MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 39.02,-90.43 Latitude: 39.02 Longitude: -90.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 1000 167 26.9 22.5 77 4.5 23.7 103 9 300.1 303.3 296.9 351.1 17.40 2 950 619 26.1 17.1 58 8.9 19.9 123 16 303.7 306.1 294.9 342.4 13.05 3 900 1094 23.0 15.0 61 8.0 17.6 152 11 305.2 307.4 294.6 341.2 12.02 4 850 1590 19.2 13.1 68 6.1 15.2 196 9 306.2 308.3 294.3 340.0 11.24 5 800 2108 15.1 10.3 73 4.8 12.1 227 10 307.3 309.1 293.6 337.3 9.91 6 750 2652 12.3 1.1 46 11.2 6.2 307 7 310.0 311.0 290.9 327.1 5.53 7 700 3228 9.8 -2.8 41 12.5 3.4 334 12 313.3 314.2 291.0 327.5 4.46 8 650 3839 5.7 -2.3 56 8.0 1.6 337 18 315.4 316.4 292.0 331.3 4.97 9 600 4489 1.2 -7.3 53 8.5 -2.7 346 21 317.5 318.2 291.6 329.4 3.68 10 550 5183 -3.6 -12.2 51 8.6 -7.1 345 22 319.8 320.3 291.4 328.8 2.72 11 500 5928 -8.5 -18.1 46 9.6 -11.8 342 22 322.6 323.0 291.4 328.9 1.83 12 450 6738 -13.5 -28.5 27 15.0 -17.1 340 19 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.2 0.81 13 400 7622 -19.8 -29.3 43 9.4 -21.9 345 22 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.3 0.85 14 350 8598 -27.7 -35.6 47 7.9 -28.9 350 19 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.4 0.53 15 300 9687 -35.7 -45.5 36 9.8 -36.5 2 11 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.22 16 250 10926 -46.1 -48.8 74 2.7 -46.2 13 7 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.18 17 200 12379 -54.9 -58.9 61 4.1 -54.9 245 11 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 14200 -59.1 -75.9 10 16.8 -59.3 283 21 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16707 -63.5 -83.7 5 20.2 -63.7 234 10 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.03 m Freezing level: 587.73 mb = 4659.15 m = 15285.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.53 mb = 4073.07 m = 13362.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.72 % Est. max temperature: 33.07 C = 91.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.18 mb = 738.41 m = 2422.58 ft T: 25.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 24.00 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.32 mb = 2072.73 m = 6800.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.04 C = 93.27 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 28.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1076.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.52 mb = 1584.39 m = 5198.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.52 mb = 3769.32 m = 12366.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.52 mb = 12201.80 m = 40031.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1066.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.52 mb = 14827.27 m = 48645.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.0 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 9.0 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.5 neg: -5.4 tot: 153.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 11.85 Bulk Shear: 90.80 m/s