MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 39.36,-91.12 Latitude: 39.36 Longitude: -91.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 990 192 30.0 23.9 70 6.1 25.4 340 7 304.0 307.6 299.0 361.3 19.21 2 950 560 28.3 20.5 63 7.8 22.6 336 14 305.9 308.9 297.5 354.4 16.17 3 900 1039 24.5 18.8 70 5.7 20.4 314 11 306.8 309.6 297.3 352.9 15.33 4 850 1539 21.8 15.7 68 6.1 17.6 254 17 309.0 311.5 296.5 349.6 13.35 5 800 2063 18.5 13.2 71 5.4 14.9 230 26 310.9 313.2 296.1 347.5 11.97 6 750 2614 14.1 10.6 80 3.5 11.9 220 29 311.9 313.9 295.6 345.1 10.80 7 700 3193 9.6 6.7 82 2.9 7.8 222 30 313.1 314.8 294.4 340.6 8.84 8 650 3805 6.2 -1.0 60 7.3 2.4 236 29 316.0 317.1 292.6 333.4 5.47 9 600 4457 2.3 -8.9 43 11.2 -2.7 255 34 318.8 319.4 291.6 329.4 3.24 10 550 5153 -2.7 -11.9 49 9.2 -6.5 254 35 320.9 321.4 291.7 330.2 2.79 11 500 5902 -7.2 -14.8 55 7.6 -10.1 260 36 324.3 324.7 292.4 332.5 2.43 12 450 6718 -11.0 -18.4 54 7.4 -13.5 256 30 329.5 329.9 293.4 336.4 2.00 13 400 7613 -16.8 -20.9 70 4.1 -18.1 267 28 333.1 333.5 294.2 339.5 1.80 14 350 8601 -24.2 -27.9 71 3.7 -25.0 263 26 336.2 336.4 294.4 340.2 1.10 15 300 9706 -32.7 -38.9 54 6.1 -33.6 262 25 339.2 339.3 294.6 340.9 0.44 16 250 10965 -42.3 -47.2 59 4.8 -42.7 247 26 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.22 17 200 12430 -54.8 -58.1 67 3.3 -54.9 227 33 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.07 18 150 14217 -66.3 -69.3 65 3.0 -66.3 271 35 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16694 -63.7 -83.6 5 19.9 -63.8 234 18 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.10 m Freezing level: 576.93 mb = 4778.10 m = 15675.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.82 mb = 4100.69 m = 13453.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.37 % Est. max temperature: 35.36 C = 95.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.56 mb = 974.51 m = 3197.19 ft T: 25.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 31.92 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.99 mb = 2149.20 m = 7051.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.02 C = 98.63 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 41.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2268.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.23 mb = 1515.67 m = 4972.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.23 mb = 2532.11 m = 8307.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.23 mb = 14330.65 m = 47016.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2228.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 5.7 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.3 neg: -35.9 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 20.60 Bulk Shear: 110.12 m/s