MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 38.08,-94.38 Latitude: 38.08 Longitude: -94.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 980 258 31.1 23.7 65 7.4 25.6 171 5 306.0 309.6 299.4 363.6 19.17 2 950 535 31.9 19.1 47 12.8 22.7 175 13 309.6 312.4 297.7 354.7 14.84 3 900 1019 27.8 17.1 52 10.7 20.2 179 17 310.1 312.7 297.1 352.0 13.73 4 850 1523 23.2 15.5 62 7.7 17.8 182 21 310.4 312.9 296.7 350.5 13.12 5 800 2048 18.5 13.9 74 4.7 15.4 186 25 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.3 12.54 6 750 2599 14.4 9.8 74 4.5 11.5 200 26 312.2 314.1 295.2 343.7 10.23 7 700 3180 11.1 5.2 67 5.9 7.5 227 23 314.7 316.3 294.2 339.6 7.94 8 650 3795 7.1 3.4 77 3.7 4.9 248 24 317.0 318.5 294.6 340.9 7.54 9 600 4449 3.0 -0.3 79 3.3 1.2 274 25 319.6 320.8 294.2 339.6 6.24 10 550 5149 -1.9 -3.4 89 1.5 -2.7 298 26 321.8 322.9 294.1 339.4 5.40 11 500 5899 -7.3 -10.4 79 3.1 -8.6 307 22 324.2 324.9 293.3 335.8 3.48 12 450 6713 -12.3 -19.0 57 6.8 -14.5 304 30 327.8 328.2 292.9 334.4 1.89 13 400 7603 -17.8 -31.9 28 14.2 -20.8 309 24 331.9 332.0 292.9 334.3 0.66 14 350 8587 -25.2 -34.6 41 9.3 -26.9 297 15 334.7 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.58 15 300 9687 -33.5 -36.0 78 2.5 -33.8 281 6 338.1 338.3 294.4 340.4 0.59 16 250 10939 -43.8 -45.6 82 1.8 -43.9 197 11 341.0 341.0 294.8 342.0 0.26 17 200 12400 -54.7 -62.6 37 7.9 -54.9 216 15 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14194 -64.6 -74.8 23 10.2 -64.7 254 17 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16672 -63.5 -83.2 5 19.8 -63.7 213 21 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.58 m Freezing level: 569.57 mb = 4874.83 m = 15993.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.71 mb = 4656.70 m = 15277.70 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.84 % Est. max temperature: 35.67 C = 96.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.37 mb = 1203.37 m = 3948.01 ft T: 26.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 24.05 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.48 mb = 2402.44 m = 7881.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.78 C = 98.21 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -5.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 40.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 461.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2286.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.94 mb = 2113.31 m = 6933.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.94 mb = 2724.02 m = 8936.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.94 mb = 13833.28 m = 45384.21 ft B at Equ Level: 2267.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 186.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.80 Bulk Rich Number: 40.56 Bulk Shear: 56.37 m/s