MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 38.97,-90.09 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -90.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 173 22.1 20.9 93 1.1 21.3 116 7 295.1 297.9 294.4 340.3 15.76 1 1000 182 22.8 20.9 90 1.8 21.5 117 7 295.9 298.7 294.6 341.3 15.79 2 950 633 23.7 17.9 70 5.8 19.6 134 16 301.2 303.7 294.7 341.4 13.68 3 900 1104 21.2 13.7 63 7.4 16.3 140 8 303.3 305.3 293.3 336.1 11.04 4 850 1597 19.1 5.5 41 13.6 11.2 130 2 306.2 307.4 290.7 326.5 6.69 5 800 2115 15.7 -0.3 34 15.9 7.2 90 2 307.8 308.7 289.5 322.3 4.68 6 750 2658 12.1 -4.3 31 16.4 4.1 41 2 309.7 310.4 289.2 321.3 3.70 7 700 3232 8.1 -0.9 53 9.0 3.4 351 6 311.5 312.4 291.0 327.4 5.11 8 650 3838 3.3 -3.3 62 6.6 0.1 355 13 312.7 313.6 290.9 327.3 4.63 9 600 4483 -0.5 -9.5 50 9.1 -4.3 351 17 315.6 316.2 290.5 325.6 3.10 10 550 5174 -3.7 -15.1 41 11.5 -7.9 359 18 319.7 320.2 290.8 326.9 2.15 11 500 5921 -7.8 -19.7 38 11.9 -11.7 2 20 323.5 323.9 291.5 329.1 1.60 12 450 6733 -12.7 -28.4 26 15.7 -16.6 358 24 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.2 0.82 13 400 7621 -19.0 -28.3 43 9.4 -21.1 350 22 330.4 330.5 292.7 333.7 0.92 14 350 8600 -26.3 -34.3 47 8.1 -27.6 335 18 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.6 0.60 15 300 9696 -34.5 -42.8 43 8.3 -35.4 299 15 336.7 336.8 293.8 337.9 0.29 16 250 10944 -43.8 -54.7 29 10.8 -44.3 315 11 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.09 17 200 12408 -54.3 -64.2 28 10.0 -54.5 306 10 346.8 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14217 -58.5 -75.1 10 16.6 -58.7 281 27 369.3 369.3 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16728 -63.8 -83.6 5 19.8 -64.0 314 14 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.03 m Freezing level: 606.05 mb = 4404.84 m = 14451.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.11 mb = 3849.43 m = 12629.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.61 % Est. max temperature: 33.03 C = 91.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.05 mb = 314.52 m = 1031.87 ft T: 23.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 20.12 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.89 mb = 2243.10 m = 7359.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.23 C = 95.41 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: 5.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.89 C Cross Totals Index: 13.33 C K Index: 23.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 89.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 313.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 207.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.60 mb = 1282.18 m = 4206.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.60 mb = 3390.00 m = 11121.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.60 mb = 10252.06 m = 33634.97 ft B at Equ Level: 310.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.60 mb = 12844.38 m = 42139.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 11.2 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 41.2 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.4 neg: -9.0 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 6.21 Bulk Shear: 50.38 m/s