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: 39.78,-92.56 Latitude: 39.78 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 984 258 28.8 23.1 72 5.6 24.6 133 5 303.4 306.8 298.3 358.2 18.44 2 950 566 27.3 19.5 62 7.8 21.8 145 10 304.9 307.7 296.7 350.3 15.19 3 900 1043 24.9 16.0 58 8.8 18.8 180 16 307.1 309.5 295.7 345.8 12.84 4 850 1543 22.0 11.3 51 10.7 15.0 195 23 309.2 311.1 294.2 339.4 9.93 5 800 2066 17.7 9.4 58 8.3 12.4 196 21 310.0 311.8 293.9 338.5 9.29 6 750 2614 14.0 3.5 49 10.4 8.0 201 18 311.8 313.0 292.3 332.2 6.59 7 700 3192 10.4 -3.0 39 13.4 3.6 206 13 314.0 314.8 291.1 327.9 4.39 8 650 3804 5.9 -4.5 47 10.4 0.8 209 9 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.2 4.23 9 600 4454 1.2 -10.3 42 11.5 -3.7 212 7 317.5 318.1 290.9 327.1 2.92 10 550 5147 -4.0 -13.7 47 9.7 -7.8 232 8 319.3 319.8 290.9 327.3 2.41 11 500 5892 -8.5 -19.7 40 11.2 -12.2 251 7 322.6 322.9 291.2 328.1 1.60 12 450 6702 -13.0 -14.4 89 1.4 -13.6 262 16 326.9 327.4 293.4 336.3 2.78 13 400 7591 -18.5 -23.1 67 4.6 -19.8 238 15 330.9 331.2 293.4 336.2 1.49 14 350 8573 -25.2 -27.0 85 1.8 -25.6 222 11 334.7 335.0 294.1 339.1 1.19 15 300 9675 -33.2 -34.8 86 1.6 -33.4 275 10 338.6 338.8 294.6 341.2 0.67 16 250 10931 -42.2 -48.4 51 6.2 -42.6 268 17 343.3 343.4 295.3 344.1 0.19 17 200 12396 -55.7 -57.7 78 2.0 -55.8 156 12 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.08 18 150 14185 -67.3 -69.1 78 1.8 -67.3 258 29 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16662 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.1 -63.0 178 12 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.61 m Freezing level: 588.58 mb = 4612.01 m = 15131.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.34 mb = 3912.83 m = 12837.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.16 % Est. max temperature: 34.85 C = 94.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.66 mb = 977.76 m = 3207.84 ft T: 25.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 30.23 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.27 mb = 2365.37 m = 7760.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.34 C = 97.42 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.54 C Cross Totals Index: 19.82 C K Index: 28.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1513.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.02 mb = 1727.09 m = 5666.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.02 mb = 3227.30 m = 10588.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.02 mb = 13516.73 m = 44345.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1499.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.02 mb = 16247.67 m = 53305.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.6 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 232.6 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.3 neg: -3.5 tot: 76.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 104.45 Bulk Shear: 14.49 m/s