MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 38.79,-94.5 Latitude: 38.79 Longitude: -94.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 981 285 31.1 21.6 57 9.5 24.2 330 8 305.9 309.0 298.0 356.3 16.81 2 950 574 27.4 19.7 63 7.7 21.9 325 10 305.0 307.9 296.8 350.9 15.38 3 900 1050 22.9 18.7 77 4.1 19.9 315 8 305.1 307.9 296.8 350.8 15.30 4 850 1546 18.4 17.6 95 0.8 17.8 295 6 305.4 308.2 296.7 350.4 15.05 5 800 2066 17.9 11.5 66 6.4 13.7 234 15 310.2 312.2 295.0 342.9 10.68 6 750 2617 15.1 8.7 65 6.4 11.1 236 22 313.0 314.8 294.9 342.4 9.47 7 700 3198 11.2 6.4 72 4.8 8.2 239 24 314.8 316.5 294.8 341.8 8.64 8 650 3813 6.8 3.2 78 3.5 4.7 248 24 316.6 318.0 294.3 340.1 7.45 9 600 4466 2.2 -2.7 70 4.8 -0.3 251 26 318.6 319.6 293.2 335.5 5.25 10 550 5162 -3.1 -13.1 46 10.0 -7.0 252 33 320.4 320.9 291.4 328.9 2.54 11 500 5909 -8.0 -19.5 39 11.5 -11.8 249 37 323.2 323.6 291.4 328.8 1.63 12 450 6719 -12.4 -15.6 77 3.1 -13.6 261 31 327.6 328.1 293.4 336.2 2.52 13 400 7611 -17.8 -19.2 89 1.3 -18.3 257 28 331.8 332.2 294.1 339.1 2.10 14 350 8596 -24.4 -28.0 72 3.6 -25.2 273 31 335.8 336.0 294.3 339.8 1.09 15 300 9700 -32.9 -43.3 35 10.4 -34.0 280 29 339.0 339.1 294.3 340.1 0.28 16 250 10955 -42.6 -56.3 21 13.7 -43.3 271 36 342.7 342.8 295.0 343.1 0.07 17 200 12423 -54.9 -57.1 76 2.2 -54.9 220 33 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.08 18 150 14209 -67.7 -68.9 85 1.2 -67.7 268 42 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.02 19 100 16669 -63.9 -82.9 6 19.0 -64.1 245 18 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.65 m Freezing level: 579.37 mb = 4752.78 m = 15592.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.29 mb = 4420.96 m = 14504.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.95 mb = 1485.25 m = 4872.80 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 27.46 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.32 mb = 2300.16 m = 7546.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.59 C = 97.86 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 25.62 C K Index: 39.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1721.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.47 mb = 1551.14 m = 5088.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.47 mb = 3263.75 m = 10707.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.47 mb = 14026.58 m = 46018.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1707.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.7 neg: -4.4 tot: 67.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 28.04 Bulk Shear: 61.39 m/s