MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 39.28,-94.78 Latitude: 39.28 Longitude: -94.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 979 288 29.1 23.8 73 5.3 25.1 0 3 304.0 307.6 299.0 361.5 19.26 2 950 555 27.8 20.5 64 7.3 22.5 345 3 305.4 308.4 297.4 353.7 16.15 3 900 1033 23.9 19.0 74 4.9 20.4 309 3 306.1 309.0 297.3 352.9 15.58 4 850 1531 19.7 17.7 88 2.0 18.4 265 6 306.8 309.6 297.2 352.6 15.20 5 800 2052 16.9 14.8 87 2.1 15.4 259 13 309.2 311.7 296.5 349.7 13.34 6 750 2604 16.3 9.2 63 7.1 11.7 247 22 314.3 316.2 295.4 344.7 9.79 7 700 3188 12.6 6.7 67 5.9 9.0 248 24 316.5 318.2 295.4 344.3 8.86 8 650 3806 8.4 4.3 75 4.1 5.9 268 22 318.4 320.0 295.3 343.9 8.03 9 600 4464 4.1 -5.1 51 9.1 -0.5 294 24 320.8 321.7 293.1 335.1 4.38 10 550 5164 -1.9 -10.8 50 8.9 -5.7 297 32 321.8 322.4 292.3 332.0 3.04 11 500 5913 -7.6 -14.7 56 7.2 -10.3 304 31 323.8 324.3 292.3 332.0 2.44 12 450 6728 -11.4 -20.2 48 8.8 -14.2 298 21 328.9 329.3 293.0 334.9 1.71 13 400 7620 -17.6 -25.6 50 8.0 -19.7 292 19 332.1 332.4 293.4 336.4 1.19 14 350 8606 -24.8 -33.8 43 9.0 -26.5 304 16 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.6 0.63 15 300 9708 -32.8 -50.3 16 17.4 -34.3 309 16 339.1 339.2 294.2 339.6 0.13 16 250 10962 -43.4 -50.6 45 7.2 -43.9 297 13 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.15 17 200 12422 -55.7 -55.8 99 0.1 -55.7 256 15 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.10 18 150 14197 -66.1 -69.8 59 3.7 -66.1 279 13 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16687 -61.8 -83.4 4 21.6 -62.0 247 21 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.49 m Freezing level: 565.88 mb = 4941.22 m = 16211.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.73 mb = 4412.69 m = 14477.15 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.96 % Est. max temperature: 32.77 C = 90.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.29 mb = 961.75 m = 3155.30 ft T: 24.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 29.51 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.98 mb = 1777.54 m = 5831.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.91 C = 91.25 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -6.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.30 C K Index: 39.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2159.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.08 mb = 1489.26 m = 4885.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.08 mb = 3564.95 m = 11695.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.08 mb = 14234.81 m = 46701.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2116.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.1 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 311.1 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 73.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 47.88 Bulk Shear: 45.11 m/s