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: 39.18,-94.37 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 984 282 29.3 24.9 77 4.4 26.0 148 8 303.8 307.6 299.7 364.9 20.50 2 950 596 27.9 21.9 70 6.0 23.5 167 18 305.5 308.8 298.4 358.3 17.63 3 900 1075 24.7 19.7 74 5.0 21.1 181 24 307.0 310.0 297.9 356.0 16.29 4 850 1575 21.6 17.3 77 4.3 18.6 204 25 308.8 311.6 297.4 353.8 14.82 5 800 2101 21.3 10.3 50 11.0 14.1 229 24 313.8 315.7 295.4 344.6 9.90 6 750 2658 18.6 7.1 47 11.6 11.4 258 23 316.8 318.4 295.1 343.4 8.44 7 700 3246 14.9 1.5 40 13.4 7.2 297 18 319.0 320.2 294.0 338.6 6.12 8 650 3868 9.5 -4.0 38 13.5 2.5 324 15 319.7 320.6 292.7 333.9 4.37 9 600 4524 4.0 -11.0 32 15.1 -2.5 350 18 320.8 321.3 291.7 329.9 2.75 10 550 5224 -1.7 -15.9 33 14.2 -7.1 335 25 322.0 322.4 291.4 328.8 2.01 11 500 5973 -8.1 -21.7 33 13.6 -12.3 341 28 323.2 323.5 291.1 327.9 1.35 12 450 6783 -13.2 -31.9 19 18.7 -17.3 357 23 326.7 326.8 291.4 328.8 0.59 13 400 7670 -19.1 -42.0 11 22.8 -22.6 343 21 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.0 0.24 14 350 8648 -26.5 -41.2 24 14.7 -28.5 336 24 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.30 15 300 9746 -33.3 -46.1 27 12.7 -34.6 329 40 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.2 0.21 16 250 11000 -43.5 -52.6 36 9.1 -44.0 326 38 341.4 341.4 294.8 341.9 0.12 17 200 12462 -54.7 -62.9 35 8.3 -54.8 312 36 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14256 -63.5 -73.8 23 10.4 -63.6 303 37 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16744 -65.6 -83.1 7 17.5 -65.7 246 12 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.95 m Freezing level: 565.00 mb = 5014.39 m = 16451.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.80 mb = 4192.00 m = 13753.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.87 % Est. max temperature: 35.79 C = 96.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.84 mb = 842.95 m = 2765.56 ft T: 26.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.44 C/km ThetaE index: 37.05 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.52 mb = 2812.82 m = 9228.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.79 C = 109.02 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: -7.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.69 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2967.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 223.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.62 mb = 1425.51 m = 4676.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.62 mb = 3744.45 m = 12284.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.62 mb = 14271.20 m = 46820.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2930.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.9 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 319.9 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 351.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.56 Bulk Rich Number: 20.87 Bulk Shear: 142.21 m/s