MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 38.88,-94.37 Latitude: 38.88 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 138 SFC 984 278 26.9 22.5 77 4.3 23.7 135 8 301.4 304.7 297.4 353.7 17.74 2 950 594 30.1 19.4 53 10.6 22.4 157 25 307.7 310.5 297.4 353.3 15.11 3 900 1076 26.7 18.3 60 8.4 20.7 183 24 309.0 311.8 297.5 354.0 14.84 4 850 1579 23.4 15.8 62 7.6 18.1 209 25 310.7 313.2 297.0 351.7 13.42 5 800 2107 20.8 12.1 57 8.8 15.0 240 22 313.3 315.5 296.1 347.8 11.13 6 750 2662 17.8 8.0 53 9.8 11.6 262 21 315.9 317.7 295.3 344.2 9.02 7 700 3250 14.8 1.4 40 13.4 7.1 303 13 318.9 320.1 293.9 338.2 6.04 8 650 3871 9.5 -5.5 34 15.0 2.1 343 11 319.7 320.5 292.4 332.5 3.91 9 600 4528 4.4 -13.5 26 17.9 -3.0 358 16 321.2 321.6 291.3 328.7 2.24 10 550 5228 -2.0 -14.2 39 12.2 -6.7 350 22 321.8 322.2 291.6 329.6 2.32 11 500 5978 -7.1 -27.8 17 20.6 -12.6 351 26 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.2 0.78 12 450 6789 -12.9 -34.6 14 21.7 -17.4 349 21 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.7 0.45 13 400 7677 -18.8 -40.1 13 21.3 -22.2 331 19 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.29 14 350 8658 -25.2 -35.7 37 10.5 -27.0 332 31 334.8 334.9 293.5 336.7 0.52 15 300 9760 -33.3 -43.4 36 10.1 -34.4 315 30 338.4 338.5 294.2 339.5 0.27 16 250 11012 -43.4 -50.3 47 6.9 -43.9 310 28 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.15 17 200 12474 -54.9 -60.3 51 5.4 -55.1 310 33 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.1 0.06 18 150 14272 -63.2 -76.1 16 12.9 -63.3 310 39 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16751 -65.0 -83.2 6 18.2 -65.2 267 10 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.49 m Freezing level: 565.43 mb = 5011.84 m = 16442.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.69 mb = 4131.39 m = 13554.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.09 % Est. max temperature: 36.95 C = 98.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.29 mb = 838.51 m = 2750.97 ft T: 28.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 25.30 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.34 mb = 3221.29 m = 10568.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.15 C = 111.47 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: -5.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.24 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 32.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2037.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 321.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.29 mb = 1856.73 m = 6091.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.29 mb = 4149.67 m = 13614.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.29 mb = 13553.19 m = 44465.29 ft B at Equ Level: 2020.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.6 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 324.6 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 388.3 neg: -4.1 tot: 384.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.59 Bulk Rich Number: 11.14 Bulk Shear: 182.95 m/s