MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 39.47,-94.40 Latitude: 39.47 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 156 SFC 985 288 21.8 17.8 78 4.0 19.1 125 10 296.2 298.6 292.8 334.0 13.12 2 950 603 24.3 15.5 58 8.8 18.4 143 29 301.8 304.0 293.4 336.4 11.70 3 900 1076 22.6 13.8 58 8.8 16.8 167 25 304.8 306.9 293.8 338.0 11.11 4 850 1571 19.7 8.0 47 11.7 12.5 181 24 306.8 308.2 291.9 330.8 7.92 5 800 2091 18.3 -1.6 26 19.9 7.9 203 15 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.1 4.26 6 750 2641 15.8 -4.4 25 20.2 5.6 240 10 313.7 314.4 290.4 325.5 3.68 7 700 3222 11.7 -4.7 31 16.4 3.5 271 14 315.4 316.1 291.1 327.8 3.85 8 650 3836 6.6 1.2 69 5.3 3.6 291 20 316.4 317.6 293.5 336.8 6.44 9 600 4488 2.2 -4.7 60 6.9 -1.2 307 25 318.7 319.6 292.6 333.2 4.50 10 550 5185 -2.6 -12.4 47 9.8 -6.5 312 23 321.0 321.6 291.7 330.0 2.69 11 500 5933 -8.4 -19.9 39 11.5 -12.1 319 17 322.8 323.1 291.2 328.2 1.58 12 450 6740 -14.5 -21.3 56 6.8 -16.5 305 17 325.0 325.4 291.8 330.4 1.55 13 400 7625 -19.5 -22.0 80 2.6 -20.2 315 17 329.7 330.0 293.2 335.5 1.64 14 350 8602 -27.1 -28.1 91 1.0 -27.3 302 16 332.2 332.4 293.3 336.1 1.08 15 300 9694 -35.5 -35.8 97 0.3 -35.5 287 28 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.6 0.60 16 250 10935 -45.8 -45.8 100 0.0 -45.7 277 33 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.25 17 200 12389 -54.4 -57.9 65 3.5 -54.5 273 46 346.6 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.08 18 150 14224 -58.6 -76.4 8 17.8 -58.8 291 19 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16720 -64.8 -83.4 6 18.6 -65.0 199 14 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.06 m Freezing level: 576.82 mb = 4811.29 m = 15784.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.60 mb = 4318.83 m = 14169.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.11 % Est. max temperature: 33.43 C = 92.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.04 mb = 797.92 m = 2617.82 ft T: 23.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 13.91 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.40 mb = 3372.30 m = 11063.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.13 C = 106.04 F Cap Strength: 6.48 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.11 C Showalter Index: 2.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 16.37 C K Index: 19.68 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 614.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.76 mb = 1777.74 m = 5832.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 494.76 mb = 6013.66 m = 19729.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 404.76 mb = 7535.92 m = 24723.83 ft B at Equ Level: 66.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.76 mb = 10806.70 m = 35454.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.6 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 293.6 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.1 neg: -6.5 tot: 252.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 182.03 m/s