MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 39.11,-90.20 Latitude: 39.11 Longitude: -90.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 995 175 28.5 23.8 76 4.8 25.0 45 3 302.1 305.6 298.3 358.2 18.95 2 950 589 26.9 19.1 62 7.8 21.3 91 2 304.5 307.2 296.3 348.5 14.76 3 900 1065 23.9 16.6 64 7.2 18.9 208 6 306.1 308.6 295.8 346.1 13.35 4 850 1563 20.3 15.1 72 5.2 16.7 224 13 307.4 309.8 295.7 346.0 12.79 5 800 2084 16.1 13.4 84 2.7 14.3 229 17 308.3 310.6 295.6 345.1 12.16 6 750 2630 12.3 11.0 92 1.3 11.4 245 18 309.9 312.0 295.2 343.6 11.04 7 700 3208 9.9 6.5 80 3.3 7.8 272 19 313.4 315.1 294.4 340.6 8.73 8 650 3821 6.1 2.4 77 3.7 4.0 287 17 315.9 317.2 293.9 338.0 7.03 9 600 4472 1.7 -3.4 69 5.0 -0.9 295 14 318.1 319.0 292.8 334.1 4.98 10 550 5168 -2.8 -11.2 52 8.4 -6.3 295 12 320.8 321.4 291.9 330.6 2.95 11 500 5916 -7.5 -11.8 71 4.3 -9.3 311 13 323.9 324.5 292.9 334.2 3.09 12 450 6731 -11.7 -17.2 63 5.5 -13.6 306 12 328.5 329.0 293.3 336.2 2.20 13 400 7624 -17.2 -21.2 71 4.0 -18.4 278 14 332.7 333.0 294.0 338.9 1.76 14 350 8611 -24.5 -28.3 71 3.8 -25.4 282 14 335.7 335.9 294.2 339.6 1.06 15 300 9714 -33.3 -37.3 67 4.1 -33.8 265 15 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.5 0.51 16 250 10966 -43.7 -48.8 57 5.2 -44.0 278 15 341.1 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.18 17 200 12429 -54.4 -62.1 38 7.6 -54.6 275 8 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.05 18 150 14221 -65.2 -69.2 58 3.9 -65.3 278 13 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16691 -62.5 -83.6 4 21.1 -62.7 227 14 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.44 m Freezing level: 581.19 mb = 4733.77 m = 15530.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.83 mb = 4353.07 m = 14281.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.07 % Est. max temperature: 33.93 C = 93.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.22 mb = 783.46 m = 2570.39 ft T: 25.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 27.59 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.23 mb = 1964.06 m = 6443.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.15 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 39.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1423.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.53 mb = 1516.70 m = 4975.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.53 mb = 2412.58 m = 7915.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.53 mb = 13101.47 m = 42983.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1411.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.53 mb = 16136.62 m = 52941.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.2 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 300.2 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 115.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 44.65 Bulk Shear: 31.88 m/s