MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 38.48,-89.97 Latitude: 38.48 Longitude: -89.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 997 153 29.4 21.9 64 7.5 23.9 263 7 302.8 305.9 297.2 352.6 16.79 2 950 576 24.2 19.6 75 4.6 20.9 264 10 301.8 304.6 295.9 346.8 15.28 3 900 1047 19.9 18.6 93 1.2 19.0 262 10 302.0 304.8 295.9 346.8 15.19 4 850 1539 17.5 14.9 84 2.7 15.7 249 12 304.5 306.8 294.8 342.1 12.61 5 800 2056 14.9 10.6 75 4.3 12.2 240 13 307.1 309.0 293.7 337.6 10.11 6 750 2600 11.7 7.5 75 4.2 9.1 267 12 309.3 310.9 293.3 335.9 8.69 7 700 3175 8.6 3.7 71 4.9 5.8 283 13 312.0 313.3 292.8 334.1 7.13 8 650 3784 4.8 -1.4 64 6.2 1.5 282 13 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.2 5.31 9 600 4432 0.6 -5.4 64 6.0 -2.3 277 14 316.8 317.6 291.9 330.6 4.27 10 550 5126 -3.9 -5.9 86 2.0 -4.8 271 22 319.5 320.3 292.8 334.0 4.50 11 500 5872 -8.6 -9.3 95 0.6 -8.9 274 22 322.5 323.3 293.1 335.0 3.79 12 450 6683 -13.2 -14.7 88 1.5 -13.7 296 14 326.6 327.2 293.3 335.9 2.72 13 400 7571 -18.3 -18.5 99 0.2 -18.4 264 22 331.2 331.6 294.0 338.9 2.22 14 350 8556 -24.7 -24.8 99 0.1 -24.8 265 33 335.4 335.7 294.5 340.7 1.46 15 300 9659 -32.7 -36.2 71 3.5 -33.3 268 40 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.4 0.58 16 250 10919 -42.2 -51.0 38 8.8 -42.7 277 39 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.0 0.14 17 200 12385 -54.2 -59.5 52 5.3 -54.4 271 51 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14171 -67.5 -68.6 86 1.1 -67.5 266 49 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16618 -61.0 -84.3 3 23.3 -61.3 282 13 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.76 m Freezing level: 593.41 mb = 4523.79 m = 14841.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.74 mb = 4040.75 m = 13256.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.87 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.78 mb = 1106.78 m = 3631.13 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 16.27 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.48 mb = 1324.01 m = 4343.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1223.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.46 mb = 1158.16 m = 3799.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.46 mb = 1913.68 m = 6278.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.46 mb = 12921.02 m = 42391.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1211.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.46 mb = 15855.87 m = 52019.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -0.4 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 293.46 Bulk Shear: 4.17 m/s