MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 38.57,-90.49 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -90.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 998 178 29.1 22.7 69 6.3 24.5 120 7 302.4 305.6 297.7 354.7 17.70 2 950 619 26.7 18.9 62 7.8 21.2 124 13 304.3 307.0 296.2 347.9 14.65 3 900 1095 23.9 16.3 63 7.5 18.7 148 3 306.1 308.5 295.6 345.3 13.07 4 850 1593 20.1 13.9 67 6.2 15.9 243 6 307.2 309.4 295.0 342.8 11.80 5 800 2113 16.6 8.6 59 8.1 11.6 253 10 308.9 310.5 293.2 335.6 8.77 6 750 2661 15.0 -5.6 24 20.5 4.9 327 7 312.8 313.5 289.9 323.6 3.37 7 700 3241 11.8 -9.7 21 21.5 2.1 348 10 315.6 316.1 290.0 324.1 2.61 8 650 3856 8.0 -5.6 38 13.5 1.3 325 12 318.0 318.7 291.9 330.5 3.88 9 600 4510 2.4 -4.6 60 7.0 -1.1 308 17 318.9 319.8 292.7 333.6 4.54 10 550 5206 -3.5 -11.3 54 7.9 -6.7 303 19 320.0 320.6 291.6 329.6 2.92 11 500 5952 -8.4 -21.3 35 12.9 -12.4 297 15 322.8 323.0 291.0 327.6 1.39 12 450 6762 -13.1 -21.8 48 8.7 -15.7 316 8 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.9 1.48 13 400 7650 -18.1 -30.7 32 12.5 -20.9 306 8 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.2 0.74 14 350 8633 -25.5 -38.1 30 12.5 -27.5 315 4 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.9 0.41 15 300 9734 -33.1 -38.4 59 5.3 -33.8 348 12 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.5 0.46 16 250 10986 -43.7 -47.7 64 4.1 -43.9 302 23 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.20 17 200 12450 -53.3 -62.7 31 9.5 -53.5 314 32 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14258 -62.8 -71.3 31 8.5 -62.9 243 27 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.02 19 100 16750 -65.6 -83.3 7 17.7 -65.7 238 11 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.26 m Freezing level: 579.57 mb = 4794.33 m = 15729.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.42 mb = 4210.23 m = 13812.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.71 % Est. max temperature: 33.95 C = 93.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.78 mb = 990.35 m = 3249.14 ft T: 24.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 31.15 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2204.79 m = 7233.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.22 C = 97.20 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -5.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 20.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1272.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.61 mb = 1576.36 m = 5171.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.61 mb = 4026.10 m = 13208.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.61 mb = 12557.74 m = 41199.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1264.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.61 mb = 15805.64 m = 51855.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.3 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 335.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.4 neg: -5.4 tot: 56.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 20.36 Bulk Shear: 62.53 m/s