MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 38.82,-90.20 Latitude: 38.82 Longitude: -90.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 997 169 29.0 24.5 77 4.5 25.6 134 10 302.5 306.1 298.9 361.1 19.79 2 950 596 28.3 19.9 61 8.3 22.3 150 21 305.9 308.8 297.2 352.8 15.63 3 900 1076 26.4 16.3 54 10.1 19.4 181 13 308.7 311.1 296.3 348.3 13.07 4 850 1578 22.9 13.9 57 8.9 16.8 222 12 310.1 312.4 295.8 346.3 11.86 5 800 2104 19.0 10.9 59 8.1 13.7 245 10 311.4 313.3 295.0 342.9 10.27 6 750 2655 16.2 1.2 36 15.0 7.8 262 4 314.2 315.3 292.2 331.8 5.58 7 700 3238 12.9 -3.3 32 16.2 4.5 2 5 316.8 317.6 291.9 330.6 4.30 8 650 3855 8.3 -7.1 33 15.4 1.0 1 9 318.4 319.0 291.6 329.7 3.46 9 600 4510 2.9 -10.7 36 13.6 -3.0 16 13 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.7 2.81 10 550 5207 -2.4 -17.1 31 14.8 -7.7 21 16 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.4 1.81 11 500 5956 -7.6 -21.8 31 14.2 -12.0 11 18 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.4 1.33 12 450 6766 -13.6 -26.9 32 13.3 -17.0 356 18 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.4 0.93 13 400 7650 -20.0 -31.8 34 11.8 -22.4 349 18 329.0 329.1 292.1 331.4 0.66 14 350 8625 -27.2 -42.2 23 15.0 -29.1 347 21 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.27 15 300 9719 -34.6 -50.1 19 15.5 -35.8 353 26 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.13 16 250 10967 -43.9 -54.5 30 10.6 -44.4 349 23 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.2 0.09 17 200 12431 -53.7 -66.1 20 12.4 -54.0 341 21 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14239 -62.0 -74.9 16 12.9 -62.1 326 25 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16725 -64.5 -83.4 6 18.8 -64.7 280 6 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.36 m Freezing level: 572.59 mb = 4891.76 m = 16048.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.99 mb = 4007.84 m = 13148.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.88 % Est. max temperature: 36.75 C = 98.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.98 mb = 747.36 m = 2451.95 ft T: 27.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 33.73 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.49 mb = 2604.20 m = 8543.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.48 C = 104.86 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 28.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2222.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 226.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.82 mb = 1641.54 m = 5385.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.82 mb = 3743.11 m = 12280.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.82 mb = 13134.53 m = 43091.76 ft B at Equ Level: 2214.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 13.3 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 43.3 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.5 neg: -8.3 tot: 147.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.00 Bulk Rich Number: 24.60 Bulk Shear: 90.32 m/s