MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 38.08,-91.89 Latitude: 38.08 Longitude: -91.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 986 278 33.2 17.0 38 16.2 21.9 144 6 307.5 309.8 295.5 345.0 12.42 2 950 611 28.0 15.4 46 12.6 19.4 149 9 305.6 307.8 294.4 340.4 11.63 3 900 1087 23.4 14.2 56 9.2 17.2 153 9 305.6 307.7 294.2 339.6 11.36 4 850 1582 18.8 12.8 68 6.0 14.9 153 8 305.9 307.9 294.0 338.9 11.00 5 800 2100 16.7 3.6 41 13.1 9.2 124 5 308.9 310.1 291.2 328.0 6.18 6 750 2648 14.8 -0.7 34 15.5 6.5 70 5 312.6 313.6 291.1 327.9 4.84 7 700 3227 10.4 -0.5 47 10.9 4.6 48 5 314.0 315.1 291.9 330.7 5.29 8 650 3839 5.4 -3.0 54 8.4 1.1 16 7 315.1 316.0 291.7 330.1 4.72 9 600 4487 1.1 -12.4 36 13.5 -4.4 20 11 317.4 317.9 290.4 325.5 2.46 10 550 5182 -3.0 -20.5 24 17.5 -8.7 37 13 320.6 320.8 290.3 325.3 1.36 11 500 5929 -7.7 -26.7 20 19.0 -12.8 38 13 323.7 323.8 290.8 326.7 0.86 12 450 6740 -13.3 -32.0 19 18.8 -17.4 26 14 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.7 0.58 13 400 7625 -20.0 -37.5 20 17.5 -22.9 10 14 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.38 14 350 8600 -26.9 -46.1 15 19.2 -29.0 358 20 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.18 15 300 9695 -34.8 -52.7 14 17.9 -36.1 6 30 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.10 16 250 10937 -45.4 -56.8 26 11.5 -45.9 359 30 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.07 17 200 12393 -55.2 -65.1 28 9.9 -55.4 352 31 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14199 -61.7 -73.6 19 11.9 -61.9 356 6 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16697 -64.9 -83.3 6 18.4 -65.0 188 9 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.59 m Freezing level: 586.41 mb = 4676.12 m = 15341.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.71 mb = 3968.04 m = 13018.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.59 mb = 2308.57 m = 7573.97 ft T: 15.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 17.13 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.20 mb = 3177.03 m = 10423.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.54 C = 103.16 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 28.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 416.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 199.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.94 mb = 2239.81 m = 7348.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.94 mb = 4196.39 m = 13767.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.94 mb = 11426.47 m = 37487.96 ft B at Equ Level: 410.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.94 mb = 13718.18 m = 45006.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 58.8 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 88.8 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: -3.6 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 21.30 Bulk Shear: 19.56 m/s