MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 38.3,-90.53 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -90.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 992 209 30.4 21.6 59 8.8 24.0 121 10 304.3 307.4 297.5 353.9 16.63 2 950 590 28.1 19.1 58 9.0 21.7 133 21 305.7 308.5 296.7 350.1 14.82 3 900 1070 26.2 15.6 52 10.6 18.9 163 11 308.5 310.9 295.8 346.3 12.45 4 850 1571 22.6 13.3 56 9.3 16.4 215 8 309.8 311.9 295.4 344.5 11.37 5 800 2095 17.8 12.0 69 5.8 14.0 244 9 310.2 312.3 295.3 344.1 11.09 6 750 2645 14.7 5.5 54 9.2 9.2 325 7 312.5 314.0 293.3 336.1 7.58 7 700 3225 11.4 0.5 47 11.0 5.4 4 12 315.1 316.2 292.6 333.1 5.66 8 650 3840 7.3 -5.1 41 12.4 1.2 347 13 317.2 318.0 291.7 330.2 4.03 9 600 4493 3.0 -13.2 29 16.1 -3.6 335 18 319.5 320.0 290.9 327.2 2.31 10 550 5190 -2.4 -16.0 34 13.6 -7.5 334 25 321.2 321.6 291.1 328.0 1.99 11 500 5938 -8.4 -14.5 62 6.0 -10.7 340 29 322.7 323.2 292.0 331.1 2.49 12 450 6746 -14.4 -23.3 47 8.9 -16.9 343 27 325.1 325.4 291.6 329.7 1.30 13 400 7629 -19.6 -38.8 17 19.2 -22.7 324 18 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.33 14 350 8606 -26.7 -40.4 26 13.7 -28.6 329 20 332.7 332.8 292.8 333.9 0.32 15 300 9700 -34.5 -49.0 22 14.5 -35.7 324 7 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.15 16 250 10950 -43.5 -56.1 24 12.6 -44.1 82 14 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.08 17 200 12411 -54.5 -57.6 69 3.1 -54.6 25 12 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.8 0.08 18 150 14212 -61.7 -73.2 20 11.5 -61.9 266 16 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16715 -63.3 -83.7 5 20.3 -63.6 277 10 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.50 m Freezing level: 572.42 mb = 4877.65 m = 16002.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.60 mb = 3997.02 m = 13113.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.50 % Est. max temperature: 35.94 C = 96.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.90 mb = 1337.97 m = 4389.60 ft T: 24.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 26.64 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.27 mb = 2584.97 m = 8480.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.35 C = 101.03 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -5.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 33.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1606.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.83 mb = 1883.65 m = 6179.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.83 mb = 3778.46 m = 12396.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.83 mb = 12905.20 m = 42339.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1588.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.83 mb = 15861.76 m = 52039.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.1 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 6.1 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.9 neg: -13.8 tot: 155.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.59 Bulk Rich Number: 12.00 Bulk Shear: 133.89 m/s