MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 38.59,-94.99 Latitude: 38.59 Longitude: -94.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 977 289 22.9 21.1 89 1.9 21.6 165 13 298.1 301.0 295.6 345.4 16.29 2 950 531 25.8 16.7 57 9.1 19.6 173 23 303.4 305.7 294.6 341.1 12.70 3 900 1009 26.3 12.4 42 13.8 17.1 188 23 308.6 310.5 294.1 339.3 10.13 4 850 1510 23.3 9.0 40 14.3 14.3 185 22 310.5 312.2 293.5 336.7 8.50 5 800 2036 19.8 6.1 41 13.7 11.5 183 20 312.3 313.7 293.2 335.3 7.40 6 750 2588 15.9 4.5 47 11.4 9.1 189 15 313.8 315.1 293.3 335.8 7.04 7 700 3170 11.9 3.2 55 8.7 6.8 222 11 315.7 317.0 293.7 337.4 6.90 8 650 3786 7.3 1.6 67 5.7 4.1 257 18 317.3 318.6 293.9 338.4 6.64 9 600 4440 2.4 -0.5 81 2.9 0.8 277 25 318.9 320.1 294.0 338.6 6.17 10 550 5138 -2.2 -4.6 83 2.4 -3.4 295 26 321.5 322.4 293.7 337.5 4.93 11 500 5888 -7.9 -11.3 76 3.4 -9.3 300 27 323.4 324.0 292.8 334.1 3.22 12 450 6698 -13.7 -18.5 67 4.8 -15.2 290 30 326.1 326.5 292.5 332.9 1.98 13 400 7583 -19.8 -20.8 92 1.0 -20.0 284 31 329.3 329.7 293.2 335.7 1.83 14 350 8563 -26.0 -26.0 100 -0.0 -26.1 271 27 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.4 1.31 15 300 9660 -34.1 -34.1 100 -0.0 -34.1 257 25 337.3 337.5 294.3 340.0 0.71 16 250 10910 -43.9 -43.9 100 0.0 -43.9 250 20 340.9 340.9 294.8 342.1 0.31 17 200 12368 -56.1 -58.6 74 2.5 -56.2 258 20 343.9 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.07 18 150 14147 -63.8 -71.1 37 7.2 -63.9 197 18 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.02 19 100 16636 -63.0 -83.5 5 20.5 -63.2 203 14 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.38 m Freezing level: 574.11 mb = 4801.60 m = 15753.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.18 mb = 4572.38 m = 15001.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.38 % Est. max temperature: 36.11 C = 96.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.57 mb = 525.84 m = 1725.19 ft T: 25.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 10.09 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.25 mb = 3347.15 m = 10981.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.85 C = 105.53 F Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.02 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.18 C Cross Totals Index: 16.88 C K Index: 31.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 300.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 492.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.34 mb = 2085.95 m = 6843.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 550.34 mb = 5133.46 m = 16841.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.34 mb = 10124.59 m = 33216.75 ft B at Equ Level: 300.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.34 mb = 13360.64 m = 43833.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.4 neg: -35.8 tot: 60.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 4.01 Bulk Shear: 75.00 m/s