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: 38.87,-94.27 Latitude: 38.87 Longitude: -94.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 985 273 29.9 25.0 75 4.8 26.2 152 7 304.3 308.2 299.9 366.2 20.70 2 950 596 28.8 21.3 64 7.4 23.3 172 18 306.4 309.6 298.2 357.7 17.07 3 900 1076 25.3 19.3 69 6.0 20.9 181 23 307.5 310.5 297.7 355.2 15.80 4 850 1577 22.0 16.7 72 5.2 18.3 199 23 309.1 311.8 297.1 352.4 14.23 5 800 2103 20.8 10.7 52 10.1 14.2 226 22 313.3 315.3 295.4 344.8 10.16 6 750 2659 18.1 7.2 49 10.9 11.2 256 22 316.2 317.8 295.0 342.9 8.50 7 700 3247 14.6 3.4 47 11.2 8.0 291 20 318.7 320.0 294.6 341.0 7.00 8 650 3868 9.7 -4.3 37 14.0 2.5 325 19 319.9 320.8 292.7 333.9 4.29 9 600 4525 3.8 -9.3 38 13.0 -2.1 346 19 320.5 321.1 292.0 330.9 3.16 10 550 5224 -1.7 -16.5 31 14.8 -7.2 339 27 322.1 322.5 291.3 328.6 1.92 11 500 5973 -8.1 -21.3 34 13.2 -12.2 344 30 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.0 1.39 12 450 6783 -13.0 -28.1 27 15.0 -16.8 354 24 326.8 327.0 291.7 329.9 0.84 13 400 7670 -19.0 -39.4 15 20.4 -22.3 345 23 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.31 14 350 8650 -26.1 -39.4 28 13.3 -28.0 339 27 333.6 333.6 293.0 335.0 0.36 15 300 9749 -33.2 -46.7 25 13.5 -34.5 334 38 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.19 16 250 11003 -43.5 -53.8 31 10.3 -44.0 332 37 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.8 0.10 17 200 12464 -54.9 -62.1 41 7.2 -55.1 313 36 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.05 18 150 14257 -62.4 -74.4 19 12.0 -62.5 305 37 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16745 -65.8 -83.0 7 17.3 -65.9 250 11 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.59 m Freezing level: 565.49 mb = 5007.80 m = 16429.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.57 mb = 4221.81 m = 13850.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.30 % Est. max temperature: 35.88 C = 96.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.10 mb = 889.74 m = 2919.05 ft T: 26.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 38.24 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.04 mb = 2773.08 m = 9097.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.17 C = 107.90 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -7.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: -5.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2877.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 207.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.16 mb = 1554.74 m = 5100.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.16 mb = 3903.90 m = 12807.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.16 mb = 13966.40 m = 45820.96 ft B at Equ Level: 2856.01 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.3 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 325.3 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 328.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.59 Bulk Rich Number: 19.87 Bulk Shear: 144.79 m/s