MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 39.31,-90.49 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -90.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 998 171 27.2 23.0 78 4.3 24.2 102 7 300.6 303.9 297.4 353.4 18.00 2 950 605 25.6 18.1 63 7.5 20.4 126 16 303.1 305.7 295.3 344.3 13.88 3 900 1079 22.3 15.8 67 6.5 17.9 157 12 304.5 306.8 294.8 342.1 12.64 4 850 1574 19.0 13.6 71 5.4 15.4 193 12 306.0 308.2 294.5 340.8 11.59 5 800 2092 15.4 7.8 60 7.6 10.7 207 7 307.5 309.1 292.4 332.8 8.31 6 750 2637 12.2 -0.2 42 12.5 5.6 25 2 309.9 310.8 290.4 325.5 5.02 7 700 3212 9.3 -4.4 38 13.7 2.5 41 7 312.8 313.5 290.3 325.3 3.93 8 650 3822 6.1 -12.8 24 18.9 -1.7 45 12 315.9 316.3 289.7 323.1 2.20 9 600 4472 2.1 -15.4 26 17.5 -4.6 40 17 318.6 318.9 290.3 325.0 1.92 10 550 5168 -2.4 -17.2 31 14.8 -7.7 34 17 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.4 1.81 11 500 5918 -7.4 -25.0 23 17.6 -12.4 26 15 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.6 1.00 12 450 6729 -12.9 -30.1 22 17.2 -16.9 8 19 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.6 0.70 13 400 7616 -19.0 -37.8 17 18.8 -22.2 7 20 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.7 0.37 14 350 8596 -25.9 -46.2 13 20.3 -28.3 7 22 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.17 15 300 9691 -35.4 -50.7 19 15.3 -36.5 13 20 335.4 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.12 16 250 10932 -44.8 -58.5 20 13.7 -45.3 15 20 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 17 200 12393 -54.6 -62.2 39 7.6 -54.8 10 25 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14195 -62.7 -72.4 26 9.7 -62.7 335 18 362.1 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16698 -62.9 -83.7 4 20.7 -63.1 285 6 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.22 m Freezing level: 576.27 mb = 4802.73 m = 15756.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.90 mb = 3573.44 m = 11723.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.90 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.23 mb = 714.50 m = 2344.13 ft T: 24.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 30.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.89 mb = 1955.82 m = 6416.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.78 C = 92.80 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 26.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1020.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.25 mb = 1440.28 m = 4725.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.25 mb = 2997.10 m = 9832.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.25 mb = 12448.22 m = 40840.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1006.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.25 mb = 15162.05 m = 49743.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 59.1 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 89.1 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.7 neg: -5.5 tot: 109.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 52.63 Bulk Shear: 19.39 m/s