MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 38.87,-93.12 Latitude: 38.87 Longitude: -93.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 984 240 22.4 20.7 90 1.7 21.2 91 7 296.9 299.8 294.9 342.5 15.79 2 950 550 24.4 19.4 74 5.0 20.9 103 17 302.0 304.8 295.8 346.5 15.09 3 900 1024 23.2 18.0 73 5.2 19.5 173 14 305.4 308.1 296.4 349.1 14.59 4 850 1522 20.7 15.5 72 5.2 17.1 219 16 307.8 310.3 296.1 347.5 13.13 5 800 2045 17.6 13.1 75 4.5 14.6 240 18 309.9 312.2 295.8 346.3 11.94 6 750 2594 14.0 11.3 84 2.7 12.2 254 16 311.8 313.9 295.8 346.5 11.30 7 700 3174 11.0 5.5 69 5.5 7.7 280 15 314.7 316.2 294.3 340.1 8.14 8 650 3790 7.6 -2.5 49 10.2 2.4 299 16 317.6 318.5 292.6 333.3 4.89 9 600 4443 2.8 -8.9 42 11.7 -2.4 310 22 319.4 320.0 291.7 330.1 3.25 10 550 5141 -2.4 -13.3 43 10.9 -6.7 307 30 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.6 2.49 11 500 5890 -7.3 -20.3 35 13.0 -11.5 301 34 324.1 324.4 291.5 329.4 1.52 12 450 6703 -12.4 -24.3 36 11.9 -15.7 302 36 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.9 1.19 13 400 7592 -19.0 -31.4 32 12.4 -21.6 300 38 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.8 0.69 14 350 8571 -25.9 -37.5 33 11.5 -27.7 298 43 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.4 0.44 15 300 9670 -33.7 -50.1 18 16.4 -35.1 280 37 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.13 16 250 10923 -42.4 -57.7 17 15.4 -43.1 261 40 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.06 17 200 12397 -52.5 -66.6 17 14.0 -52.8 263 44 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14209 -62.8 -75.2 17 12.4 -62.9 256 40 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16674 -64.1 -83.9 5 19.8 -64.3 283 17 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.90 m Freezing level: 572.83 mb = 4822.40 m = 15821.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.40 mb = 4104.69 m = 13466.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.75 % Est. max temperature: 33.95 C = 93.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.84 mb = 459.56 m = 1507.74 ft T: 23.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 17.10 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.10 mb = 2270.07 m = 7447.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.13 C = 97.03 F Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lifted Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 38.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 908.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 227.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.91 mb = 1290.26 m = 4233.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.91 mb = 4203.20 m = 13789.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.91 mb = 11830.87 m = 38814.71 ft B at Equ Level: 899.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.91 mb = 15177.73 m = 49795.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.8 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 314.8 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.9 neg: -7.4 tot: 264.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.48 Bulk Rich Number: 5.92 Bulk Shear: 153.48 m/s