MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 38.75,-91.63 Latitude: 38.75 Longitude: -91.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 987 236 35.1 16.8 34 18.3 22.3 116 4 309.4 311.7 295.9 346.7 12.26 2 950 575 30.9 14.3 36 16.6 19.7 137 5 308.6 310.6 294.7 341.5 10.85 3 900 1056 26.3 13.4 45 12.9 17.7 155 6 308.6 310.6 294.6 341.3 10.78 4 850 1556 21.5 12.4 56 9.1 15.5 171 7 308.7 310.7 294.6 341.3 10.72 5 800 2078 16.7 11.2 70 5.4 13.1 184 8 308.9 310.9 294.6 340.9 10.53 6 750 2624 11.7 9.8 88 1.8 10.5 198 10 309.2 311.1 294.4 340.3 10.21 7 700 3198 7.4 5.9 90 1.5 6.5 212 9 310.6 312.2 293.4 336.2 8.33 8 650 3805 4.6 -2.5 60 7.1 1.0 192 4 314.2 315.1 291.6 329.8 4.90 9 600 4454 1.0 -10.9 40 12.0 -4.0 180 3 317.3 317.9 290.7 326.4 2.77 10 550 5148 -3.0 -16.3 35 13.3 -7.9 220 4 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.1 1.94 11 500 5896 -7.2 -21.8 30 14.6 -11.8 232 6 324.3 324.6 291.4 329.0 1.34 12 450 6710 -11.7 -34.2 14 22.4 -16.6 280 8 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.2 0.47 13 400 7600 -18.6 -36.9 18 18.3 -21.9 277 3 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.3 0.40 14 350 8579 -26.2 -41.2 23 14.9 -28.2 70 4 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.30 15 300 9677 -33.8 -48.6 21 14.7 -35.1 60 12 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.16 16 250 10927 -43.8 -54.1 31 10.3 -44.3 62 16 340.9 341.0 294.6 341.4 0.10 17 200 12393 -54.7 -56.9 76 2.3 -54.8 25 27 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.09 18 150 14175 -64.8 -72.5 34 7.7 -64.8 119 13 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16656 -63.3 -83.4 5 20.1 -63.5 154 7 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.56 m Freezing level: 587.09 mb = 4632.87 m = 15199.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.86 mb = 3932.58 m = 12902.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.15 % Est. max temperature: 34.43 C = 93.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.99 mb = 2534.31 m = 8314.58 ft T: 12.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 20.33 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.84 mb = 2737.34 m = 8980.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.17 C = 95.31 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 39.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 408.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.97 mb = 2646.52 m = 8682.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.97 mb = 2929.26 m = 9610.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.97 mb = 11114.91 m = 36465.79 ft B at Equ Level: 406.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.97 mb = 13661.64 m = 44821.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.7 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 223.7 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 99.61 Bulk Shear: 4.10 m/s