MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 39.26,-90.14 Latitude: 39.26 Longitude: -90.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 995 182 27.0 23.2 80 3.8 24.2 125 8 300.6 303.9 297.5 354.2 18.26 2 950 594 25.9 18.2 62 7.7 20.5 143 19 303.5 306.1 295.5 345.0 13.98 3 900 1069 23.4 14.3 57 9.1 17.2 171 14 305.6 307.7 294.3 339.8 11.43 4 850 1565 20.1 10.7 54 9.5 14.1 194 10 307.2 309.0 293.3 336.0 9.52 5 800 2085 17.3 4.7 43 12.7 9.9 186 5 309.6 310.9 291.8 330.3 6.69 6 750 2634 15.0 1.5 40 13.5 7.4 82 3 312.8 313.9 291.9 330.6 5.69 7 700 3214 11.2 -0.0 46 11.2 5.1 21 7 314.9 315.9 292.3 332.2 5.47 8 650 3828 6.4 -1.1 58 7.6 2.4 14 15 316.3 317.3 292.7 333.5 5.42 9 600 4479 1.9 -7.4 50 9.3 -2.4 5 25 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.1 3.64 10 550 5174 -3.8 -10.1 62 6.2 -6.5 356 26 319.5 320.1 291.7 330.2 3.24 11 500 5918 -9.9 -13.1 77 3.2 -11.1 352 20 321.0 321.5 291.8 330.3 2.79 12 450 6723 -15.1 -24.7 44 9.6 -17.6 359 16 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.3 1.15 13 400 7603 -20.4 -38.0 19 17.6 -23.3 8 11 328.5 328.5 291.7 329.8 0.36 14 350 8578 -27.5 -41.0 27 13.5 -29.2 5 6 331.7 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.30 15 300 9668 -35.8 -48.4 26 12.7 -36.8 80 5 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.16 16 250 10908 -45.6 -56.4 29 10.8 -46.1 63 2 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.07 17 200 12359 -55.5 -61.7 46 6.2 -55.6 28 5 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 14166 -60.5 -74.2 15 13.8 -60.6 267 11 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16675 -62.9 -83.8 4 20.9 -63.1 306 5 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.77 m Freezing level: 583.74 mb = 4705.17 m = 15436.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.10 mb = 4145.72 m = 13601.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.22 % Est. max temperature: 33.86 C = 92.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.00 mb = 668.05 m = 2191.75 ft T: 25.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 23.92 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.53 mb = 2695.47 m = 8843.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.45 C = 103.02 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 29.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1349.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 240.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.11 mb = 1553.83 m = 5097.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.11 mb = 3876.59 m = 12718.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.11 mb = 12482.60 m = 40952.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1337.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.11 mb = 15239.46 m = 49997.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 12.6 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 42.6 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.8 neg: -21.9 tot: 78.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 15.06 Bulk Shear: 89.63 m/s