MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 38.77,-92.61 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -92.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 985 235 25.6 22.7 84 2.9 23.5 24 4 300.0 303.3 297.2 352.6 17.93 2 950 554 24.7 20.3 77 4.4 21.6 26 8 302.2 305.2 296.5 349.5 15.99 3 900 1027 20.9 18.8 88 2.1 19.5 12 6 303.1 305.9 296.3 348.6 15.37 4 850 1520 17.7 16.7 94 1.0 17.0 325 5 304.7 307.4 296.0 347.2 14.23 5 800 2038 15.3 15.2 99 0.2 15.2 291 7 307.5 310.0 296.4 348.7 13.68 6 750 2585 14.6 6.3 58 8.3 9.6 270 14 312.4 314.0 293.6 337.3 8.03 7 700 3166 11.4 -1.1 42 12.5 4.7 273 15 315.1 316.1 292.0 331.2 5.04 8 650 3780 6.3 -2.8 52 9.1 1.7 313 18 316.1 317.0 292.1 331.4 4.78 9 600 4431 1.6 -7.1 52 8.7 -2.4 313 32 318.0 318.7 291.7 330.1 3.74 10 550 5125 -2.8 -16.1 35 13.3 -7.7 300 32 320.8 321.1 291.0 327.4 1.98 11 500 5875 -6.7 -21.0 31 14.3 -11.3 302 31 324.8 325.1 291.6 329.8 1.43 12 450 6688 -12.4 -26.4 30 14.0 -16.1 299 27 327.7 327.8 292.0 331.2 0.99 13 400 7576 -19.3 -32.8 29 13.5 -22.0 292 33 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.1 0.61 14 350 8554 -26.5 -42.0 22 15.5 -28.5 282 39 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.27 15 300 9651 -32.8 -54.0 10 21.2 -34.4 259 49 339.1 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.08 16 250 10916 -40.5 -52.5 26 12.1 -41.2 231 67 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.4 0.12 17 200 12393 -53.2 -60.6 41 7.3 -53.4 231 63 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.05 18 150 14216 -58.7 -76.1 9 17.4 -59.0 271 33 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16704 -65.2 -83.5 6 18.4 -65.3 222 18 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.55 m Freezing level: 581.79 mb = 4683.62 m = 15366.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.76 mb = 4036.85 m = 13244.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.16 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.99 mb = 600.05 m = 1968.66 ft T: 24.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 17.59 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.55 mb = 1333.61 m = 4375.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 28.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1235.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.22 mb = 1101.52 m = 3613.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.22 mb = 1752.14 m = 5748.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 797.22 mb = 2067.51 m = 6783.08 ft B at Equ Level: 12.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 747.22 mb = 2616.36 m = 8583.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.0 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 334.0 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.8 neg: -9.4 tot: 39.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 27.13 Bulk Shear: 45.55 m/s