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: 39.16,-92.55 Latitude: 39.16 Longitude: -92.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 985 224 30.6 21.5 58 9.1 24.0 72 2 305.0 308.1 297.6 354.7 16.60 2 950 550 30.1 18.4 50 11.7 21.8 159 5 307.7 310.4 296.7 350.6 14.19 3 900 1031 26.2 16.7 56 9.4 19.6 176 7 308.5 311.0 296.4 349.2 13.44 4 850 1532 21.8 15.2 66 6.6 17.3 183 9 309.0 311.5 296.3 348.2 12.91 5 800 2056 17.4 13.4 77 4.0 14.7 179 11 309.7 312.0 295.9 346.8 12.19 6 750 2604 13.0 10.9 87 2.2 11.6 194 9 310.7 312.8 295.3 344.3 10.97 7 700 3181 8.7 7.4 91 1.3 7.9 248 11 312.2 313.9 294.5 340.9 9.30 8 650 3791 4.4 3.4 93 1.0 3.8 267 13 314.0 315.4 293.7 337.5 7.55 9 600 4439 0.5 -0.1 96 0.6 0.2 273 18 316.7 317.9 293.5 336.9 6.35 10 550 5133 -3.4 -5.0 89 1.6 -4.2 295 18 320.0 320.9 293.2 335.6 4.80 11 500 5882 -7.6 -10.0 82 2.5 -8.6 306 21 323.8 324.5 293.2 335.7 3.57 12 450 6697 -11.6 -15.0 76 3.4 -12.9 306 23 328.6 329.2 293.7 337.7 2.65 13 400 7591 -17.2 -20.2 77 3.1 -18.1 312 22 332.6 333.0 294.1 339.4 1.91 14 350 8579 -23.7 -27.5 71 3.8 -24.6 331 16 336.8 337.0 294.6 340.9 1.14 15 300 9686 -32.0 -43.7 30 11.7 -33.3 318 8 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.3 0.26 16 250 10944 -42.7 -49.5 48 6.7 -43.2 326 17 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.17 17 200 12408 -55.1 -62.7 38 7.6 -55.3 231 6 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.04 18 150 14188 -65.8 -71.2 47 5.4 -65.8 276 30 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.02 19 100 16675 -61.8 -83.6 4 21.9 -62.0 221 22 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.20 m Freezing level: 593.61 mb = 4527.62 m = 14854.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.78 mb = 4468.45 m = 14660.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.68 % Est. max temperature: 34.78 C = 94.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.93 mb = 1389.75 m = 4559.48 ft T: 23.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 19.09 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.27 mb = 2311.58 m = 7583.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.74 C = 96.32 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 43.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1555.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.43 mb = 1997.31 m = 6552.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.43 mb = 2599.32 m = 8527.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.43 mb = 13398.35 m = 43957.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1541.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.43 mb = 16066.38 m = 52710.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 62.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 54.13 Bulk Shear: 28.73 m/s