MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 37.89,-94.90 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -94.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 976 297 32.8 22.4 54 10.5 25.1 179 10 308.1 311.4 299.0 361.7 17.72 2 950 540 30.4 19.1 51 11.3 22.3 179 16 308.0 310.8 297.3 352.9 14.85 3 900 1021 25.9 18.0 62 7.9 20.3 177 18 308.2 310.9 297.1 352.3 14.59 4 850 1522 21.4 16.7 75 4.7 18.1 175 21 308.5 311.2 297.0 351.5 14.20 5 800 2046 19.3 11.0 59 8.3 13.9 192 25 311.8 313.7 295.2 343.7 10.38 6 750 2598 15.5 8.2 62 7.4 10.9 204 24 313.4 315.2 294.7 341.8 9.13 7 700 3180 11.2 5.7 69 5.5 7.9 213 23 314.9 316.5 294.5 340.7 8.24 8 650 3795 7.2 2.7 73 4.4 4.6 225 21 317.1 318.5 294.3 339.8 7.19 9 600 4450 3.1 -1.7 71 4.8 0.5 253 20 319.7 320.8 293.8 337.9 5.65 10 550 5149 -1.9 -3.6 88 1.6 -2.7 293 26 321.8 322.9 294.1 339.2 5.36 11 500 5900 -7.6 -11.3 75 3.7 -9.2 305 24 323.7 324.3 292.9 334.5 3.22 12 450 6712 -12.7 -18.2 63 5.5 -14.5 299 19 327.3 327.7 292.9 334.3 2.03 13 400 7603 -17.1 -30.7 30 13.6 -20.2 306 19 332.7 332.9 293.2 335.5 0.74 14 350 8589 -25.0 -37.0 32 12.0 -26.9 307 19 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.8 0.46 15 300 9688 -34.1 -41.4 48 7.3 -34.9 306 15 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.7 0.34 16 250 10938 -43.5 -43.5 100 0.0 -43.5 16 2 341.4 341.4 295.0 342.6 0.32 17 200 12395 -56.4 -57.5 88 1.1 -56.5 211 11 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.08 18 150 14186 -62.3 -76.9 12 14.6 -62.4 250 19 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16655 -62.8 -83.5 5 20.7 -63.0 193 21 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.17 m Freezing level: 569.07 mb = 4882.45 m = 16018.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.66 mb = 4562.09 m = 14967.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.61 % Est. max temperature: 34.76 C = 94.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.00 mb = 1624.06 m = 5328.22 ft T: 20.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 23.85 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.76 mb = 2578.40 m = 8459.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.09 C = 100.56 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -5.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 40.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 474.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2159.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.91 mb = 1950.30 m = 6398.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.91 mb = 3133.05 m = 10278.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.91 mb = 13634.01 m = 44730.46 ft B at Equ Level: 2126.41 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 123.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.40 Bulk Rich Number: 53.70 Bulk Shear: 40.22 m/s