MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 39.70,-91.23 Latitude: 39.70 Longitude: -91.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 993 195 26.8 21.8 74 5.1 23.2 319 7 300.6 303.7 296.6 349.9 16.77 2 950 579 22.2 20.1 88 2.2 20.7 314 10 299.7 302.6 295.7 345.8 15.74 3 900 1048 20.0 17.4 85 2.5 18.2 279 13 302.1 304.7 295.1 343.5 14.04 4 850 1541 18.5 14.5 78 4.0 15.8 256 21 305.5 307.8 294.9 342.4 12.32 5 800 2061 16.5 11.7 73 4.8 13.4 253 28 308.8 310.8 294.7 341.8 10.86 6 750 2609 14.5 7.7 64 6.8 10.3 256 30 312.3 314.0 294.3 339.7 8.85 7 700 3190 11.6 4.4 61 7.2 7.3 248 30 315.3 316.8 294.0 338.9 7.51 8 650 3806 6.9 2.0 71 4.8 4.1 244 34 316.7 318.0 293.9 338.4 6.84 9 600 4458 1.9 -1.7 77 3.6 -0.0 248 35 318.3 319.4 293.4 336.3 5.62 10 550 5154 -3.3 -5.4 86 2.1 -4.3 254 36 320.1 321.0 293.1 335.2 4.66 11 500 5901 -8.6 -10.4 87 1.8 -9.4 258 35 322.5 323.2 292.8 334.0 3.46 12 450 6712 -12.9 -17.3 70 4.4 -14.4 259 30 327.0 327.4 292.9 334.5 2.19 13 400 7600 -18.1 -21.2 77 3.0 -19.0 258 25 331.4 331.8 293.7 337.6 1.76 14 350 8586 -24.8 -27.6 77 2.8 -25.5 259 26 335.3 335.5 294.1 339.4 1.13 15 300 9687 -33.6 -35.8 80 2.2 -33.9 275 26 338.0 338.1 294.4 340.3 0.60 16 250 10939 -43.1 -48.2 57 5.1 -43.5 271 32 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.8 0.19 17 200 12407 -54.2 -60.3 47 6.2 -54.3 272 27 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.06 18 150 14207 -62.5 -70.5 33 8.0 -62.6 232 26 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.02 19 100 16684 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -62.9 232 18 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.34 m Freezing level: 581.96 mb = 4709.27 m = 15450.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.47 mb = 4451.84 m = 14605.61 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.40 mb = 834.77 m = 2738.70 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 15.86 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.70 mb = 1841.87 m = 6042.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.60 C = 92.49 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 34.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 805.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 174.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.99 mb = 1019.32 m = 3344.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.99 mb = 3957.59 m = 12984.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.99 mb = 11840.40 m = 38845.98 ft B at Equ Level: 805.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.99 mb = 14716.60 m = 48282.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.1 neg: -19.3 tot: 37.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 10.00 Bulk Shear: 80.54 m/s