MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.4,-93.72 Latitude: 37.40 Longitude: -93.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 982 332 16.3 11.6 74 4.7 13.4 95 7 291.0 292.5 287.3 315.8 8.77 2 950 615 19.6 10.0 54 9.6 13.8 111 21 297.1 298.6 289.0 320.7 8.12 3 900 1080 18.0 7.7 51 10.3 11.9 124 13 300.1 301.4 289.3 321.8 7.34 4 850 1567 15.0 6.4 56 8.6 10.0 199 5 301.9 303.2 289.7 323.1 7.12 5 800 2078 13.2 2.3 48 10.9 7.2 295 7 305.2 306.2 289.5 322.4 5.65 6 750 2619 11.4 -0.7 43 12.1 5.1 331 11 308.9 309.8 289.9 323.9 4.84 7 700 3192 8.2 -2.4 47 10.7 2.8 340 12 311.6 312.4 290.5 325.9 4.57 8 650 3800 4.6 -6.8 44 11.3 -0.7 342 14 314.1 314.8 290.4 325.5 3.54 9 600 4447 -0.3 -8.7 53 8.4 -4.0 331 15 315.7 316.4 290.7 326.4 3.30 10 550 5136 -5.1 -13.5 52 8.4 -8.3 323 16 318.1 318.6 290.6 326.2 2.46 11 500 5879 -9.5 -28.6 19 19.1 -14.2 320 21 321.5 321.6 290.0 324.1 0.72 12 450 6685 -14.7 -42.3 8 27.6 -19.1 307 27 324.7 324.8 290.4 325.5 0.21 13 400 7563 -21.3 -48.3 7 27.0 -24.4 307 35 327.3 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.12 14 350 8538 -26.3 -47.8 11 21.5 -28.6 323 52 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.14 15 300 9635 -33.8 -43.1 39 9.3 -34.8 312 65 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.8 0.28 16 250 10888 -43.4 -49.7 50 6.3 -43.7 300 74 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.2 0.16 17 200 12361 -50.8 -64.0 19 13.2 -51.2 294 57 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.5 0.03 18 150 14203 -58.6 -79.3 5 20.6 -58.9 279 39 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16691 -68.0 -82.4 11 14.4 -68.1 325 19 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.99 m Freezing level: 603.34 mb = 4403.50 m = 14447.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.72 mb = 3678.45 m = 12068.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.77 mb = 930.61 m = 3053.14 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 0.70 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.99 mb = 3900.30 m = 12796.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.59 C = 103.27 F Cap Strength: 7.63 C Lifted Index: 6.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.55 C Showalter Index: 5.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.48 C Cross Totals Index: 15.90 C K Index: 20.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9916.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.41 mb = 1948.18 m = 6391.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.4 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 2.4 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.4 neg: -19.2 tot: 132.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 107.54 m/s