MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 38.43,-94.6 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -94.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 283 21.4 17.9 80 3.6 19.0 166 8 296.4 298.8 293.0 334.7 13.27 2 950 538 23.9 16.5 63 7.4 18.9 193 27 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.3 12.51 3 900 1013 25.0 14.8 53 10.2 18.1 213 35 307.3 309.5 295.1 343.1 11.88 4 850 1514 22.6 12.8 54 9.8 16.1 218 29 309.8 311.9 295.1 343.4 10.99 5 800 2039 18.9 11.6 62 7.3 14.1 214 20 311.3 313.3 295.3 344.3 10.76 6 750 2591 15.7 8.3 61 7.4 11.0 189 12 313.6 315.4 294.8 342.2 9.21 7 700 3172 11.6 0.5 47 11.0 5.5 181 9 315.3 316.4 292.6 333.2 5.68 8 650 3787 7.6 -9.4 29 17.1 -0.0 150 4 317.6 318.1 290.9 327.0 2.87 9 600 4440 2.9 -14.7 26 17.6 -4.0 55 4 319.5 319.9 290.7 326.4 2.04 10 550 5138 -2.1 -15.6 35 13.4 -7.2 35 8 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.5 2.07 11 500 5888 -7.0 -17.3 44 10.3 -10.6 24 6 324.5 324.9 292.0 331.2 1.96 12 450 6701 -12.7 -21.0 50 8.2 -15.3 89 3 327.2 327.5 292.4 332.8 1.60 13 400 7588 -19.4 -24.5 64 5.2 -20.7 228 1 329.8 330.1 292.9 334.5 1.31 14 350 8567 -26.1 -29.3 74 3.2 -26.8 278 9 333.6 333.7 293.6 337.1 0.97 15 300 9664 -34.2 -37.2 74 3.1 -34.6 310 11 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.2 0.52 16 250 10914 -44.0 -44.0 100 -0.0 -44.0 308 20 340.7 340.7 294.8 341.9 0.31 17 200 12372 -56.0 -56.1 99 0.1 -56.0 312 29 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.5 0.10 18 150 14154 -63.4 -70.6 37 7.2 -63.5 340 11 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.02 19 100 16641 -62.4 -83.6 4 21.2 -62.6 216 8 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.60 m Freezing level: 571.07 mb = 4843.97 m = 15892.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.35 mb = 3782.65 m = 12410.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.06 % Est. max temperature: 35.36 C = 95.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.21 mb = 741.96 m = 2434.23 ft T: 24.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 17.92 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.83 mb = 3186.16 m = 10453.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.20 C = 104.36 F Cap Strength: 6.57 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.80 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.63 C Cross Totals Index: 19.80 C K Index: 31.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 192.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 536.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.72 mb = 1806.70 m = 5927.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 526.72 mb = 5478.16 m = 17972.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.72 mb = 9974.66 m = 32724.86 ft B at Equ Level: 191.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.72 mb = 12797.66 m = 41986.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.0 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 230.0 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.1 neg: -46.4 tot: 100.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 15.09 Bulk Shear: 12.78 m/s