MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 39.40,-94.40 Latitude: 39.40 Longitude: -94.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 980 288 33.4 21.1 49 12.3 24.4 184 13 308.4 311.4 298.2 357.8 16.31 2 950 561 29.7 18.8 52 10.9 21.9 186 20 307.3 310.0 296.8 351.1 14.52 3 900 1040 25.4 17.6 62 7.8 19.9 189 20 307.7 310.3 296.7 350.4 14.17 4 850 1543 25.3 11.2 41 14.0 16.0 198 19 312.6 314.5 295.1 343.2 9.90 5 800 2073 21.6 8.1 42 13.5 13.1 193 16 314.2 315.8 294.5 340.8 8.52 6 750 2629 18.6 -6.7 17 25.3 6.1 190 15 316.8 317.4 290.8 326.9 3.09 7 700 3214 14.3 -9.8 18 24.0 3.2 191 12 318.3 318.8 290.8 326.9 2.60 8 650 3833 9.1 -10.8 23 19.8 0.3 181 10 319.2 319.7 291.1 327.8 2.59 9 600 4488 3.0 -13.5 29 16.5 -3.7 157 11 319.6 320.1 290.9 327.2 2.25 10 550 5185 -3.0 -18.3 30 15.3 -8.3 95 5 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.2 1.65 11 500 5932 -7.4 -27.1 19 19.7 -12.7 47 10 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.0 0.83 12 450 6746 -11.8 -29.5 21 17.7 -16.1 39 6 328.5 328.6 292.0 331.1 0.74 13 400 7637 -18.1 -35.5 20 17.4 -21.4 347 14 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.2 0.46 14 350 8620 -25.7 -39.9 25 14.2 -27.7 347 14 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.4 0.34 15 300 9715 -35.1 -39.4 64 4.4 -35.5 331 20 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.5 0.42 16 250 10962 -44.1 -50.1 51 6.0 -44.5 349 32 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.16 17 200 12422 -54.7 -61.8 41 7.1 -54.9 4 18 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 14218 -63.5 -74.3 22 10.8 -63.6 6 9 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16688 -64.8 -83.4 6 18.6 -64.9 147 10 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.43 m Freezing level: 574.68 mb = 4841.12 m = 15882.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.76 mb = 3874.17 m = 12710.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.25 % Est. max temperature: 38.26 C = 100.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.80 mb = 1848.65 m = 6065.06 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 30.94 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.51 mb = 3268.22 m = 10722.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.32 C = 109.98 F Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lifted Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.28 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.66 C Cross Totals Index: 18.61 C K Index: 19.86 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1758.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 358.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.28 mb = 2026.20 m = 6647.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.28 mb = 4098.41 m = 13446.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.28 mb = 13104.91 m = 42994.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1753.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.0 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 208.0 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -8.6 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 377.09 Bulk Shear: 4.66 m/s