MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 38.23,-94.53 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 985 269 19.9 18.4 92 1.4 18.9 314 13 294.3 296.8 292.6 333.4 13.68 2 950 579 20.9 16.1 74 4.8 17.7 320 29 298.4 300.6 292.8 333.9 12.21 3 900 1049 21.1 14.4 65 6.8 16.6 308 18 303.3 305.4 293.7 337.4 11.50 4 850 1543 18.7 13.7 73 5.0 15.4 280 8 305.8 308.0 294.5 340.8 11.69 5 800 2062 15.8 12.4 80 3.4 13.6 204 14 308.0 310.1 294.9 342.5 11.40 6 750 2609 12.8 9.4 80 3.4 10.6 191 21 310.5 312.3 294.5 340.8 9.92 7 700 3186 8.5 5.8 83 2.7 6.9 200 17 311.9 313.5 293.7 337.6 8.32 8 650 3795 4.9 -1.0 66 5.9 1.8 216 14 314.5 315.5 292.2 331.8 5.48 9 600 4444 1.1 -4.4 67 5.5 -1.6 231 12 317.4 318.2 292.3 332.2 4.60 10 550 5139 -2.8 -6.0 79 3.2 -4.3 248 12 320.8 321.7 293.2 335.3 4.45 11 500 5889 -7.3 -9.5 85 2.1 -8.2 257 13 324.1 324.8 293.4 336.5 3.73 12 450 6702 -12.3 -14.2 85 1.9 -13.0 253 12 327.8 328.4 293.7 337.4 2.83 13 400 7592 -17.7 -18.6 93 0.9 -18.0 256 10 331.9 332.4 294.2 339.6 2.20 14 350 8577 -24.3 -24.4 99 0.1 -24.3 261 12 336.0 336.4 294.7 341.5 1.52 15 300 9682 -32.3 -32.3 100 -0.0 -32.3 266 14 339.9 340.1 295.1 343.1 0.85 16 250 10940 -42.3 -42.3 100 -0.0 -42.3 266 19 343.2 343.2 295.4 344.6 0.37 17 200 12408 -54.8 -54.9 99 0.1 -54.8 262 20 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.5 0.11 18 150 14182 -70.1 -70.4 95 0.3 -70.1 267 30 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 19 100 16667 -60.8 -83.8 3 22.9 -61.1 231 10 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.90 m Freezing level: 586.16 mb = 4636.51 m = 15211.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.85 mb = 4128.02 m = 13543.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.94 C = 89.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.62 mb = 447.11 m = 1466.88 ft T: 20.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 10.68 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.04 mb = 2675.59 m = 8778.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.11 C = 96.99 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Showalter Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 37.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4216.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.15 mb = 1370.39 m = 4495.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 6.7 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.7 neg: -34.4 tot: -14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 78.92 m/s