MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 37.35,-92.96 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 974 385 21.6 16.0 70 5.6 17.9 166 4 297.0 299.2 292.0 331.2 11.82 2 950 600 23.4 14.6 58 8.7 17.6 196 14 300.9 302.9 292.7 333.5 11.09 3 900 1075 24.9 14.1 51 10.8 17.6 243 22 307.2 309.3 294.6 341.2 11.28 4 850 1575 22.3 12.5 54 9.9 15.8 258 24 309.6 311.6 294.9 342.3 10.75 5 800 2100 18.9 11.0 60 7.9 13.7 266 23 311.3 313.2 295.0 343.0 10.35 6 750 2651 14.9 9.2 68 5.8 11.3 271 20 312.8 314.6 295.0 343.0 9.76 7 700 3232 10.8 6.2 73 4.6 8.0 275 18 314.5 316.1 294.6 341.1 8.55 8 650 3846 6.7 4.3 85 2.4 5.2 281 14 316.5 318.1 294.7 341.8 8.04 9 600 4500 2.4 0.4 87 2.0 1.3 285 13 318.8 320.1 294.3 339.9 6.58 10 550 5199 -1.5 -5.7 73 4.2 -3.6 292 11 322.3 323.2 293.6 337.2 4.54 11 500 5952 -6.1 -12.1 62 6.0 -8.6 292 12 325.6 326.2 293.3 335.8 3.02 12 450 6771 -10.1 -20.5 42 10.4 -13.5 289 17 330.5 330.8 293.4 336.3 1.66 13 400 7668 -16.1 -28.2 35 12.1 -19.1 283 20 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.5 0.94 14 350 8660 -23.0 -35.6 30 12.7 -25.2 288 30 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.8 0.52 15 300 9771 -31.3 -36.6 59 5.4 -32.1 307 29 341.3 341.4 295.1 343.4 0.55 16 250 11034 -41.8 -45.2 70 3.4 -42.1 314 19 343.9 344.0 295.5 345.0 0.27 17 200 12505 -53.9 -60.1 46 6.2 -54.1 306 16 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14288 -69.0 -70.2 84 1.2 -69.0 310 14 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 19 100 16673 -68.9 -82.6 12 13.8 -68.9 34 11 394.6 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.44 m Freezing level: 569.39 mb = 4927.47 m = 16166.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.99 mb = 4675.67 m = 15339.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.18 % Est. max temperature: 34.94 C = 94.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.47 mb = 1109.38 m = 3639.66 ft T: 24.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 1.90 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.45 mb = 3357.54 m = 11015.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.35 C = 102.84 F Cap Strength: 6.81 C Lifted Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.99 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.44 C Cross Totals Index: 18.56 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4247.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.17 mb = 2065.43 m = 6776.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.8 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 299.8 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.1 neg: -1.6 tot: 173.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 33.79 m/s