MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 37.55,-90.44 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -90.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 981 270 29.0 23.4 72 5.6 24.8 183 5 303.8 307.3 298.6 359.6 18.74 2 950 551 29.1 20.8 61 8.3 23.0 221 13 306.7 309.8 298.0 356.3 16.48 3 900 1032 26.4 18.7 63 7.7 20.9 268 20 308.7 311.6 297.7 354.9 15.23 4 850 1535 22.9 16.5 67 6.4 18.4 290 26 310.1 312.7 297.3 352.8 14.00 5 800 2060 18.1 15.1 83 2.9 16.1 300 26 310.4 313.0 297.1 352.1 13.65 6 750 2612 16.6 8.9 60 7.7 11.7 302 28 314.6 316.4 295.4 344.5 9.59 7 700 3197 13.8 1.4 43 12.3 6.8 320 18 317.7 318.9 293.6 337.1 6.08 8 650 3816 9.4 -6.0 33 15.4 1.8 12 14 319.6 320.3 292.2 331.8 3.74 9 600 4474 4.5 -9.8 35 14.3 -1.9 1 24 321.3 321.9 292.1 331.4 3.03 10 550 5175 -1.1 -15.1 33 14.1 -6.5 358 27 322.8 323.2 291.7 330.1 2.14 11 500 5928 -5.8 -23.2 24 17.4 -11.2 356 27 325.9 326.1 291.7 330.1 1.18 12 450 6746 -10.4 -35.4 11 25.0 -15.8 2 18 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.8 0.42 13 400 7643 -15.6 -45.2 6 29.6 -20.2 12 7 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.17 14 350 8635 -22.8 -44.7 12 21.9 -25.8 345 14 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.20 15 300 9743 -32.4 -36.6 66 4.1 -33.0 328 28 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.8 0.56 16 250 11002 -41.8 -42.0 98 0.2 -41.8 261 13 344.0 344.0 295.6 345.5 0.38 17 200 12472 -54.0 -54.7 92 0.7 -54.0 216 21 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.8 0.11 18 150 14254 -68.0 -70.2 73 2.2 -68.0 210 24 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16675 -66.2 -82.9 8 16.7 -66.3 234 10 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.94 m Freezing level: 559.67 mb = 5039.51 m = 16533.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.92 mb = 4126.69 m = 13538.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.17 % Est. max temperature: 35.33 C = 95.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.47 mb = 987.72 m = 3240.50 ft T: 26.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 29.55 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.62 mb = 2435.43 m = 7990.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.36 C = 101.05 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 32.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2044.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.90 mb = 1710.69 m = 5612.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.90 mb = 3843.11 m = 12608.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 137.90 mb = 14756.68 m = 48413.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1971.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.9 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 357.9 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 263.3 neg: -9.7 tot: 253.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.25 Bulk Rich Number: 20.82 Bulk Shear: 98.17 m/s