.3 313.6 288.3 318.7 1.62 9 600 4419 -0.9 -12.8 40 11.9 -5.5 185 5 315.1 315.5 289.6 322.9 2.38 10 550 5107 -5.6 -10.1 71 4.5 -7.5 165 13 317.4 318.1 291.2 328.0 3.23 11 500 5848 -10.5 -12.5 85 2.1 -11.3 155 15 320.3 320.8 291.7 329.9 2.92 12 450 6653 -14.7 -16.4 87 1.7 -15.3 186 11 324.7 325.2 292.4 332.7 2.36 13 400 7536 -19.6 -27.3 50 7.7 -21.4 208 12 329.5 329.7 292.6 333.2 1.02 14 350 8516 -25.0 -41.5 20 16.5 -27.3 237 9 335.1 335.1 293.4 336.2 0.29 15 300 9618 -33.7 -43.6 36 9.9 -34.7 189 9 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.9 0.27 16 250 10866 -44.3 -47.2 73 2.9 -44.5 193 19 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.22 17 200 12325 -54.4 -56.0 83 1.6 -54.5 200 25 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.10 18 150 14163 -55.4 -79.2 4 23.8 -55.8 256 23 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.01 19 100 16697 -64.8 -83.7 6 18.9 -65.0 277 18 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.27 m Freezing level: 609.56 mb = 4296.00 m = 14094.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.49 mb = 3069.15 m = 10069.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.26 mb = 590.73 m = 1938.05 ft T: 22.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 29.45 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.68 mb = 1577.00 m = 5173.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.44 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 14.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 568.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.72 mb = 1171.27 m = 3842.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.72 mb = 2028.85 m = 6656.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.72 mb = 10792.22 m = 35407.13 ft B at Equ Level: 567.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.72 mb = 13642.97 m = 44759.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.5 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 189.5 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -2.7 tot: 7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 50.22 Bulk Shear: 11.32 m/s