MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 37.51,-93.38 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -93.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 976 336 27.3 16.7 52 10.6 20.0 142 14 302.5 304.8 294.0 338.9 12.32 2 950 573 27.3 16.0 50 11.3 19.6 147 29 304.9 307.2 294.6 341.2 12.16 3 900 1052 26.0 12.9 45 13.0 17.3 165 25 308.3 310.2 294.3 340.0 10.48 4 850 1552 22.5 12.5 53 10.0 15.9 188 11 309.7 311.8 295.0 342.7 10.80 5 800 2077 18.1 11.7 66 6.4 13.9 220 9 310.5 312.5 295.2 343.7 10.85 6 750 2627 15.4 1.3 39 14.0 7.5 168 3 313.3 314.4 292.0 331.0 5.63 7 700 3208 12.3 -6.7 26 19.1 3.1 105 11 316.1 316.8 290.8 326.8 3.29 8 650 3824 7.7 -7.2 34 14.9 0.7 100 15 317.7 318.3 291.4 328.8 3.42 9 600 4477 2.5 -10.6 37 13.0 -3.2 91 15 319.0 319.5 291.2 328.3 2.84 10 550 5173 -2.6 -14.9 38 12.3 -7.3 61 11 321.0 321.4 291.2 328.3 2.18 11 500 5922 -7.0 -21.8 30 14.8 -11.6 16 10 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.1 1.33 12 450 6736 -12.0 -24.2 36 12.2 -15.5 21 12 328.1 328.3 292.3 332.3 1.20 13 400 7625 -18.9 -33.7 26 14.8 -21.8 29 17 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.5 0.56 14 350 8605 -25.8 -41.1 22 15.3 -27.9 28 16 334.0 334.1 293.1 335.2 0.30 15 300 9702 -34.4 -48.6 22 14.3 -35.5 19 17 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.15 16 250 10950 -44.7 -52.6 41 7.9 -45.0 17 21 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.12 17 200 12401 -56.8 -59.0 76 2.2 -56.9 9 24 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.07 18 150 14193 -63.6 -75.8 17 12.2 -63.7 3 21 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16665 -63.7 -83.6 5 20.0 -63.8 109 3 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.48 m Freezing level: 575.76 mb = 4814.17 m = 15794.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.35 mb = 3932.88 m = 12903.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.17 % Est. max temperature: 34.77 C = 94.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.19 mb = 1694.09 m = 5557.98 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 16.85 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.48 mb = 3553.42 m = 11658.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.65 C = 106.96 F Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lifted Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.51 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 22.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 174.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 414.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.51 mb = 2319.65 m = 7610.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.51 mb = 4993.03 m = 16381.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.51 mb = 10881.46 m = 35699.89 ft B at Equ Level: 172.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.51 mb = 12971.23 m = 42556.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.6 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 147.6 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 114.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 5.60 Bulk Shear: 31.12 m/s