MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 39.61,-90.31 Latitude: 39.61 Longitude: -90.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 992 179 28.9 23.1 71 5.8 24.6 264 9 302.7 306.0 298.0 356.5 18.17 2 950 565 25.2 19.7 71 5.5 21.3 260 15 302.8 305.6 296.3 348.3 15.36 3 900 1038 21.1 18.3 84 2.8 19.1 252 17 303.2 306.0 296.0 347.3 14.85 4 850 1531 17.3 16.6 96 0.7 16.8 249 20 304.3 306.9 295.8 346.3 14.13 5 800 2048 14.6 13.1 90 1.6 13.6 247 25 306.7 309.0 295.0 342.6 11.90 6 750 2593 11.9 10.4 91 1.5 11.0 242 29 309.5 311.5 294.8 341.9 10.64 7 700 3169 9.0 7.2 88 1.9 7.9 243 30 312.5 314.2 294.5 340.7 9.12 8 650 3780 5.8 -0.1 66 5.9 2.7 255 28 315.5 316.7 292.8 334.1 5.86 9 600 4431 2.0 -10.8 38 12.8 -3.5 260 28 318.4 318.9 291.0 327.6 2.79 10 550 5126 -2.8 -18.9 28 16.2 -8.3 263 34 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.1 1.55 11 500 5875 -6.7 -26.4 19 19.7 -12.2 265 38 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.1 0.89 12 450 6691 -10.6 -33.6 13 23.0 -15.7 261 39 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.8 0.50 13 400 7589 -15.4 -36.9 14 21.5 -19.6 256 36 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.5 0.41 14 350 8583 -22.5 -36.8 26 14.3 -25.0 253 39 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.2 0.47 15 300 9694 -31.4 -40.5 40 9.1 -32.6 244 40 341.1 341.2 295.0 342.6 0.37 16 250 10955 -42.3 -49.6 44 7.4 -42.8 249 33 343.2 343.3 295.3 343.9 0.16 17 200 12423 -54.4 -58.2 63 3.8 -54.5 203 41 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 14210 -65.6 -71.2 45 5.6 -65.6 246 49 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16691 -63.3 -83.6 5 20.3 -63.5 234 23 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.21 m Freezing level: 579.21 mb = 4720.16 m = 15485.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.41 mb = 4054.95 m = 13303.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.39 mb = 918.14 m = 3012.24 ft T: 22.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 30.43 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.48 mb = 1355.37 m = 4446.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 38.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1024.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.12 mb = 1230.56 m = 4037.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.12 mb = 1479.26 m = 4853.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.12 mb = 12903.70 m = 42334.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1022.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.12 mb = 15829.97 m = 51934.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 35.54 Bulk Shear: 28.82 m/s