MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 37.94,-89.53 Latitude: 37.94 Longitude: -89.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 998 146 22.3 21.8 97 0.5 21.9 273 9 295.6 298.6 295.1 343.5 16.67 2 950 579 20.9 19.4 91 1.5 19.9 262 16 298.4 301.2 294.9 342.4 15.13 3 900 1047 19.2 17.9 92 1.3 18.4 281 12 301.3 304.0 295.3 344.0 14.53 4 850 1539 17.2 16.1 93 1.1 16.4 312 10 304.2 306.7 295.4 344.8 13.64 5 800 2056 14.5 13.5 94 1.0 13.8 326 9 306.6 308.9 295.1 343.5 12.27 6 750 2600 11.4 10.8 96 0.6 11.0 329 7 308.9 311.0 294.8 342.1 10.90 7 700 3174 8.0 7.6 98 0.3 7.8 335 4 311.3 313.1 294.4 340.3 9.41 8 650 3783 3.6 3.4 99 0.1 3.5 243 0 313.0 314.4 293.4 336.5 7.55 9 600 4429 0.2 -0.0 98 0.3 0.1 183 4 316.4 317.6 293.4 336.6 6.38 10 550 5124 -2.6 -3.1 96 0.5 -2.9 205 6 321.0 322.1 294.0 338.9 5.53 11 500 5876 -6.2 -6.8 96 0.6 -6.5 228 11 325.4 326.4 294.5 340.7 4.61 12 450 6694 -10.3 -10.8 96 0.5 -10.5 245 15 330.3 331.0 295.0 343.0 3.74 13 400 7593 -15.4 -15.5 99 0.1 -15.4 256 19 335.0 335.6 295.5 345.0 2.86 14 350 8589 -21.8 -21.9 100 0.0 -21.8 258 21 339.3 339.7 295.8 346.2 1.90 15 300 9705 -30.1 -30.1 100 0.0 -30.1 263 22 343.0 343.2 296.0 346.9 1.05 16 250 10976 -40.2 -40.2 100 -0.0 -40.2 270 21 346.3 346.4 296.2 348.2 0.46 17 200 12458 -52.0 -52.0 100 0.0 -52.0 282 20 350.5 350.5 296.9 351.1 0.16 18 150 14259 -66.8 -67.1 96 0.3 -66.8 278 33 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.2 0.03 19 100 16705 -63.6 -83.4 5 19.8 -63.8 313 10 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.27 m Freezing level: 595.90 mb = 4486.34 m = 14718.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.68 mb = 4447.03 m = 14589.80 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.22 mb = 208.42 m = 683.78 ft T: 22.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 8.28 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1228.21 m = 4029.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 39.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 192.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.27 mb = 751.14 m = 2464.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.27 mb = 2753.79 m = 9034.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 446.27 mb = 6757.61 m = 22170.36 ft B at Equ Level: 192.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 276.27 mb = 10279.32 m = 33724.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.2 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 302.2 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -162.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 24.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 49.48 Bulk Shear: 3.90 m/s