MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 38.74,-94.1 Latitude: 38.74 Longitude: -94.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 982 264 32.1 18.0 43 14.1 22.2 163 5 306.8 309.3 296.0 347.0 13.34 2 950 556 28.6 15.5 45 13.1 19.6 173 7 306.2 308.4 294.7 341.4 11.71 3 900 1033 24.0 14.4 55 9.6 17.5 185 8 306.2 308.4 294.6 340.9 11.55 4 850 1529 19.4 13.0 67 6.3 15.2 198 8 306.4 308.5 294.3 340.0 11.16 5 800 2048 16.7 4.9 46 11.7 9.8 237 10 308.9 310.2 291.7 329.8 6.82 6 750 2595 13.0 3.1 51 10.0 7.3 256 13 310.7 311.9 291.9 330.5 6.37 7 700 3170 8.5 1.7 62 6.9 4.8 274 15 311.9 313.1 292.0 331.2 6.18 8 650 3778 3.7 -0.0 77 3.7 1.7 291 15 313.1 314.3 292.2 331.6 5.89 9 600 4423 -0.4 -10.9 45 10.6 -4.7 306 20 315.7 316.2 290.2 324.7 2.76 10 550 5114 -3.7 -22.0 23 18.3 -9.4 311 23 319.7 319.9 289.9 323.8 1.19 11 500 5860 -8.5 -26.1 23 17.6 -13.2 297 24 322.7 322.9 290.6 325.9 0.91 12 450 6668 -14.0 -31.9 20 17.9 -17.9 277 23 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.8 0.59 13 400 7550 -20.6 -38.1 19 17.6 -23.4 298 27 328.3 328.3 291.6 329.6 0.36 14 350 8525 -26.9 -35.6 44 8.7 -28.3 304 38 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.4 0.53 15 300 9616 -35.7 -42.2 51 6.5 -36.4 303 44 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.2 0.31 16 250 10855 -46.2 -52.4 49 6.2 -46.5 281 42 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.12 17 200 12305 -54.4 -63.1 34 8.7 -54.6 276 44 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.04 18 150 14119 -60.9 -75.1 14 14.1 -61.1 287 38 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16624 -62.8 -84.3 4 21.4 -63.0 303 22 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.65 m Freezing level: 604.43 mb = 4365.92 m = 14323.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.66 mb = 3945.16 m = 12943.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.81 mb = 2039.63 m = 6691.63 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 17.15 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.55 mb = 2756.97 m = 9045.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.28 C = 97.31 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.49 C K Index: 33.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 806.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.09 mb = 2196.77 m = 7207.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.09 mb = 3275.30 m = 10745.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.09 mb = 11653.45 m = 38232.65 ft B at Equ Level: 797.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.09 mb = 14073.66 m = 46172.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 73.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 16.93 Bulk Shear: 47.61 m/s